I have a template made for my dash. I am going to order the gauges soon. what is the best material to use. Maybe a sheet metal or and type of board. Or would it be easier to use the plastic clear piece and fiber glass it a little to make it even. Any help would be great.

 

When say "dash" are you talking about the entire dashboard assembly, or are you just talking about the gauge cluster, and removing it and placing a blank panel in there to install your custom gauges into?

 

The gauge cluster part. I would like to put aftermarket gauges.

 

Well then I would say whatever material you can get a hold of and will be easiest for you to work with. ABS plastic would be the easiest and cheapest if I had to guess, next would be wood, then finally metal.

I like the idea of putting the clear factory gauges plastic panel in front of the aftermarket gauges installed into an ABS board.