I finally got around to making this panel up. Been meaning to do it for a while but couldn't find the time. Just cut out the stock gauge panel and made the new one. Took out the HVAC vents too and filled them in. Mounting switches in there.

 

PICS!

 

They're in there, but not showing up!!!

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There we go, I pasted the right link that time

 

keep tryin'

 

To hell with webshots.

 

...going to have this ready for the nationals are you??

 

Yeah right Erik. These are for the red car. Maybe for Nationals 2007

 

What did you use to make the panel with? I tried plexi a long time ago and it cracked to pieces.

 

This stuff is called Kydex. My pops scrounged it off one of his job sites. Real nice to work with. It's a type of plastc. Looked it up on the web and it's $430 a sheet!!! Supposed to be super-strong. It's a "Cross-linked polymer", like Kevlar. So it ought to hold up. I knew plexi wouldn't work. It's way too brittle. I'll bring them to the nationals.

 

Im doing the same thing with my dash so ive got a question. How are you going to secure the autometer panel to the stock dash panel?

 

Looks good. But custom gauges have been done in a bird before.

 

If you guys wanna save money, go to home depot. look in the plywood section, there is all kinds of materials that are not expensive and quite strong. Check out my site, I have used nice cheap stuff successfully.

 

Yeah, this stuff was free to me

Karps, I had seen yours before but wanted to go a different route.

The panel is secured to the stock one with epoxy.

 

Sweet deal NastyL98_T/A.

If you guys are looking for a more removable method than epoxy, nook no further than some nice thick zip ties. I tied a few togeather and had them wrap around the autometer c-clamps, back to the dash frame itself. works fine, and easy to take off to have access to all the wires back there.

 

I'm actually going to redo the setup this fall. I have a new idea. lol

Also www.mcmaster.com also sells many different types of plastics and acyrlics in different thicknesses and textures.

 

That sounds ok, but I wouldn't want to see zip ties on the dash. In the 'birds it's easy enough to take out the 10 or so 7mm screws and the whole panel comes out.

 

That looks pretty fabulous!

 

thats cool, if you can manage the srews.

I dunno if you ment see the zip ties like you can actually see them, or you just don't want them in your car.... mine are 100% hidden behind my panel.

 

I just don't want them visible. The screws that hold it in are the same ones that hold the bezel to the dash. They're all accessible.

 

how did u due it what did u cut it out of to make the pannel

 

I still didn't see a good picture of any ones dash panel.

 

7 year old thread.....probably not going to get a response from OP