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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ttocs" data-source="post: 1029909" data-attributes="member: 11896">nk....  Been working on the display and what can I say the devil was in the details....  Started with this.<img src="http://carphotos3.cardomain.com/images/0015/17/22/15877122_large.jpg?modal" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The edge around the ride-tech display was done but you notice there is something missing infront of the temp/compass display.  The original piece of plastic it went through was green to match the dash.  I have switched the dash lighting to blue some time ago and the ride-tech display is blue as well, so green would not do...  I also wanted it a little larger so I can put an led or two in there to show if I am reading the amp or the bottle temp, so I enlarged the hole a little and then cut a piece of plexi that fit in nice/n/tight.   <img src="http://carphotos2.cardomain.com/images/0015/65/41/15885614_large.jpg?modal" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Now in the pic above the plexi is covered with tape as well as the surrounding area I do not want epoxy on.  I used an epoxy called plastic-weld from autozone to fill the area in between. the tape and then the sanding began....  After sanding the high spots, filling the low, sanding some more, filling again, primer-sand-primer-sand sand sand sand, paint, tint and clear you end up with this.<img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0015/65/91/15885619_large.jpg?modal" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Still need to wet-sand and then polish which will take the edge of the paint around the display away hopefully for a seemless blend from the black to the plexi and then allow the nice white/blue flourescent display shine through.  I will get the hrns and power it up a little later and get a pic as I want to see it myself....</blockquote>