Can i use cloth in the back to support the cluster

I have searched but no real answers came up

 

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i cut off all the tabs on the cluster itself (since it wont fit otherwise), drilled holes into the back of the cluster, and made brackets to mount it to stock mounting points.

 

pictures by any chance?

 

just put it in, and leave it, mine just sits there perfect,

 

sorry i didnt take any the only pics i have are before it was mounted. let me see if i can find some other pics and show you where i drilled holes.

 

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its also quite unsecure like that too. the reason i bolted it down. its annoying.

 

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it falls back, there is nothing holding it from the back so theres a gap between cluster and guage cover..

 

ok sorry for the bad pics. i grabbed them from other sites

anyway this is what i did. first start by cutting off the tabs seen here :


next i drilled holes in the back of the cluster located here and here. sorry for the bad pic, but i couldnt find one the showed exactly where i drilled but there should be a small area of flat spot where a hole would not interfere with anything


then i made a bracket that looked more or less like this. dont bother asking measurements cause i didnt take any. i didnt feel like trying to take measurements in such a tight space. i just eyeballed it and adjusted it/ redid it where necessary. i just used little 1/2" thick peices or aluminum that i had lying around. scrap metal basically


and then i bolted the bracke to the back of the cluster then bolted threw the bracket into these holes on the crx:


only thing is that the cluster sits a good deal back when doing this, i just filled the gap by pulling the bracket away from the cluster with a bunch of washers. hope i helped

 

so would cloth work for the time being?

i cant imagine the back for the cluster getting that hot...

 

i guess it would work, its just not what i would do. i dont like ghettofying things . and no it shouldnt get hot at all, at least not hot enough to hurt anything

 

well just time being so i can get my interior somewhat together..