Chrome Bezel

[SAP]

Hi all

have a combined water and oil pressure gauge with a chrome bezel and need to change it to black to match all my other
gauges (MK1) question can I just spray the chrome bezel matt black ? will the chrome allow the paint to take?

thanks
Steve

[stag888]

Hi,
Did mine about 5 years ago, just gave the chrome a pre paint wipe over , and sprayed straight over with stain black . 5 years on no issues at all. You could go big time with roughing the surface & etch primers , but it's a low / no contact area so it should hold up.
Steve

[mole42]

The black bezel gauges on my 1972 Stag have a chrome rim so to get a match to that I'd have to mask off the very edge of the bezel. So I haven't bothered doing it.

[Staggard]

Alan (Gauge shop) told me he mask's off the inner rim and wipes the outer rim edge with a lint free damp thinners rag to get the chrome edge.

[LAMBRETTLAD]

^ not always

[DJT]

If you speak to Alan he may be able to supply a replacement bezel to match the other gauges.

[SAP]

Thanks all, my bezels are all black no chrome showing so a swift paint with satin black should be ok

[Driveshield vehicle track]

If your gauges are the same as mine you can twist the bezels and they come off
Then you can change the old fronts to the new gauge.