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Old 09-04-2006, 06:28 PM
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Default gauges R done whattaya guys think?

Just wanted some opinions on how this looks... Finally got ALL the gauges I wanted, fabbed up the panels and installed em and i'm ready to wire it up with a painless wiring plug and play gauge harness....

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Old 09-04-2006, 07:05 PM
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I think it looks badass.

Nice layout too.
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Looks awesome!
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Looks great. I don't see a speedometer though.
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Looks sexy i like it!!


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Old 09-04-2006, 08:28 PM
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Looks great. I don't see a speedometer though
Timeslip will tell me how fast I'm going

on the street I just won't go faster than everyone else..

Thanks guys, BTW don't know if you can see it but the layout is:

In dash L--->R: Oil Pressure, Tach, Batt voltage
In HVAC panel : Trans temp, water temp, oil temp
In Radio panel : Nitrous pressure, fuel level

I might move fuel level to where the oil pressure is to the left of the tach and put oil pressure next to the nitrous pressure gauge....
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Looks great! Love the car color
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Pshhhhh. Its just another slow Lt1. I "guess" its cool.

Nice Job man!

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Nice work.
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Looks great!
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Looks good. Kinda looks similar to my set-up.
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looks good like mine too...but i still hav a radio(street car)
how did you get the gauges where the a/c controals go to stay in there? ive had problems
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Looks awesome. It seems like they're still plenty visible while in the driver seat. Awesome job.
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To get them to stay I used a 2" hole saw to make the initial holes then I dremeled the rest away all the while testing the fit....I had to push the gauges in with alot of force since I wanted the mount to be tight enough to not have to use the gauge mounts behind the gauges.... the fit is so tight they hold themselves in...

thanks again guys...
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Looks great man.
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i meant how dod you hold them into the dash? double sided tape? because ive tried it and this tx heat is like melting the tape, and im not goana put screws to hold it...
how did you hold the plate with 3 gauges inside the dash?
thanks
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Looks good mang!

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Looks good man.

Originally Posted by daniel6718
i meant how dod you hold them into the dash? double sided tape? because ive tried it and this tx heat is like melting the tape, and im not goana put screws to hold it...
how did you hold the plate with 3 gauges inside the dash?
thanks
Not sure how hes got them holding up but I'm doing mine now and they should be real sturdy. I'm taking the hvac controls unit and removing everything off it then placing a black sheet of plastic cut to the same size and glueing it on top. Then drilling the holes straight through the whole unit. Shove the gauges in nice and tight and mount with the same screws the hvac unit was originally mounted with.




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