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How To - AutoMeter Column Gauge Pod (Paint To Match)
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<blockquote data-quote="KINGCOBRA86" data-source="post: 10853380" data-attributes="member: 73141"><p>if your nitpicky about your terminator like me you might like this how-to!!!</p><p></p><p>i was on the search for a paint that matches are interior, i read about how some match some dont etc... so i went to the ford house and ask if they make a paint for the interior and they said yes! :rockon: i gave them the vin and they ordered me a can of PM-19M547-1074H (midnight black) FOR $18 bucks:banana:</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">(Edit) if you can't find the ford paint try the links below </span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/MET-FL38/01-04-Mustang-Dark-Charcoal-Lacquer-Interior-Paint" target="_blank">2001-04 Mustang Dark Charcoal Lacquer Interior Paint at LRS - Same Day Shipping!</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/MET-GS25/79-04-Gray-Sealer-Paint" target="_blank">1979-04 Gray Sealer Paint at LRS - Same Day Shipping!</a></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">----------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p></p><p>so i then ordered a AutoMeter Steering Column Gauge Pod to go with my speedhut boost gauge if you want to know how to install the gauge here you go... <a href="http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/how-230/548499-its-here-how-installation-speedhut-gauges-sos-pod-pics.html" target="_blank">http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/how-230/548499-its-here-how-installation-speedhut-gauges-sos-pod-pics.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>NOW THE HOW TO</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>clean the gauge pod thoroughly with the dupli color prep wipe, you can pick it up for $3 buck at any autoparts store.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208290[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>let it air dry for 5 mins </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208291[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>the way i went about painting it was, 2 thin coats then 5mins later 2 thick coats</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208292[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208293[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>i didnt drill holes in the Column, it seem to snap into place and the spin nut that came with the speedhut gauge was too bulky to use. so i used a hose clamp</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208294[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208295[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208296[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>after all that, i used the how-to jomo1994z71 did and here is the finished product :rolling:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208297[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>i think the paint matches just fine :banana::banana:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]208298[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]208299[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KINGCOBRA86, post: 10853380, member: 73141"] if your nitpicky about your terminator like me you might like this how-to!!! i was on the search for a paint that matches are interior, i read about how some match some dont etc... so i went to the ford house and ask if they make a paint for the interior and they said yes! :rockon: i gave them the vin and they ordered me a can of PM-19M547-1074H (midnight black) FOR $18 bucks:banana: [COLOR="DarkRed"](Edit) if you can't find the ford paint try the links below [/COLOR] [url=http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/MET-FL38/01-04-Mustang-Dark-Charcoal-Lacquer-Interior-Paint]2001-04 Mustang Dark Charcoal Lacquer Interior Paint at LRS - Same Day Shipping![/url] [url=http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/MET-GS25/79-04-Gray-Sealer-Paint]1979-04 Gray Sealer Paint at LRS - Same Day Shipping![/url] [COLOR="DarkRed"]----------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] so i then ordered a AutoMeter Steering Column Gauge Pod to go with my speedhut boost gauge if you want to know how to install the gauge here you go... [url]http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/how-230/548499-its-here-how-installation-speedhut-gauges-sos-pod-pics.html[/url] NOW THE HOW TO clean the gauge pod thoroughly with the dupli color prep wipe, you can pick it up for $3 buck at any autoparts store. [ATTACH=full]208290[/ATTACH] let it air dry for 5 mins [ATTACH=full]208291[/ATTACH] the way i went about painting it was, 2 thin coats then 5mins later 2 thick coats [ATTACH=full]208292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]208293[/ATTACH] i didnt drill holes in the Column, it seem to snap into place and the spin nut that came with the speedhut gauge was too bulky to use. so i used a hose clamp [ATTACH=full]208294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]208295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]208296[/ATTACH] after all that, i used the how-to jomo1994z71 did and here is the finished product :rolling: [ATTACH=full]208297[/ATTACH] i think the paint matches just fine :banana::banana: [ATTACH=full]208298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]208299[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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