Mike7447 Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 Fair warning,…if you’re a purist, you might wanna skip this one. There is reckless butchery, and minimal concern for the possibility of returning anything to “ the way it was” . I started with a really nice low mile cluster.Low mile in this instance is 72100 miles. *Pay no attention to the crime scene in the background,… I tend to have multiple things going on all at once, and never put back anything until I can’t find nothing. Even though the gauges are branded as a Jegs product, I knew it was probably made by intellitronix. I’ve had these gauges in other cars, and for the price, you simply cannot buy an American made 6 gauge panel with a GPS speedo for anywhere near this price. I paid 399.00 There are many reasons for the change here, but the main ones are I don’t trust factory gauges, I’m concerned about the factory tach working with the MS ecu, and the factory fuel sending unit impedance isn’t compatible with anything aftermarket. This panel lets me select for any domestic and aftermarket fuel sender with dip switches. I realize that requires I change out the sending unit to accommodate, but that tank has to come out for the fuel pump upgrade anyway. Now for the puke in your mouth moment… What you’re seeing is a layer of fiberglass resin floated on top of a 1/8” backer board. When it’s completely dry, I’ll cut the oval out of the center to allow the gauge panel to peek through. The entire surface will be covered with a piece of tinted Lexan. The white plastic housing behind there is gutted, ( and looks like bloody hell). I’m keeping it to keep everything else mountable when it comes time to reinstall it. Presently waiting on the Lexan to complete this, should be here by the weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_beagle Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 You are moving really fast. While I won't be going this route, it's interesting to see. Looking forward to continued progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 (edited) I have looked at digital dashes a ton and always decided it was too expensive. This DIY approach though has me reconsidering. I'll be watching for updates. Not to mention I have several spare clusters, so if I mess one up, no big deal. Edited July 27 by psu_Crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted August 4 Author Report Share Posted August 4 (edited) For better or worse, I’m calling this one done. I made plenty of mistakes here, from not protecting the face properly while I was cutting out the masking tape to reveal the digits, and scratched the face up. I think I’ll be able to use some plastic polish to minimize that. I also got really stupid on the back side while cutting the masking tape openings, and left cut lines visible from the face. Fortunately, those disappear when put against a black background. So, a chip foose I ain’t, but on my garage hacker scale of 1-10, I’ll give this a 7 Edited August 4 by Mike7447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_beagle Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 20 hours ago, Mike7447 said: For better or worse, I’m calling this one done. I made plenty of mistakes here, from not protecting the face properly while I was cutting out the masking tape to reveal the digits, and scratched the face up. I think I’ll be able to use some plastic polish to minimize that. I also got really stupid on the back side while cutting the masking tape openings, and left cut lines visible from the face. Fortunately, those disappear when put against a black background. So, a chip foose I ain’t, but on my garage hacker scale of 1-10, I’ll give this a 7 Looks pretty clean in the photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted August 5 Author Report Share Posted August 5 3 minutes ago, nc_beagle said: Looks pretty clean in the photo! This was after I put some wax on it, this was how it looked before that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted August 11 Report Share Posted August 11 Gives it that Night Rider vibe! I dig it! Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 that looks pretty cool, i like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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