Ok, so the modification list over the past month on my interior is as follows:
1: cockpit specialties anthracite gauge faces
2: modified gauge faces so light distribution was better, as well as toughtd up light stencil on back of gauge faces to fix the traction control, eml, water temp, parking brake, and turn signal symbols when illuminated
3: seats were recovered with leather/suede and silver stitching from katzkin. (yesterday)
4: new speedometer bezel to go with tach ring, and solver stitching (silver) (today)

now for some before and after pictures:

Before:
(will add more once i find them.. i think they are on one of my other computers...)


obviously post processing was done on this one...


and after!
the stereo has also been swapped between these two photos.

 

Looks awesome!

 

very nice!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Looking good.

 

So can you still get the gauges?

 

unless you want to spend several hours modifying them, id go with a brand other than cockpit specialties. I think they went out of buisness, and moss mini put theirs on clearance for $50, so i picked up a set. In reality, i wish they were better designed and a slightly lighter grey (gp layout) but for $50, i couldnt pass it up.
I ended up scanning the back of my original gauge face, and put tape over the paper(before i printed) where the eml, traction control, gas, oil, battery, and water symbols were (individual pieces of tape) and then printed it, and then very carefully (ink is wet on tape as the tap does not absorb it) lifted them off the paper, and applied them to the back of the new gauge faces, overlaying them exactly (the new gauge faces dye cut was too wide, and made these symbols either un-readable,or just irritatingly bad at night)
and on the tach, all the dummy lights were too see through. when the lights were on (turn signal, parking brake ect...) you could see the bulb light up behind and see the inside of the cluster. Some of the tach marks were completely see through as well. I fixed this by applying Teflon pipe tape to one side of double sided scotch tape (the kind for sticking bows on presents), and then sticking that on the back of the gauge face where the light came through too harshly. This worked well as the Teflon tape is white, so it matched, and is so thin that it didn't absorb much light, but just diffused it more evenly. They may have some left in stock at moss if your willing to play with them a bit to get quality up to snuff, but last i heard, they were out of anthracite.