Black or Silver Dials

[general_lee]

Hi, I'm after some views / pics on whether to leave my dials black or rub them down or paint them silver (4.0 '94 chim). I'm fitting a new leven dash - I've seen one that looks really good with silver dials, but it has a blue dash top. My dash is entierly cream and I'm not sure whether the silver will work? Leven recommend leaving them black. The only thing is the existing black bezel is quite corroded and showing signs of surface rust. Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

[miniman]

My dash top is cream (biscuit, whatever) and I've fitted the Leven dash and all the other Leven shiny bits but left the dials black. I can take some pics of it tonight if you like. I thought about polishing up the bezels, but I would then have had to change the heater control wheels too. I also felt that there's quite a bit of black on the radio panel (buttons / warning light clusters) so it would look fine with the black dials.

Let me know if you want some pics.

[general_lee]

Some pics would be great. It would also please the missus as she's been tasked with the job of getting them back to metal if they're silver

[miniman]

OK I'll take some later.

[miniman]

Here's a couple for you, sorry they're not great - bad light and threatening to piss it down! I can let you have the full size and / or take some more if you like.





Here's a "before" shot (in much better light! )

[general_lee]

Thanks miniman - that's the same colour as mine and looks great - it'd be nice to see one with silver dials too for comparison - did you investigate when you did yours?

[miniman]

Couple of pics from www.chimaerapages.com :





although obviously the dial faces are black so not a perfect comparison.

[thenick]

Here's my one!

[miniman]

I think the later dials themselves (as well as the rest of the dash switchgear) are much nicer than the early stuff, esp. the headlight controls. I wonder if it's a simple swap

[puffsorted2]

Not sure if this is any help - Parchment Leather, White Dials and Silver surrounds - from my Griff though

[general_lee]

Thanks for all the pics - I think I quite like the silver dials - anyone had a go at taking the paint off the air vent dials with paint stripper? If that works, I might try and spray the bezels silver to see how it looks.