Nautique Gauge bezel’s
 

So the stock plastic gauges have these thin silver plastic gauge bezels they cracked. (My boat is 18years old)

You have to buy a complete new gauge if you want a new trim ring

Lucky for me my brother has a 3D printer

Here is the printed gauge ring.

So I’ll sand them down and use some high build primer and paint them silver

very cool idea to use a 3D printer. Post pics when you paint it. Would love to see how it turns out.

Very nice. I have the same gauges and I think one of mine is cracked too. You should sell them!

Here is one of the painted 3D printed rings

Is this your debut as a hand model? Lol

That’s turning out well. Nice job sanding something so small. That must’ve been tedious. Are you planning a clear coat after the silver? It looks like the originals had a clear coat.

Mark your Silly Them’s my Brothers Big Mitts :)
The paint I used for this first Test was some Metallic Silver Rustolium. And it usually has plenty of gloss but the test for some reason looks sorta semi gloss or even flat.
I have had good luck with painting plastic using the Fusion brand flick can. I will pick up a can of that for Test #2 my Brother printed like 20 rings so if you guys need some let me know. My Brother made a holder for the rings so you can place them on a drill and spin it and sand away. He said he got his finished in like 1 Min.

This 3D printed Material is pretty Porous. I had to sand and repaint them 3x because the material seemed to soak in and shrink showing scratches.

My brother is a genius the gauge bezels he made snapped in and locked into place requiring no glue.

The Fuel Gauge is still stock and I’ll take that one off and replace it

Those turned out really nice!