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Who does the best job restoring instrument clusters?

Started by Hemidoug, October 13, 2008, 02:55:17 PM

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Hemidoug

October 13, 2008, 02:55:17 PM
My cluster is out of the 69 and all the instruments need to be rebuilt/refaced. Who does the BEST job? Not worried about penny pinching so much as doing the job right...
71 R/T 440 6pak, 4spd Mr Norms GSD

resq302

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October 13, 2008, 02:56:35 PM
Ive heard good things about Redline.
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

moparstuart

#2
October 13, 2008, 03:07:37 PM
david patik @ performance car graphic is the best !!!!

    http://www.performancecargraphics.com/ 



  I also use kevin penquite in wichita kansas he does my white face gauges   kevins e-mail    BBody68@aol.com <BBody68@aol.com> 
  he does a great job also

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Hemidoug

#3
October 13, 2008, 03:13:50 PM
Do you know if he does more then just refacing? The instruments need work as well......
71 R/T 440 6pak, 4spd Mr Norms GSD

Troy

#4
October 13, 2008, 03:19:49 PM
You may also want to ask lilwendal here on the site.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,37999.0.html

Troy
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moparstuart

#5
October 13, 2008, 03:39:29 PM
Quote from: Hemidoug on October 13, 2008, 03:13:50 PM
Do you know if he does more then just refacing? The instruments need work as well......
  both my guys do the works redue every thing , like i said david does the best concorse oem resto you can get . 


   he even did the face plate trim on this cluster for me , now i just buy be&a 's new one's




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Charger-Bodie

#6
October 13, 2008, 05:03:42 PM
68 Charger R/t white with black v/t and red tailstripe. 440 4 speed ,black interior
68 383 auto with a/c and power windows. Now 440 4 speed jj1 gold black interior .
My Charger is a hybrid car, it burns gas and rubber............

C500

#7
October 13, 2008, 05:08:21 PM
Quote from: 1hot68 on October 13, 2008, 05:03:42 PM
Quote from: Troy on October 13, 2008, 03:19:49 PM
You may also want to ask lilwendal here on the site.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,37999.0.html

Troy


Another vote for lilwendel !

never had mine done by him, but reading through his posts on the topic, I vote lilwendal also  :yesnod:
"An aggressive exterior with power to match was enough to pull in the performance boys-especially when abetted by a pair of pipes blaring out the back, and brawny red-sidewall rubber hitting the pavement."  

"........the four speed box changes cogs with the precision of a sharp axe striking soft pine."

68charger383

#8
October 13, 2008, 06:01:27 PM
Vote for Lilwendal, I got mine from him  :2thumbs:
1968 Charger 383(Sold)
2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10

poppa

#9
October 13, 2008, 06:02:26 PM
lilwendle did mine and they look good to me.Long ways from putting them in though.......
God must love stupid people....he made a sh**load of 'em....

Matco tools...guaranteed for a lifetime. Just not a human lifetime.

Just 6T9 CHGR

#10
October 13, 2008, 06:44:03 PM
I think lilwendal uses decals no?  I used them on mine & did it myself.

I think the other companies (Redline, Instrument Services etc) actually re screen print the gauge faces for a more "correct" appearance :Twocents:
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Shakey

#11
October 13, 2008, 06:56:57 PM
I used Redline Gaugeworks in CA.  They did a fantastic job on the cluster.

You can read about them here:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,25073.0.html

I was going to send mine to Auto Instruments however I read some pretty nasty reviews on this site and decided against it.  If you search this site you'll read what I am referring to.

SnoPro440

#12
October 13, 2008, 07:09:08 PM
lilwendal did mine as well.    :2thumbs:  He also switched out the fried board in my tic-toc-tac and installed an RTE (can't remember the name?)  board.  He did a very nice job.   :Twocents:
2008 Viper SRT-10
1968 Charger R/T
2019 Rubicon JLU

472 R/T SE

#13
October 13, 2008, 09:34:14 PM
8-9 years ago I used Auto Instruments.  Super quick turn around and overall great customer service.  They silk screen the gauges so like the odometer area, you don't see the decal edges.

I've recently heard some bad press about AI and don't know if he's cleaned it up or not but it would be worth it to ask about his return policy, etc.

Most outfits end up sending the face plates to cv to be rechromed.  They just take the credit.

Bill Howell

#14
October 13, 2008, 09:35:21 PM
Another vote for Redline here. They have my gauges as we speak, retroing them for the new style hemi. They can restore to original too.
Bill Howell

MellowCharger

#15
October 15, 2008, 03:01:45 PM
No Mention of Autoinstuments....They no good?
68 440 R/T
08 Ford GT
66 Sting Ray 427 Coupe
68 Corvette Rdstr
67 Mustang 390GT Fastback

Dans 68

#16
October 15, 2008, 03:46:49 PM
Quote from: mxzx440 on October 13, 2008, 07:09:08 PM
...He also switched out the fried board in my tic-toc-tac and installed an RTE (can't remember the name?)  board....

RTE, aka Real Time Engineering http://rt-eng.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page.

Dan
1973 SE 400 727  1 of 19,645                                        1968 383 4bbl 4spds  2 of 259
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