I am putting together the dash for my cuda today . I have a new rallye wood plate from performance car graphics that I was getting ready to install. I noticed that my black plastic housing was pretty dirty so I am cleaning it up. My question to everyone is the four round tunnels on the housing that go down to the gauges, are they supposed to be painted? or just polish up the black plastic and call it a day? :wrenching:
Check this out. Original brown paint
Bob
I freshened up my plastic housing with SEM trim black before putting it together. :alan2cents: Made it look like brand new.
Quote from: Shane Kelley on January 08, 2018, 12:10:12 PM
I freshened up my plastic housing with SEM trim black before putting it together. :alan2cents: Made it look like brand new.
:iagree: I did the same!
Thanks guys!! :thankyou:
The "tunnels" are textured paint. That's the only part of the housing that was painted and not bare plastic. That was done so there wasn't any glare coming off the smooth bare plastic. SEM does work very well.
Quote from: Claudia on January 08, 2018, 12:51:41 PM
Quote from: Shane Kelley on January 08, 2018, 12:10:12 PM
I freshened up my plastic housing with SEM trim black before putting it together. :alan2cents: Made it look like brand new.
:iagree: I did the same!
Your brown is to shiny & to red...I'd redo it... :alan2cents:
Quote from: 1 Wild R/T on January 10, 2018, 09:45:58 AM
Quote from: Claudia on January 08, 2018, 12:51:41 PM
Quote from: Shane Kelley on January 08, 2018, 12:10:12 PM
I freshened up my plastic housing with SEM trim black before putting it together. :alan2cents: Made it look like brand new.
:iagree: I did the same!
Your brown is to shiny & to red...I'd redo it... :alan2cents:
I also had the same opinion when I was building the dash out of the car.
However, once I installed the dash into the car it looked completely different . . . at least in my opinion.
Maybe it's just the lighting.
It should be more brown. Top is original and bottom is Performance Graphics.
Quote from: HEMICUDA on January 10, 2018, 08:21:50 AM
The "tunnels" are textured paint. That's the only part of the housing that was painted and not bare plastic. That was done so there wasn't any glare coming off the smooth bare plastic. SEM does work very well.
That's what I thought was on there! I knew there must have been some type of paint on there that gave it that look. I wasn't sure if it was that or my housing tunnels where messed up from the sun ! Thanks Mike. What type of textured paint should I use??
Hold on I forgot! I have the textured paint that I used on the dash face and steering column! :drunk:
Quote from: realn96 on January 10, 2018, 01:48:52 PM
Hold on I forgot! I have the textured paint that I used on the dash face and steering column! :drunk:
Odds are, all the paint is still on the tunnels, leave it and freshen up the whole bezel and tunnels with the SEM.
Great thread! Something I'm working on soon! :clapping:
OK so you might laugh at this but what the heck is SEM? :notsure:
Quote from: 71-440 on January 11, 2018, 05:29:41 PM
OK so you might laugh at this but what the heck is SEM? :notsure:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SEM-15013-Landau-Black-Color-Coat-12-oz/112207070436?epid=1711857909&hash=item1a201004e4:g:tG8AAOSwSdFZf-5N
Cool! Thanks!
Quote from: HEMICUDA on January 10, 2018, 08:21:50 AM
The "tunnels" are textured paint. That's the only part of the housing that was painted and not bare plastic. That was done so there wasn't any glare coming off the smooth bare plastic. SEM does work very well.
Not certain that all of the rallye dashes for the 1970 model year had the textured paint inside the gauge openings or " tunnels" especially on very early 1969 built cars.
On the 1971-74 models agree 100% that ALL of the housings have the textured paint.
Probably a factory change after the initial launch similar to how the 66-67 Charger dashes were changed.
I have two original 1970 rallye set-ups and the one (from Sept 1969 build date) has no traces of the textured paint anywhere. Yes I know that the paint can wear or peel off but this dash housing was removed over 30 years ago and stored. When I have a chance will post a photo.
Welcome c b5. :welcome:
I don't doubt it. My car does happen to be A 71 . And I did repaint the tunnels on the texture d paint that I had left over from painting the dash and steering column. Came out great :banana:
Quote from: C_B5 on January 19, 2018, 07:26:55 AM
Quote from: HEMICUDA on January 10, 2018, 08:21:50 AM
The "tunnels" are textured paint. That's the only part of the housing that was painted and not bare plastic. That was done so there wasn't any glare coming off the smooth bare plastic. SEM does work very well.
Not certain that all of the rallye dashes for the 1970 model year had the textured paint inside the gauge openings or " tunnels" especially on very early 1969 built cars.
On the 1971-74 models agree 100% that ALL of the housings have the textured paint.
Probably a factory change after the initial launch similar to how the 66-67 Charger dashes were changed.
I have two original 1970 rallye set-ups and the one (from Sept 1969 build date) has no traces of the textured paint anywhere. Yes I know that the paint can wear or peel off but this dash housing was removed over 30 years ago and stored. When I have a chance will post a photo.
Welcome Chas!
Thanks Randy
Are you still rolling up miles on the challenger convertible?
Here are some photos of an original rallye dash bezel that doesn't have any texture paint inside the gauge opening.
It was tough to capture a good photo of inside the tunnel so hopefully these will show the smooth surface