Anyone know how to make something like this?

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=627535

I remember seeing it when it was first posted but never really paid attention until recently when the topic was brought back from the dead. And before anyone flames me for doing something like removing the air bags like this guy Im planning to do it on my eg civic where the air vents are on the dash

 

i wonder if you could use a motor from a car with pop up headlights such as rps13

 

i dont think u would need a motor that large. but then again 3 gauges with wires are quite heavy for a tiny motor

 

the more power it has the quicker the compartment can open and close

 

no one have any ideas on how to do this??

 

Use an electric cylinder ( can't recall if thats the name for it ). Place the gauges on a plate, mount them in the up postion, then go from there.

Not sure if you watch orange county choppers, they built a bike with missle flaps, you pulled a trigger and they popped open.

 

electric cyclinder? u mean like a little hydrolic kind of thing or something? you wouldnt know where to get one would you

 

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Hydraulic/electric maybe ( its late I can't recall the name ) ? Try google.

 

Speaking about this, do you get mtv ? If so they just did a bel air on west coast customs and they had tv's rising from the seats. It was a simple job actually, but once you see this, you will know right away on how to do the guages. You could do them the same way.

 

hehe well problem is, I live in a little island in the southern hemisphere called New Zealand

 

what you need is actuator/motor which ... thats the hydrauilcs you guys are talking about

try a audio forum. Its not hard to do

 

You need a linear actuator with about 4" of travel. Email me and I will be happy to tell you how easy it is.

getmobile@comcast.net

 

wow thanks alot guys, been researching on google and found pretty much everything. Still one question though, all the linear actuators that I find are kinda big and bulky and have an enormous lifting power and my concern was that it wouldnt fit under the dash not to mention they're quite expensive. Anyone know where to buy something of smaller size? dont really need something that big and power for some small gauges.

 

that is about the only thing to move them slowly. If youwant them to jump from the dash then just use a d/l actuator, cost about $5 but you only get 1 inch of travel so you will have to rig up some pulley system.

 

i was doing this with a gutted computer CD rom, just made the cd button external (added wiring). used the CD disc "plate, holder, thingy" as the "ram"


never got it fully completed

 

I read the mp3car.com forum and there was one guy using a power antenna module to do something similar, anyone worked with these before? quite curious as i only found one post on it