C5 painting dial face

[ClockworkC5]

while i had the dash and cluster tore apart, i decided to paint the dials. i think it came out great, and im really happy with the results. it was pretty nerve racking. i used a silver sharpie permanent marker. what do you all think?

 

[ClockworkC5]

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[chris308]

WoW, that does look great! Nice job :thumbsup:

 

[fletcher4u]

:thumbsup: Looks good

 

[ClockworkC5]

thanks. im glad i did it. if i hadnt, i would alsways be kicking myself for not doing when had the car torn apart. learned that when i didnt paint rotor caps and calipers while installing new rotors.

 

[mickeystoysz16]

Looks great, they look just like real bezels. Did you use a compass or freehand to get the curvature?

 

[ClockworkC5]

just did it free hand. around the dial, the plastic comes up to a ridge. the job would have been alot easier if i could have found a marker tip shaped like this
___
l b l
l o l
l d l
l y l
/_/ think they call it a calligraphy tip


i looked in a few sections of the wal mart and only could find the medium tips shaped like

[marker body]>----- (these are impressive text diagrams)

made the job much harder and stressfull, trying to get the marker onto the ridge in a consistent manner, while keeping the body of the marker from runninginto every other part of the cluster

 

[shakedown067]

That's fantastic!

 

[Red Vert]

Nice!:thumbsup: