Finally finished my "OTTO" conversion

[DiscoStudd]

Well I finally bought the ProCarParts Reverse OTTO gauge overlay for the GP cluster I plan on putting in my Regal. I picked up an aluminum gauge bezel from SpeedHut and used that to trace and cut out the idiot lights from the overlay so the original black will show through. I then traced circles around the instruments (on the bezel,) taped them off, and painted the bezel black on the top half, and white directly under the instruments. The instruments now have aluminum circles around them.

 

Here's how it looked before I painted the bezel:

 

 

Here's the finished product:

 

 

 

BTW, I figured I have enough room on the Regal's headlight switch panel to mount the controls for the OTTO overlay...

[maybe2fast]

god it looked so much better with the plain aluminum

[SigEpCutlass]

that looks SWEET!

[J]

looks much better than the plain alum

[supreme_style21]

Very nice! I've never liked the silver overlays with the circle cutouts for the idiot lights... it seems to blend in much better the way you have it.

[jeremy]

I too like the aluminum better.....and I obviously love the guages...

[GnatGoSplat]

That looks pretty darn cool!

 

I'm not a big fan of the plain aluminum, looks too industrial.

 

The way you have it looks more refined. They should make an overlay like that, except instead of the silver rings around the gauges being flat, the rings should be raised a millimeter or two with the inner ones slightly more raised than the outer ones.

[DiscoStudd]

They should make an overlay like that, except instead of the silver rings around the gauges being flat, the rings should be raised a millimeter or two with the inner ones slightly more raised than the outer ones.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I envisioned the "outline" idea. I might try something like that somewhere down the line, but I don't exactly know where to begin, or how I'd achieve "precision" in molding the rings (if only I had access to a CNC mill.) First thing I thought of was "Sculpey" modeling clay, but again, it would probably look too sloppy. If I tried colored Plexi, I would probably need it milled to get it to look "right" ...

[HokemBokem]

Hey looks good disco. Get some pics when you get that thing in the regal.

[1990lumina]

And then get a couple pics of it at night. BTW, I think those gauges look awesome either way, however what you've done makes them look alot nicer IMO.

 

- Jeff L.

[maybe2fast]

I still like the plain aluminum