At some point after painting the trim rings of the gauge cluster, I must have dinged one because it was chipped.
Turns out it was a good thing.
The paint only chipped off of the trim ring's original metallic silver ring. The aluminum-with-a-coat-of-matte paint I put on did stick beautifully to the original black of the trim ring.
A few minutes with a fingernail yielded great, crisp lines at the junction of the paint and original metallic silver. I really love how it looks.
Custom gauge faces are on order with Venoxy, LEDs are coming from Digikey, and we'll see how the red needle overlays from BluTec look.
