My First Shot at Fiberglass

[Superjustin13]

Have you actually seen the back of your gauge cluster ??

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unscrew the circuit board...


Drill the holes in the BACK of the PLASTIC gauge cluster.

run your wires. put the circuit board back on.

Walllalllaa.

refer to nate's post, see how he did it

 

[Clip]

Somebody here has been working on something like that ... I know I saw pictures of it around here somewhere!

yeah that was me, its still sitting in the basement waiting for some extra time. in case you're wondering i had to take the pics off here due to my size restrictions of 10mb i think. anyway, if you guys want some of those pics, lemme know, but i dont wanna steal this beauty of a project thread.

 

[kssweeper28]

that's exactly my next interior project... a car audio shop is doing it for me, quoted me $350 which i think is fair, would take me a very long time to do myself, especially sanded down perfectly and painted a nice glossy black which would show all the imperfections if done poorly. the only things that will be there will be the climate control relocated to the very bottom, radio just above it, and the hazard lights. everything else will be gone.

Damn well after they do that for you. POST PICS! Then Ill send them mine also. WOOT!

 

[xXxICExXx]

looking great so far, looking forward to seeing some pics!

 

[buckshotglass]

post up the pics...I know you have them.

 

[yaitsme]

Holy thread resurrection, buckshot !!

I cheaped out on the finish coat - was too damn anxious to see it in the car ...

Sorry 'bout my camera gettin' funky ...

One place where "bench fit" & "final fit" were different:

And yes, it sticks out a little far, but not so bad I won't use it !

Pics above are with steering fully telescoped.
Pic below is w/ the wheel pushed all the way in.

Here you can see that I molded the factory trimpiece into this gaugepanel, this makes the mounting 100% factory.

I love it ... I can't believe my first ever attempt at this stuff came out this nice. Of course, I've been looking at this thing for so long now, that all I can see is what's wrong with it any more - good thing I've got all those gauges to distract me from the panel !!

 

[theKnifeArtist]

i wonder how this thread got ressurected
looks great::w00t::

 

[empera]

very nice, im impressed...start making more

 

[MarqIII]

very nice....of course you're going to notice things u think u coulda done better but it looks damn good.....are those leds i spy used to replace warning lights and turn signals?.....if so howd u do it?

 

[yaitsme]

Yep, 4 led's ...

It took some looking, to find some I liked - Radio Shack's selection just wasn't cuttin' it - but I found a shop selling pre-wired assemblies, ready to wire up to a 12v source. They're in chrome 'hooded bezels' and appear clear unti lit - two greens for turn signals, one blue for bright lights, and a red - yet to be dermined. I'm leaning toward a shift light, at the moment.

 

[Clip]

how about green - turns, blue - high beams, red - BHG

 

[MarqIII]

Yep, 4 led's ...

It took some looking, to find some I liked - Radio Shack's selection just wasn't cuttin' it - but I found a shop selling pre-wired assemblies, ready to wire up to a 12v source. They're in chrome 'hooded bezels' and appear clear unti lit - two greens for turn signals, one blue for bright lights, and a red - yet to be dermined. I'm leaning toward a shift light, at the moment.

cool....although uve got tons of other gauges to keep track of temps peaking wat about a cel or do u have an ecu or something to inform u of that...thats the only i guess draw back of a project like this that i cant seem to figure out....it could just be me bein confused lol

 

[yaitsme]

You're right ... the enabling factor here is that I'm going to an AEM EMS, so the c.e.l. wouldn't work anymore anyways (as I understand it, anyway - could be wrong) ... also allows me to bypass the v.s.s. in the stock speedo. Not that I want to, particularly, that's just how it's worked out with this brand electric speedo.

 

[MarqIII]

You're right ... the enabling factor here is that I'm going to an AEM EMS, so the c.e.l. wouldn't work anymore anyways (as I understand it, anyway - could be wrong) ... also allows me to bypass the v.s.s. in the stock speedo. Not that I want to, particularly, that's just how it's worked out with this brand electric speedo.

yea im pretty sure it eliminates it...thats why its hard if not impossible to go through emissions with EMS......now we need some night time pics of that cobalt sexyness lol

 

[willfish]

very nice,
I think a group buy you should do...:biglaugh:

Will

 

[Charlie97L]

so can you see some of the behind the dash area with the final fitement? or is everything covered up. that one pic looks like one of the panles is either off or pushed forward?

 

[ViR2]

he he, nice! But they stick out just a little to far...

 

[supra90turbo]

very nice,
I think a group buy you should do...:biglaugh:

Will

yoda? is that you?

 

[JB91389]

Very Nice!

 

[yaitsme]

Charlie - there's a trim panel on either side of the steering column that isn't installed in the pictures, everything should be covered up when it's all put back together.

ViR - I agree, I guess I'm just gonna have to try it again!!


Thanks again, all !