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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:34 pm    Post subject: gauge pod Reply with quote

ok so ive decided to put some gauges where the centre speaker use to be so far ive made the mold to fibre glass it what do you guys think and also were would i go to get the same colour paint as my dash its the brown colour
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that looks very similar in shape to mine.... i think there is a pic in my ride thread
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a pic of mine. I sprayed the gap filler stuff you buy in a can on the plastic for the speaker grill and moulded it to suit the curve of the dash. Then fibreglassed over it. I would try and have it trimmed because it will look alot better than paint

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stower, that is fucking great! If you could get someone to whip out 10-20 of those in fibreglass (or wet-look real Carbon Fibre, mmm yummy CF) you'd have plenty of buyers I reckon.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmmm, i dont like it, no offense or anything, in my opinion it just to 'In Yo face' sorta thing, i want my boost gauge to be usable, but subtle , like in my gz20, i extended the dash towards the drivers pillar using fiberglass and made an enclosure that blended into the dash really well, unfortunately, it was destroyed trying to get the gauge back out!

I like the craftsmanship, anyone who can work fiberglass is pretty talented, but in my opinion it just protrudes out from the dash too much, sorta wrecks the VIPPER look.

I wanted to mount my turbo timer in the coin box, subtle, but usable!

but each to their own, nice work in all!

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dude that looks really cool, i must admit, when i was reading what u did i was picturing hideous fibergalssing job. but that looks good!! nice work
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the kind words guys.Well the first time i did it, it failed because i used styrofoam and it just melted it away. But when i got the second attempt right it didnt take to long to get right. The worst part was filling and sanding it so it wouldnt show up when i had it trimmed. i think all up it took me the whole weekend to do.

Warfare,
I have just ordered some carbon fibre for my supra for another project so maybe if i have the time i may have a go at one in CF and make a few more in fibreglass.

Woggin,
I see what you mean, i tried to match the slope of the dash as best i could so it wouldnt stick out as much. I thought that since my centre speaker wasnt in use i may aswel make use of the hole.

Oday,
Sorry for a bit of a thread hijack here but personally if you are going to put gauges up there try and make it as small as possible and keeping with the lines of the dash. So it doesent look to out of place. How many gauges are you planning on putting up there?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wanna try get 3 gauges up the, i agree does need to be smaller but will make changes to it when i have a fibre glass copy
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oday wrote:
wanna try get 3 gauges up the, i agree does need to be smaller but will make changes to it when i have a fibre glass copy


i got 3 in mine although it does stick out a bit compared to the rest of the dash
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Hell yeah !
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

as im trying to put 3 gauges in i only have a boost gauge at the moment what should i get for the other 2 gauges?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went a little different with mine I didn't think I was skilled enough to do the ones where the speaker goes, so I did them either side of my cluster here are some pics guages are wired in just haven't put the senders in yet.





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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that is fkn awesome!!!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just a side question, how do you find the blue dash? Is it a bit bright and annoying? Can't decide between blue or white....
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can do a how To do write up if anyone interested on how to do the guage pod thingy.


shrekvk wrote:
Just a side question, how do you find the blue dash? Is it a bit bright and annoying? Can't decide between blue or white....


not overly bright during the day at night I put them on the lowest dim setting and they are very clear and not in your face bright.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

epic work there Stenz - don't do write up man, do mates rates and make some more Very Happy good way to fill up the gap on both sides.
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