I am refreshing the gauge cover in my 1979 D150.

Should I....

repaint it silver (stock)

Black with silver accents (around guage cutouts)

Or tan to dash pad

I am open to all three but cannot make up my mind.

Here is what i did to my other car.....and a picture of the dash in my truck.

Wood grain vinyl?

I didn't think about that.

Black with the silver accents.

Thanks for the vote!

I'm with poorboy - the black with silver accents would look good.

That is the way I first thought too. Thanks for the in put.

I started cleaning up the panel today. The previous job was sub-par for sure. Poor paint prep. I built a radio blockoff plate, to feel the hole for now.

Got all the old paint off....

Easy Off oven cleaner?

Like minds. Luckily I only had to use it on a couple of areas, the previous prep was so bad a lot of areas where already flaking off. Sanding off the chrome was the hardest part.

Black w/ siler #1
Silver #2

Moving in the black and silver direction. The wood grain on the door panels and steering wheel needs to be redone, and I am looking at painting them black, so the theme will be the same throughout.

Thanks for the vote.

I believe those panels have a slight texture so the vinyl might not hang on very long.

They are textured. But there are ways around that.

How about a carbon fiber look? Look up hydro dipping, The surface is only limited to your imagination.

I have thought about hydro transferring, and I really like all the possibilities and options offered by the process. I am just trying to keep it low dollar, yet want an little more stock yet updated feel.

Thanks for the in put.

Finally got a chance to get back on the gauge refresh.

Painted it a satin black and used a highlighter pen for the outline.

Polished all the plastics lenses, repainted the needles, as they where faded. Also built the radio block-off plate.

Still need to replace the dash bulbs. Ordered LEDs, they should be here tomorrow.

Good job. That turned out nice!