Chrome gauge trim rings

[breiland]

I had been looking for aftermarket chrome trim rings for my instrument panel since I bought the car, and I finally found that the later models of the Mazda MPV have the same size gauges, but with chrome trim around them. Here's a pic of mine after I put the chrome from an MPV instrument panel on it. (Sorry, the pic isn't very good. I'll post new ones when it's not so sunny outside.)

[protege]

Nice find!

[D-rock240]

Nice, but you could have gotten other gauge rings as well. I bought mine from streetunit.com and protegegarage.com is selling the infamous DaveB rings.

[TStarGermany]

yes,a short while ago daveb made a load of rings again..some "final" groub buy.. nevertheless, if you have a set of rings: good buy, they make the cluster look nice, especially when the black plastic overlay is also painted (like in my car :)

[breiland]

Yeah, before I did it, I tried to get a set of DaveB rings, but he wasn't making them anymore.

[D-rock240]

There was a batch up a month or two ago that sold out, and from what I've been told by my friends at protegegarage and by someone who lives near DaveB, there is another batch underway. I'm going to get some polished chrome ones in the next batch.

[D-rock240]

Well, you can add protege to the list. I gave him a set of MAM DaveB reproductions at the Mazda show near Toronto as a trade for a EDM variable wiper stalk.

[kansei]

I had no idea the MPV shared the gauge cluster with the Protege.. what model years?

[kansei]

nvm, looks like it was the most recent ones before they were discontinued

here's a 2004:
http://www.canadiandriver.com/testdrives/images/04mpv_4.jpg

not exactly the same gauge cluster (fuel and water temp meters are different) but the same basic design.

now I want to hunt down some oem rings to see how they are. I had polished daveb rings 2 days before I even got my car back in Feb 2004 (the 'last' group buy before he stopped for a couple years)

[breiland]

If you can find DaveB rings, get them. Or, check out streetunit.com and buy them there. It'll cost the same, possibly less, than an MPV instrument panel, and it'll be MUCH easier to install them. If I would have known streetunit.com had them, I would have done that instead.

[kansei]

The street unit ones have to be glued in, no thanks!

I know MAM copied (without consent I have to assume) the DaveB rings, then sold the design to SLS when they declared bankruptcy and ran with everyone's money. Now SLS sells them, and at a crazy low price ($18.99USD, free shipping)
http://www.slsperformance.com/slsp/Prod ... dCategory= (http://www.slsperformance.com/slsp/ProductDetail.asp?idproduct=680&idCategory=)

and I've heard they'll honour the free shipping to Canadian customers as well. I can't vouch for the quality because well.. I had an SLS motor mount explode and consequently destroy my downpipe so um.. yeah :P

[D-rock240]

LOL damn that sucks. I used gluedots for my SU rings so i can take them off for some DaveBs.

You had a SLS motor mount explode? I was thinking of getting one from them for my rebuilt engine.

[kansei]

just get the FULL awr set and be done with it :)

[D-rock240]

Yeah I talked with Dana for a while last night, he recommended gettig the softer AWR ones for my car.