Painted Pioneer's dash lettering

[slowdryrider]

Seeing that the dash is all black and its hard to see the lettering I painted it today.It's easy to see all the shift points now.
I bought one of those paint pens.looks like a felt pen but has actual paint.

 

[Admin]

 

[duwops]

I'm waiting for a glow in the dark paint pen

 

[Springer]

I was wanting to do the same thing but was not sure how. Now I know!
Thanks for the great idea

 

[BadDog]

Nice!

 

[Clarky]

Looks good.

What is the gadget you have mounted above that area? You can just see the bottom of it.

 

[slowdryrider]

Looks good.

What is the gadget you have mounted above that area? You can just see the bottom of it.

It's a digital clock..I keep my display on either fuel or temp so this way the time is always there to see :lol:

 

[hurld]

I did my dash lettering in bright yellow the day I got my pioneer home. I backed into my garage work bench twice trying to pull out of the garage. Pushing the lever forward should by drive not reverse......Lol

 

[Bellarae]

Thanks for the great tip. I did mine and it looks great and if can see it.

 

[Bellarae]

I meant I can really see it.

 

[slowdryrider]

I also painted the Honda writing in the center of the steering wheel cap as well.It was a bit tricky because the letters are recessed. First I removed the cap so it would be easier to work on. Using the same paint marker I painted the letters and as soon as I was done I used a paper towel to remove the paint that wasn't in the indent of the letters. I probably had to do that a few times because some of the paint would come away when I wiped the excess off. In the end it looks just as good as the other painted letters.

 

[jimk]

Great idea. I may borrow that. Thx.

 

[daberry]

What did you use to block the holes behind the shifters? I was thinking about just using some inner tube rubber. Thanks, Dale

 

[slowdryrider]

What did you use to block the holes behind the shifters? I was thinking about just using some inner tube rubber. Thanks, Dale

I'am sure I have a post on here about how I did that.let me search it up and I'll post the link.
pioneer-700-accessories-and-modifications-f48/stopping-air-leak-around-brake-and-shifters-t1046.html

 

[daberry]

Thanks for the link. I will do something similar

 

[mjn]

@slowdryrider I snagged one of those paint pens the other day. Did you scuff the #'s or clean 'em with something before you painted them?

Crap.. this is an old thread! LOL!

 

[Montecresto]

@slowdryrider I snagged one of those paint pens the other day. Did you scuff the #'s or clean 'em with something before you painted them?

Crap.. this is an old thread! LOL!

Lol, haven’t seen him post in a long time. How’d you even find this thread?

 

[Neohio]

@slowdryrider I snagged one of those paint pens the other day. Did you scuff the #'s or clean 'em with something before you painted them?

Crap.. this is an old thread! LOL!

Use an alcohol pad to clean. Or a packaged glass cleaner before painting.

 

[mjn]

Lol, haven’t seen him post in a long time. How’d you even find this thread?

Hahaha!! I just did a search, & it was the first one that came up!

 

[pioneer_titan]

Great idea! I got a red paint pen today, going to do the same.

 

[Montecresto]

Great idea! I got a red paint pen today, going to do the same.

Color coded is nice!