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Also, it looks like the speedo is in the US now at least. (NY was the last update yesterday) Maybe I'll get lucky and see it Saturday!
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I used house paint and it sprayed very well, it dried surprisingly quick but did take about a week or so to cure. At first it "scuffs" pretty easy but now it's fine and looks pretty dang good.Well I picked up a can of house paint, Soni also sent me a can of Rapco. I started tinkering a little with paint back at the tandems and frame rails. I'm thinking I'm going to use a mixture of paints. The rapco spray cans will come in handy up under it and in nooks and crannies.
You'll need them to match it based on the FSS if they work like home depot. It's a water based latex, so just water thins it. There's no top cover/clear, it's just house paint.I went and picked up paint cards (local true value hardware) and there are a lot of variations on flat green. How does one thin the house paint?...water? And after cured, does it take an oil based clear, flat topcoat (urethane)? Also bought black Rustoleum (rattle cans) undercoat to try in the wheel areas.
That's good to know as I just painted my house this past spring. Hate to think that I now have to go out there & spray on a coat of clear coat......You'll need them to match it based on the FSS if they work like home depot. It's a water based latex, so just water thins it. There's no top cover/clear, it's just house paint.
It'll fit right in. That and the fact it will work on 24v are the two reasons I bought it. I am thinking about taping it off and shooting it with a little black paint though to hide the chrome/stainless rim.Will the new speedo fit in the dash or will it need a bushing to adapt it to the bigger dash hole ???
Huh? I had to go with this GPS speedo since I couldn't find a cable long enough to drive the stock speedo.Have no clue why ya bought one - there is like 5 of them sittin on my bench ??? Oh I get it - you plan on building another one.
It's metal. I'm just going to scuff it with a little sand paper before I take a brush and paint to it. Install was really easy. Red lead to 24V+, Blue lead to ground, I picked the yellow (looks more white to me honestly) lead to the backlights from the lighting, then a plug for the antenna. I put the antenna in the corner of the dash next to the glass windsheld, tucked neatly out of the way. The only "bad" thing I've found is that it takes about 1-2 minutes to calibrate itself on power up. Course it'll take more than that to get the truck aired up and pre-checked anyhow.Would a acid etch on the chrome bazzle help the paint stick, is the bazzle metal or plastic, how easy was the install
I can highly relate to that, after my recent painting venture on the FEMTT! Seems like every time I turn around, I see another spot that I've missed............Rest should be touch ups from all the 1,364,720 nooks and crannies this thing has!.....
I'll do a write up of it in another thread once I get some road tests done. I personally like it. Nothing to calibrate, so changing tire size has no effect on it.I see one of those speedos in the 819s future only red back light