Does anyone have ideas for addressing glare from chrome dashboard trim? On our van, for example, the dash is black, but all the gauges and controls have chrome surrounds. Looks nice, but my light-sensitive eyes find it irritating. When the sun comes in at low angles, it reflects off those chrome bits like little flashbulbs. A black towel over the dash brings its own problems. I am thinking of painting or taping over the chrome bits, but I would like for it to be reversible, and I don't want it to end up looking like a "worst of Craigslist" photo.
Has anyone muted their interior chrome trim successfully? Tape? Paint? Computer cut vinyl? Does any supplier offer ready-made kits for gauges that cover the chrome trim?
I wonder if there would be junkyard parts available from the same vehicle with a lower trim package that doesn't have the chrome trim?
Can you take the chrome trim out and spray a matte clear coat on them?
Ive cursed chrome interior bits for the same reason. I used to be in rental cars a lot and would have issues with it. Maybe get a matte vynil wrap? Nicely applied electrical tape? Can get it in various colors.
1966 Datsun Roadster had chrome trim rings on gauges. I thought the government made them change as 1967 had black rings only. Was it against the law to have chrome ring gauges? Is your issue why?
In reply to Datsun310Guy :
Yes, that is exactly why they changed them, regulations changed. The chrome trim and windshield surround reflected to much towards the driver to pass them. The solution for the windshield was to paint over the chrome with silver matte paint.
I had to deal with something like this in our old 2014 Accord. It had chrome trim around the cup holders and shifter on sunny days, I had to throw a rag over the whole area because the sun would reflect up into my eyes. It was horrible.
I actually wrote to Honda about it at one point.
Our 2022 Accord doesn't have it.
Thanks, I knew this group would have some good ideas!
Sharpie, scotchbrite (reversibility arguable), or polarized sunglasses. Or all three.
Sharpie is a great idea for those thin chrome strips where towel, tape or Plasti-Dip would be clumsy. Polarized sunglasses don't seem to help much, they just make it hard to read the menu screen at Culvers...
