Ausmith

Some pics








Modified by Ausmith at 4:46 PM 1/25/2005


Modified by Ausmith at 4:53 PM 1/25/2005

Discosteak

iTrader: (1)

wheres the tech?

Luserkid

Isnt that the super rare spoon cluster for EF thats worth like 2 grand or something? So not worth it. I could make that myself for 400 or less using Autometer.

Ausmith

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No - I made it. It's for an EG.

Ausmith

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Where's the tech? A custom gauge cluster is a cool piece that is fairly technical.

BauleyCivic

Pics aren't loading for me...

Ricey McRicerton

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They just take a while.

BTW, cool looking cluster. How'd you do it?

bambbrose

iTrader: (1)

is this gonna be available to the public? i.e. are you making more than one? I saw this cluster or one with the same tach in a video of a white hatch at a raceway

BolivianFuego

Damn thats pretty damn cool. I kinda want to give that a shot with my spare DX cluster. Does anyone know any nice looking tachs and speedometers? and where to get em?

cxSHOE

haa haa thats cool


i dont care about the write up just let me know where you got the black backing the gauges fit into. thanks hopefully you will share and not just show off

j/k thanks

m3dia_lab

where did you get those digital gauges? is the one on the right the speedo?

ian.

nice

cxSHOE

all the gauges are made by spa design in the uk... just follow the directions on getting them to work.

http://www.spa-uk.co.uk/design/dualgauges.htm

now lets talk about that black gauge part..

like where did you get it or how was it made if it was custom made

Daniel san

that's nuts yo.

is it actually functional ?

did you test it out yet ?
and if so. do you have any pictures of it in action ?

tfalconier

you can get all the gauges u need from Summit, the have tachs, speedos and everything else you need. Looks good, wish i had some pics of my 80 camaro on here, i made a full aluminum gauge pod with full autometers, im doing the same thing with my 88 thunderbird turbocoupe pretty soon.

cxSHOE

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oh and spoon never made a gauge cluster for the ef's (ever) just the speedo lookin sig.

Ausmith

Okay okay okay... enough response from the pics to post details.

1) Started with a stock DX cluster. Took it all apart and used a die grinder with barrel sander to remove the inside section. Basically left with nothing but the outer plastic.

2) Designed and cut a CF panel (1/16" 4 layer Carbon) using a band saw and various hole saws. This takes some time and decent measuring tools. Make a cardboard template first and then trace onto the CF sheet

3) Epoxied the panel to the back side of the stock housing. I did my best to get the fit of the panel close to the shape of the opening on the plastic housing.

4)The edges on the front side, where the CF panel meets the plastic housing, were all filled with bondo like material to get a nice "molded" look.

5)Sand everything very well and paint with primer and flat black paint

6)Yes this piece is fully functional. All gauges are by SPA Technique.

7)Everything, except Speedo, was wired in using the factory dash wire harness. I used a 16 wire plug that I had from a junk harness so this baby plugs in just like a factory piece.

JDM_Ej

that, is hot.

Ausmith

BTW.... I will take some better pics when I have time. The lighting in that room suxors and it was really bad with the flash on.

It looks really cool in the dash!

It belongs to this car:

cxSHOE

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2) Designed and cut a CF panel (1/16" 4 layer Carbon) using a band saw and various hole saws. This takes some time and decent measuring tools. Make a cardboard template first and then trace onto the CF sheet

3) Epoxied the panel to the back side of the stock housing. I did my best to get the fit of the panel close to the shape of the opening on the plastic housing.

4)The edges on the front side, where the CF panel meets the plastic housing, were all filled with bondo like material to get a nice "molded" look.

5)Sand everything very well and paint with primer and flat black paint</TD></TR></TABLE>


COOL too much work for me (no time). looks very nice although. and nice car aswell.

ill stick to my jdm/usdm itr hybrid cluster.

mwieczorek43

Make me one!
How much??

bambbrose

iTrader: (1)

I'm guessing that cost over 700 just for the gauges, maybe more. and then labor, so you aren't gonna get one made for cheap

SkRiBLaH

how did you make a gauge for the fuel level?


that FUEL gauge is for fuel pressure, not level. wondering how you did this..

h22a_ej

wow thats a nice cluster...must of been a **** load of work.

good job!

_BEN_

That looks like boosted hybrids cluster. Nice job.


But if I could ever gather up the dough and the nerve to spend it. I would go for a stack cluster. Stack &gt; everything else