ok i was on my friends kawasaki a couple days ago and realized that his gauge cluster was exactly what i was looking for. I was planning on building a custom gauge cluster for my 89 civic, and had my eyes on the Autometer 160mph speedo and 10K tach in the 3 3/8" size....

so after seeing his cluster i went on ebay to check some out and it looks like most motorcycle gauges are about 4 inches, and most have 140-180mph limits and 10-12K rpm limits...which seems perfect. Then i could just remove which gauges i need and place them in a custom layout the shape of my stock cluster so i will fit.

so anyone ever try doing this??


those were just a few...

 

whoa. now THAT would look fcking nice. my cbr cluster looked so tight, i never even thought about putting one in a civic. someone do this.

 

bump for a unique idea

 

biggest problem i've foreseen is that some use both a mechanical speedo and mechanical tach...then the brand new ones usually have a lcd type speedometer...i'm just trying to find one with a mechanical speedometer and an electric tachomter? we'll see what i can dig up...then if i find something i'll definitely post some pictures.

 

that first one looks similar to a gs-r cluster... hmmm

 

that would be pretty cool if anyone is able to do it.....but i wanna see wat car can rev to 14K

 

I've never seen that done before, but I think it's a damn good idea. If you make it happen, I gotta see pics

 

For some reason I can see someone putting those guages with a stock D16 powered DX.... sigh.

I'd like to see a built N/A beast that can actually reach those kinds of speeds/RPM.

 

Definitly, itd be intense to see a car actually make use of the tach.

Btw, idea originality

 

That would be kinda of cool...

 

Not a bad idea!

 

it will most liekly work, an r6 digital display would be pretty nice. and those things are supposed to see 12000 rpm.

 

If you can fabricate that cluster and make it work then please send us the DIY! That would be hot!

 

i've been emailing these people with clusters and it seems that the average size of speedo and tach is like 4" that would be perfect to fit in most dashes. Now i just need to find a cheap one cause i have no cash to spend frivolously on this project...

anyone know where i can get rigid plastic sheets, what is abs plastic? like the dash texture?

 

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anyone know where i can get rigid plastic sheets, what is abs plastic? like the dash texture?

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There's a place in San Diego called Ridout Plastics. They sell all types of plastics in different sizes, small and big. They might have what you're looking for: http://www.ridoutplastics.com/

 

yep! ive been working on this for a few weeks! ill pics up soon.