Just taped off and painted my shifter plate (4 speed) with black semi-gloss. I borrowed a lipstick from my wife (Maroon for those who care) and used it over the chrome shift diagram and numerals, then taped and sprayed primer and paint. Used a popsicle stick afteward and the black paint slid off the raised area easily. Looks brand new and cost almost nothing.

Rgds

Great tip I'll have to try that one. Sounds better than the razor blade deal!

That is a great tip to bring up from time to time. I did mine last summer and used a satin finish black. I ended up painting the gage bezel, console, upper fiber optics plate and shift plate. I all came out looking great and what I used was a chap stick on the chrome.

I painted mine a couple of summers ago. Never thought of the chapstick idea. I wound up scraping the paint off with a razor or the back side of a knife blade. Turned out pretty good IMO. The chapstick would have been much easier for sure.