Well, it looks like Casting_Fool is lost in space. So we are about to put money down on another company (thanks Mach!) to have the casting done- either this week or next.

What colors does everyone want? Get your say in soon, because we order no later than next week.

Stu

What colors does everyone want?

Milky gray, so they look like the original buttons when unlit. (If the new casting people can pull that off well, that is.)

I'd want a Dark gray, so the buttons look black when the lights are off, and smoke when on.

Red for the wife's car. A bright yellow-green for mine. But I'm broke right now, so I couldn't buy them immediately, so don't make those colors specially just for me.

The four standard empeg lens colors, plus a smoke (in visible light) to match the VFD color when illuminated. I like the idea of having the colors being milky in daylight, but I am not sure how this would look / work in practice. Better diffusion through the buttons is highly desired.

Yeah, this would be cool, I'd like sets like this. Of course I haven't found original green or red lenses yet...

VW dash red please

(That'd possibly match the red used in Audi instrumentation too?)

VW red for me too
And the ones that look stock when unlit sound good to me too.
(Yellow would be nice, but I think I'm the only one with that choice )

What Paul Grzelak said.

I'd like to get them too. Audi/VW red as well.

Also, is there any way to get some silver/chrome ? I don't know if there's a way to do that on plastic... Of course I'd buy those in metal as well, would it be possible...

I did not follow this topic much. Shoudl I send money to somebody in addvance?

Definitely will be a red.

There is a process called electroforming that deposits a copper "strike" followed by a finish plate or nickel strike followed by chrome onto nonconductive parts. I'm not sure that it would hold up to repeated use however. I've experimented with the process a little by gold plating a pine cone, but the results were only marginal. In short, it's probably not a good idea to plate plastic for this application. You can probably get a jeweler to cast some solid metal buttons and knobs for you if you really want them.

Stu

No problem, glad that I could help.

I know we've discussed this but I'll throw it out here to see if anyone else is interested. I'd like the standard button colors with the smoke buttons to match the original but I'd like to have buttons with a phosphorescent tint (blue and blue green would work best but other colors are available) if its a viable option.

Also depending on what the caster says, a frosted effect may be a decent option also (via sand blasting after casting).

I'd also like to bring up the flexible button option here.

Finally, metal like finishes may be possible with something like this but the caster would have to decide if it's possible and worth the trouble. It's doubtful they would be illuminated if the powder was dense enough to give a metallic finish but it could, if it was only metal flaked. ( Hmm, frosted, glows in the dark, flexible with metal flake....if you can get a treble hook embedded in them I'll use them for fishing )

If any of these options are plausible, I would pay extra for them.

Thanks!

I'm sure you've heard it, but I'll say it again - THANKS! for doing this.

Just an idea, how about a poll to get started with? Unlike many other bulletin boards, I think the empeg owners would actually stick to their choices, understanding that if they check a color they would want, that they really shoould intend to buy it as well, lest you put a lot of work into something that doesn't get anywhere.

I'd like blood red as well If these become available, expect to see orders for light kits increase!

yeah, what Paul said. I like the smoked color. I have a set of green ones (thanks paul) that look great.

All the grey-scheme suggestions so far sound good to me, particularly the black-to-smoke one. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be possible to have the lit color match the green of the smoke lens, so I'm not worried about that.

Hi,
another idea that just came to my mind: Is it possible to mold buttons so that only the "surround" (border) is lit, and the rest is black or the original grey? But then still, one could paint its buttons by himself.

I'd like to get a set of red ones (GM red ) and a set of blue about the same darkness as the OE lens.
Oh translucent red and blue that is don't think I really needed to say that but just in case.

BMW red please.

I'd be in for a set of red buttons.

I would probably want 1 or 2 sets of smoke coloured.

<snore> <bzzz>...

Uh... Could someone repost the link to the pictures?

The buttons in question haven't been produced yet. Brian was producing them once upon a time.

In reply to:

---

Could someone repost the link to the pictures?

---

You me this?

Stu

Or perhaps this one? Amber, blue and smoke combinations...

Ahh, yes, thanks!!

The parts went out today for mold making. Thanks Paul (pgrzelak)!

Stu

I'd like a set of red, blue, smoke (VFD-Color when lit) and milky white (for the UV-LEDs) or what do you think would be the best for UV???
If available, original lens green and amber would be fine, too (if they're affordable )

cheers, Thomas

I'd like amber, to match my screen; milky or smoke would also be good.

Anything else that users can find in the dark would still be an improvement on the stock unlit buttons!

I just got off of the phone with the caster. He says he should be making the molds on Friday of this week and will be getting samples out next week. I'll post some images of them when they come in.

Stu

how hard would it be to get a glow from just the edges of the buttons and faint glow out the front?
ill try to draw up a picture of the idea