Instrument Pod

[Soixantaine]

Got to thinking about ways to mount gauges on the dash. I wanted a, sort of, factory look and after looking at the dash panels, thought I might work something out by doing a little surgery to them. Trip to the scrapyard for spares and after some careful measuring, cutting (razor saw), and epoxying, this is the result. All I need now are the gauges.

S

 

[pjg1979]

Good Job, I'm doing my console as well. well just a little. How about putting some tweeters in, lol. seriously where there any gauges in there anyway?

 

[frank]

soixantaine

that looks the dogs ________ , hope the misses did,nt catch you cooking the epoxy tho !!

 

[sonic]

hope the misses didn't catch you cooking the epoxy tho !!

I think its more likely that he's heating the plastic under tension to get the right curvature, looking good S.

 

[Craig]

Looks horrible - you need to make the cigarette lighter straight (argh OCD!)
Are you going to fill in the gaps surrounding the new panel - you will also have to faff about a bit as gauges don't *quite* sit nicely in the heater control holes.
Craih

 

[Soixantaine]

Spot on sonic. Started with minimum curvature and as the plastic heated screwed the end caps down a little. No gaps, really, took my time fitting the gauge piece. Just overlaps on the sides and is pretty snug along the bottom join. The openings are countersunk slightly, just a bit over 53mm at the back and slightly larger in front, and most gauges seem to be 52mm. With the bezel should be a snug fit. Of course will have to brace the the back ends of the gauges and allow for some sort of mounting method.

S

 

[kennierobo]

will you see the gauges down there would they not be better placed where radio is and radio located at bottom

 

[Soixantaine]

An even better location would be in place of the heater controls but I haven't looked into the possibility of swopping them out. No problem, however, with seeing them down there.

S