just interested in the different locations you guys put your aftermarket tachs....i'm interested in gettin one soon, but dont know where would be a good sopt.

 

mine is mounted on the right side of the dash right above where the a/c controls are. I screwed the bracket into the side of the dash. if you take the plastic piece off that holds the cigarette lighter you can get to the back side of that piece and bolt the bracket on so it is more rigid. Oh yeah, the tach I mounted is a 5" autogage w/shiftlight

 

here ya go.

 

here you are.

 

Mine is located in the same place. Fuzzy picture, but you get the idea.

 

when racin...is it in a good spot to still be able to look at?

 

yep.....right above the HVAC controls seems to be pretty popular...

 

It's a t/a but you get the idea.

 

Does it count if it's in the same spot as the original? I like it there. EDIT: See further in the post for installed pics.

 

here

 

Ok, now it's in the car, and working. BTW, does anyone else use the 5" tach and speedo? I see a lot of 3 5/8.

 

how hard is it to make a custon gauge cluster like that? How's the tach hook up? I wanna make one for my firebird, I really like the stock locations for everything but dislike the inaccuracy of everything.

 

what year is your car Eats because im pretty sure that the 91-92 style dash is physically smaller than the 80's style dash.. if you notice, the 90's dashes had half moon gauges and teh 80's had full circle

 

hawks has these...

Gauge Panels



their made buy covan's classics, also available from summit and with no gauges

Covan's

 

they arent avail. for 91 style dashes tho... i checked because they would be cool to put in

 

wonder if it's just becuase of the electric speedo, If that's the case it might work if you switch to cable driven speedo...

 

no it the shape and size... my 91 has a total heght of 5in with the dash cover in place

 

oh, ok then haven't seen a 91-92 dash up close...

 

90-92 dash gauges....

 

That's NICE ! :hail: :hail: :hail:
Can you say how much that cost after all was done?
Was there any complications? It looks pretty straight forward.

 

lotta camaros, not seeing too many firebirds though :-(

 

That's because you're looking in the wrong place. Check this link:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=168540


The link has benn around a while but is current. What do you think of that dash?

 

All, you can't see it in the previous pics, but there is a fuel gauge beneath the tach. Showing it here, hopefully without objection.

Saigon_Bob, it's an 88. I haven't worked with the 90's style, so I have no idea what would fit. Given the sizes you said, I'm thinking you'd have to go with 3 5/8 speedo/tach vice the 5 inchers.

Scorpner, everything was straight forward except for one electrical connection that I had to guess on. Got it right the first time, so I'd say it was fairly easy. As far as total cost, let's see:
Gauges: $450 $570 if you add the two in the pod
LED's: $19
Metal: $15
Misc: $30
Labor: Priceless

I'd guess just over $500 for everything for the dash.

Nocturnall, if you want, I can send you pics of the whole process, and let you decide. I didnt' think it was too hard, I made lots of templates, out of paper, cardboard, sheet metal, and finally the steel. I already had most of the tools, but had to buy a hole saw.

 

Eats5.0,
I'd like to see how you did it as well. If you send out pics on the process, then please add my name to the email.

extratrash@comcast.net

Or use my link below.

 

heres what i had in my 82 camaro..

 

did that fit right in or did you have to shave it out a bit? I've seen a couple people use the factory plate but never had a chance to ask them about it. Also is that the 5" tach?

-Jim

 

yes its a 5"

it wasnt perfect, but it was so close no one noticed... really it was ment as a "strap mount" external tach.. not a in-dash tach.

i took a piece of sheetmetal and put a bow in it.
then cut the round hold to JUST fit the back of the tach in..
then as i screwed down the sheetmetal to the gauge cluster, it flattened... of course that makes it so the hole isnt round, and it compresses on the gauge... holding it firmly in place.


i did a post on it years back when i first did it.

 

sweet thanks

 

i have some old pics of my 3rd gen dash if anyone is interested. custom autometer type stuffs. im building one for my 02 camaro dash right now, using a 93 firebird cluster(the shell)

 

sure email them to me if you could

 

I,d like to see Too !

 

Eat5.0s where can you buy those LEDs in your dash?

 

i got mine from radio shack, tho i used a tad smaller size.
pics are emailed guys.

 

got them at the auto parts store, here they are Advance, but I'm sure you could find them at like a Kragen, Checker, maybe Pep Boys. Depends on where you live.
I didn't like the ones at Radio Shack, they were too little.

 

I didn't get them can you send again?

 

I got 3 pictures that opened but a text.html that didn't.:shrug:
Was there any text sent?

 

they have been resent.
dunno what happened there.

 

email has been sent again. it was some text, with another pic. not sure why it didnt make it. outlook express sucks.

 

yeah i just switched to regular outlook myself, thanks for the picks

 

Got everything this time.
Thanks!

 

I like that, but was wondering about how to mount it. So, went my way. I'll bet it's nice having a playback right in the dash.

 

here's a cool setup for the 90-92 style dash.
It's not mine, but I saved this pic somewhere cause it looked good. Look really close at the radio bezel. There's some gauges there tooooooo.

 

My radio bezel is going to have the nitrous pressure gauge, and a switch panel for the aux fuel pump, and various other things. I'll post when that's done, but that won't be for a couple months.

 

i have a radio in my radio bezel

 

Put the tach where I have mine. It's out of the way and looks great. The biggest problem with adding a tach to my car was that it couldn't be all that big. Autometer Monster tachs are too big to be mounted on the left of the dash due to the angle the windshield is at. I found that the best tach to mount was an autogage 3 3/4" tach. They make 3 types: one with a shift light on the face, one with a shift light on the outside of the dial, and one without a shift light. I own the one with the light on the face. The face is the same size as my other larger guages and it looks great at night with my dash. Anyway, it's just an idea.

 

I'm running an Autogage 3 3/4 tach above the hvac...

 

I HAD a radio in my bezel, until my car was broken into and some punk stole it. Paid $300 for it 6 years ago.

Funny thing is, he didn't touch the $700 worth of brand new Autometer Ultra-Lites. Moron.

 

slightly unrelated but how do you mount a DIN radio and the 1/2DIN component in the bezel i wanted to do a EQ but i think i wont.. also is the a install kit for thesse cars that has a storage area under teh radio. like the radio is at the very top and the pocket is under it

 

I dont know if i like it there or not.......
and yes, i do realize that my interior is a disaster.....and yes, those are pieces of particleboard for my door panels......and yes, i am covering them soon hopefully.....LOL

 

heres a shot of my tach-just got installed today