im looking into making a new dash out of aluminum. does anyone here have a few pics they would like to share? im going with the race car look and it will give a nice clean/smooth finish. the reason for going this route is my stock dash is cracked beyond repair. i will be using all autometer gauges

 

i was thinking simple like these.

 

I like the top picture, just plain functional, kinda Nascar style

AlkyIroc made one for his racecar, you could search for pics of it.

 

I tried to keep it simple but still use the stock dash carrier assembly.

 

i drew one up. going to use all the factory brackets and supports. i will post a pic of the blue print when i scan the pic

 

Check out mine:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...ash-gauge.html

 

dash swing out so you can work on electrical. I will carpet it so you don't see the hinge.

 

Aluminum dashes are nice but I had to put some fabric on the top. Our track faces south and I was getting so much glare from the sun, I couldn't look out the window.

Mine is very basic. A piece of aluminum bent to give a face for the gauges then a small bend along the bottom to give some stiffness. It's barely attached to the car. 2 rods on either side hold the dash to the body, that's it. It survives my wheels up launches.

Large oil warning light, oil pressure gauge, coolant temp gauge and engine oil temp gauge (Which I don't use any more). Voltage gauge is mounted in the overhead switch panel. The 1/4" stereo plug above the steering column is for the transbrake buttons on the steering wheel. Makes a quick and easy way to disconnect and take the steering wheel out of the car. The tach is mounted to the a-pillar tube.

 

im going with something like this, but the face is 11 5/8" and will have both 5" tach and speedo. it will also have a flat black finish

 

The face of my dash I think was only 6". Might be 5". I only needed it large enough to house the smaller gauges.

 

That looks very nice. Any more pictures/build thread?

 

More details here http://www.gmhightechperformance.com..._ii/index.html

 

my dash will be made out of alu-panel. comes in a flat black finish

 

heres the 1st fitment test. needs to be trimmed to fit the center console. heres a few pics.

 

heres the newest pic. bought aluminum vinyl to go over the flat black face.

 

before trimming:




heres after i did more trimming:



the factory mounting bracket:

 

heres a quick photoshop of what i might do next. adding 3 more gauges, and my logo i designed just for my camaro:

 

whats going to happen when the sun hits that bad boy?

 

if you look, its angled down slightly. i had it in direct sunlight and nothing happened.

 

heres another photoshop: