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Did some work on the dash FINALLY. The weather here has been atrocious.
Made this piece out of aluminum. It is roughed in at this point and the gauges fit in really nicely. It will end up powder-coated in the same color as the dash (darker grey). I am still trying to find an old non-tach cluster so I can get it mounted into the dash. Anyone have something? Tach, non-tach, working, or not I don't care. I just need all the tabs in place to mount it to the dash itself. The cheaper the better. lol
I do plan on painting the wideband trim ring. Since it isn't from the "Cobalt Digital" line-up the ring is different. The speedo combo is perfect for my set-up. If this wasn't a combo set there would have been no way I coulda mounted all of these into the dash. Took hours and hours of searching different brands that had everything I needed. Go figure AutoMeter was it. I looked into aftermarket clusters form several companies. Dakota Digital was almost purchased. Their complete cluster was really nice but was about an inch too tal and woulda looked funny in the dash no matter how I finished it. With this set-up I will only have to do minimal trimming of the cluster outer trim ring to fit over all of the gauges. I think it will look sweet
I have a set of led indicator lights on the way. They will go into these positions or close to here anyway. "They are bright enough to see but not overpowering so as to blind you at night" is what the vendor told me. We'll have to wait and see.
I also did a great deal of work on the shift boot. It will go directly onto the floor without a console. I hope to have it finished within the next day or two. Using a Lokar boot and retainer.
Made this piece out of aluminum. It is roughed in at this point and the gauges fit in really nicely. It will end up powder-coated in the same color as the dash (darker grey). I am still trying to find an old non-tach cluster so I can get it mounted into the dash. Anyone have something? Tach, non-tach, working, or not I don't care. I just need all the tabs in place to mount it to the dash itself. The cheaper the better. lol
I do plan on painting the wideband trim ring. Since it isn't from the "Cobalt Digital" line-up the ring is different. The speedo combo is perfect for my set-up. If this wasn't a combo set there would have been no way I coulda mounted all of these into the dash. Took hours and hours of searching different brands that had everything I needed. Go figure AutoMeter was it. I looked into aftermarket clusters form several companies. Dakota Digital was almost purchased. Their complete cluster was really nice but was about an inch too tal and woulda looked funny in the dash no matter how I finished it. With this set-up I will only have to do minimal trimming of the cluster outer trim ring to fit over all of the gauges. I think it will look sweet
I have a set of led indicator lights on the way. They will go into these positions or close to here anyway. "They are bright enough to see but not overpowering so as to blind you at night" is what the vendor told me. We'll have to wait and see.
I also did a great deal of work on the shift boot. It will go directly onto the floor without a console. I hope to have it finished within the next day or two. Using a Lokar boot and retainer.
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