Next up was the dash, this was fun. Being the focal point when you are driving, a restored dash makes all the difference.
You can see the color difference here in the cluster grain. The original darker color revealed under the trim rings.
Bringing back the color with some Kiwi Brown shoe polish (liquid form)
Dunking the panels in ZEP purple cleaner strips off all the paint and chrome without damaging the plastic
Replaced all the blue light diffuser, changed to LED lighting, applied new gauge overlays, polished lenses. Used SEM trim black to repaint all of the black on the dash. Chromed speedo and tach buttons. Thoroughly polished chrome around AC vent and toggle switches. A new Xr7 dash emblem from desert classic parts tied everything together.
Used a chrome vinyl wrap for the cluster rather than sending it out to get rechromed. Think it came out just as good.
