Covered in a dodgey as you put it but this is close to factory finish which is what most prefer. Its all good though theres different sorts of needs and budgets.

As for the curling on the ends it is a big issue for the 1k
dashes, I guess the only solution is like for some 1200 dashes where some FRP ones are avail?
Another option is to go for the early 66 look but we need the early guage clusters which would be easier to produce in frp if the later guague cluster could be used.