Polishing up the gauge lens

[Chris64]

So as usual, I started a task - get my AC working - and then I got distracted with other things.

* Why aren't my dash lights working?

So while I was trying to take out my cluster, I removed the lens and tried out some plastic polish I had laying around with a foam pad in a cordless drill. It worked really good.

Before and after (test)

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So I did the rest of it...

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It got rid of the yellow and looks pretty darn good.

In that time, I managed to get most of the dash lights working but not the right blinker indicator, which is by far the hardest light to reach. I tried reseating it as that fixed other lights. And then I clicked the blinker and kaboom. My blinker broke.

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So off to the auto parts store that actually had this in stock. It went in fine and now works so much better than before.

So finally I could work on fixing my AC...but that's another story.

 

[Tank6x2]

Nice work!

 

[cadillac_al]

I just love seeing that 74 olive green. One of my trucks is getting painted that color next time I paint one. I need to polish my gauge lens on my 76 too because I can't see through mine at all.

 

[75 Chevy SWB 4x4]

That turned out really nice!

I'll need to do the same thing to the dash lens for my pickup I just got. I'm working on the suspension and installing new carpet in it first though.

 

[RiverRat4]

excellent results! can you show the product you used? I want to go get it and restore my gauge lens as well.

 

[RattleSnack]

I did my gauge lens last year. This might sound crazy, but on a whim, I tried some Mothers Aluminum Wheel polish I had laying around. My lens was pretty crappy, so I figured if it didn't work...no big loss. Anyways, I tried it out and it made my lens look damn near new. I just rubbed it on by hand with a microfiber cloth, flipped the cloth and buffed it out. I wish I had some before and after pics because I was surprised on how well it worked. And just for comparison, my lens looked a lot like Chris64's lens in his before pic shown above.

Here's what I used...

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