If it is one thing I cannot stand...

[MrMarquis]

Looks kinda plain without some sort of chrome trim... ^^^

[1987cp]

It also looks pretty good to black out only the chrome and leave the fake woodgrain.

[Baker]

progress, thinking about blacking the lower dash as well.

[1987cp]

That's a different approach. I think I kind of like it.

One oddball question I still haven't had answered: When I tried selective blacking (and re-silvering with crap silver craft paint) on my original Mercury dash, I was using black Krylon, and it proceeded to melt the fake-wood decal wherever it came in contact with it. How does one avoid this when deliberately painting the decal, or do other paints just have less-harsh effects when applied?

[Baker]

I used plastic paint, prepped by sanding with 400 grit. It fisheyed in a couple spots, but you can avoid it if you clean it with wax and grease remover or paint thinner. For the silver I used that aluminum paint from rustoleom, I had a quart laying around so I decided to brush it.