Gauge overlays are on Ebay! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

chevychic · 07-15-2003, 02:35 AM

I just set up my first Ebay auction for the gauge overlays.

These are for the white face overlays with no bowtie. I also have flamed overlays that I will be putting on Ebay after I see how these do.

Here's a link to the auction if anyone wants to look

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ory=46100&rd=1

BigRed · 07-15-2003, 08:24 AM

Cool! Just a thought, I'd add a picture in there of these overlays on a set of guages in a truck. That way people have more confidence in how well they look. Good luck in selling them!

ItsNotABlazer · 07-15-2003, 08:24 AM

You can go a whole year without buying anything on Ebay? :p

I got my overlays last week and I can say they are very high quality and look awesome. So much so I ordered another set.

Now just need to get time to install them

Brad

chevychic · 07-15-2003, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BigRed
Cool! Just a thought, I'd add a picture in there of these overlays on a set of guages in a truck. That way people have more confidence in how well they look. Good luck in selling them!

I really wanted to put some pics of mine in there, but mine have the bowtie logo on them and I'm not offering those anymore until I have some sort of approval from GM. If someone didn't read the auction carefully and thought they were getting overlays with the bowtie on them and they showed up without, well, that just wouldn't be good

I'm glad you like them Brad!

Here are some pics of mine installed with the needles painted white.

chevychic · 07-15-2003, 09:08 AM

Heater Control:

BigRed · 07-15-2003, 09:17 AM

They look great Heather! Did you paint your guage bezel silver?

chevychic · 07-15-2003, 09:56 AM

I had actually painted the entire thing chrome last year but then the overlay piece started peeling so I peeled it off and it left the inner portions of the bezel silver.

This is how it looked all chrome with the old overlays that I printed myself on regular sticker paper. I like it much better now

BigRed · 07-15-2003, 01:35 PM

Yep, me too. A little too much silver the way you did have it.

maineiac · 07-15-2003, 02:24 PM

Hey Heather
I tried to put mine on and snapped the needle off the spedo just can't win lately. I am looking for another spedo now I think this time I will cut a slit for the needle and slide it over.
Steve

chevychic · 07-15-2003, 02:29 PM

Hey Steve,

Been there, done that. Sorry to hear it happened to you. It sucks, but I've learned you have to be gentle. If you have to use force, it WILL break.
Cutting a slit will work just fine and if you do it right, you shouldn't be able to tell there's a slit.

Good Luck!

MSL · 07-22-2003, 06:03 PM

Hey do you have any pics of the flame overlays.?

chevychic · 07-23-2003, 09:51 AM

Sure do...

MSL · 07-23-2003, 04:47 PM

Those are sweet. hey do you plan to make them with a black background with flames.?

chevychic · 07-23-2003, 05:23 PM

I hadn't really thought about it. I actually bought a set like that once (before I decided to make my own) and they sucked IMO. Plus, I decided I wanted to lighten up my dash since it's so dark. Now there's no problem seeing the gauges at night on dark streets with no street lighting

MSL · 07-23-2003, 07:30 PM

The reason they sucked because they where not yours.

But if you do decide to make them in any other colors like gray or blue let me know i want some.

apstguy · 07-23-2003, 08:17 PM

Those flame ones look awesome. On the heater control did you have to grind off the factory letters on the plastic cover? I really dontt want to but I don't know if the letter line up. How does the heater control light up at night?

chevychic · 07-23-2003, 08:24 PM

I used a fine abrasive pad and some paint thinner type liquid to remove the letters....the heater control actually lights up by a light bulb that is on the top right of the control

maineiac · 07-24-2003, 08:13 AM

Did you chrome your gage unit ? I did mine and it definatly lights up now I got the info off of Mikes 73-87 site.

Steve

lofat · 07-24-2003, 12:36 PM

dang it, i replied to this thread before and must have hit the wrong GO button. =/

anyway, am really interested in the chevy ones that you have on your truck.

07-15-2003, 02:35 AM	#1
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	Gauge overlays are on Ebay! I just set up my first Ebay auction for the gauge overlays. These are for the white face overlays with no bowtie. I also have flamed overlays that I will be putting on Ebay after I see how these do. Here's a link to the auction if anyone wants to look http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ory=46100&rd=1 __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

07-15-2003, 08:24 AM	#2
BigRed Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,680	Cool! Just a thought, I'd add a picture in there of these overlays on a set of guages in a truck. That way people have more confidence in how well they look. Good luck in selling them! __________________ Scott Shelbourne

07-15-2003, 08:24 AM	#3
ItsNotABlazer The full convertible guy Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Paris Texas Posts: 728	You can go a whole year without buying anything on Ebay? :p I got my overlays last week and I can say they are very high quality and look awesome. So much so I ordered another set. Now just need to get time to install them Brad __________________ 2012 Kawasaki Vaquero (Lime Green) 2000 BMW 740iL 1995 Chevy ECSB riding on air 1975 GMC Jimmy 2WD lowered 4/6 1972 Chevy Trazer soon to be roadster 1965 Mustang 289/3 speed (friends dad bought it new) 1964 Chevy C10 (dad bought it new)

07-15-2003, 09:08 AM	#5
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	Heater Control: Attached Images __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

07-15-2003, 09:17 AM	#6
BigRed Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,680	They look great Heather! Did you paint your guage bezel silver? __________________ Scott Shelbourne

07-15-2003, 09:56 AM	#7
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	I had actually painted the entire thing chrome last year but then the overlay piece started peeling so I peeled it off and it left the inner portions of the bezel silver. This is how it looked all chrome with the old overlays that I printed myself on regular sticker paper. I like it much better now Attached Images __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

07-15-2003, 01:35 PM	#8
BigRed Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,680	Yep, me too. A little too much silver the way you did have it. __________________ Scott Shelbourne

07-15-2003, 02:24 PM	#9
maineiac Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 104	Hey Heather I tried to put mine on and snapped the needle off the spedo just can't win lately. I am looking for another spedo now I think this time I will cut a slit for the needle and slide it over. Steve

07-15-2003, 02:29 PM	#10
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	Hey Steve, Been there, done that. Sorry to hear it happened to you. It sucks, but I've learned you have to be gentle. If you have to use force, it WILL break. Cutting a slit will work just fine and if you do it right, you shouldn't be able to tell there's a slit. Good Luck! __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

07-22-2003, 06:03 PM	#11
MSL Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So.Oregon Posts: 765	Hey do you have any pics of the flame overlays.?

07-23-2003, 09:51 AM	#12
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	Sure do... __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

07-23-2003, 04:47 PM	#13
MSL Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So.Oregon Posts: 765	Those are sweet. hey do you plan to make them with a black background with flames.?

07-23-2003, 05:23 PM	#14
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	I hadn't really thought about it. I actually bought a set like that once (before I decided to make my own) and they sucked IMO. Plus, I decided I wanted to lighten up my dash since it's so dark. Now there's no problem seeing the gauges at night on dark streets with no street lighting __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

07-23-2003, 07:30 PM	#15
MSL Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So.Oregon Posts: 765	The reason they sucked because they where not yours. But if you do decide to make them in any other colors like gray or blue let me know i want some.

07-23-2003, 08:17 PM	#16
apstguy LED King Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,087	Those flame ones look awesome. On the heater control did you have to grind off the factory letters on the plastic cover? I really dontt want to but I don't know if the letter line up. How does the heater control light up at night? __________________ Tyler 1985 C10 305 w/ Bowtie OD TH700R4 3.42 LSD 202,000 miles 2006 Ford Focus ZX3 5-speed Stick 2016 Chevy Spark EV Gone: 2002.5 VW GTI 24v VR6 Gone: 2008 VW R32



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07-23-2003, 08:24 PM	#17
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	I used a fine abrasive pad and some paint thinner type liquid to remove the letters....the heater control actually lights up by a light bulb that is on the top right of the control __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

07-24-2003, 08:13 AM	#18
maineiac Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 104	Did you chrome your gage unit ? I did mine and it definatly lights up now I got the info off of Mikes 73-87 site. Steve

07-24-2003, 12:36 PM	#19
lofat Rollin' Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hayward, California Posts: 240	dang it, i replied to this thread before and must have hit the wrong GO button. =/ anyway, am really interested in the chevy ones that you have on your truck. __________________ :: 1977 C10 cheyenne :: :: 1973 new yorker brougham :: for sale - $1,500 lofat productions

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