I've always wanted to mount a digital gauge inside my rear-view to keep a 'stealth' look. Anyway, I saw this on a website (can't remember which) 4 years ago and I've always wanted to do it! Since I had an extra a/f gauge and two hours free time, I decided to chop up my mirror and attempt it.

It took about 2 hours to finish with a razor blade, plastic epoxy, xacto, and my trusty soldering iron. The result is REALLY cool! You can hardly tell there is a gauge in there w/o power and the leds shine bright w/power on.

I was going to make a detailed documentation of the procedure but instead just snapped a few pics and recorded a quick video clip. I apologize for the poor quality of the pics and video. My camera is cheap and I had to edit and compress the video with a weak win video editing software.















and the video. 3megs

http://home.earthlink.net/~pritos/ci...rorafgauge.avi



[Modified by Pritos, 6:11 PM 3/13/2002]

 

thats fricken clean bro' but your vid dont work

 

should be fixed. Heh, I wonder how long it will take before I reach my bandwidth limit.

 

 

how did ou cut the glass so neatly???

 

Thats clean as hell, but honostly....It would drive me NUTS! I'd see that **** flash out of the corner of my eye and think it was cops or something.

But if you can still drive w/ it...F-in awesome!

 

wow im impressed

 

Dude, that's crazy!! awesome job meng. Maybe you can make me one for a small fee

 

Nice job! It might be a good idea to put it in the passenger side vanity mirror so you can flip it up out of the way when it gets on your nerves. Plus your girlfriend can pretend she's in a music video when she uses the mirror. Do you have a site with a write-up on how to do this?
TIA


[Modified by 1, 6:56 AM 3/13/2002]

 

thats ****** tight dude.
mad props

 

Yikes ! Props! Props! I'm a sucker for a custom install !





[Modified by X2BOARD, 11:50 AM 3/13/2002]

 

Wow, that came out *really* nice!

Good work!

Tom

 

I scratched out the mirrored surface from the back of the glass. I used the CF face (pic 1) as a template to draw the led window, then used the xacto to scratch it off.

 

I suppose I could do a writeup if the demand is there. I just dont have the time right now.

And vtc, SURE! I could make one for a fee! It would work with any LED style gauge or digital display like the intellitronix (I believe thats the brand) gauges. The autometer would be ideal because it has a plastic ring that makes mounting with epoxy a snap.

 

I can send you an AM A/F gauge and a mirror

 

how does it look from behind the mirror like where do the wires go etc

 

[Modified by ZeRo, 5:39 PM 3/13/2002]


[Modified by ZeRo, 5:40 PM 3/13/2002]

 

Wow, I'm very impressed with that. Good job dude.

I'd definitely do that, but I'm too scared to mess anything up. I guess all the parts are cheap in case I do, but I'm scared nonetheless.

Very nice!

 

I would LOVE to relocate my J&S dual monitor to the mirror like that...

 

Very nice! That's an integra mirror, right? I'm looking for a windshield-mount mirror for my civic so that i can mount my radar detector directly above the mirror

-Xerxes

 

Very nice just one questions, how did you hook it up??

 

thats super clean, but i still think it would be a major interferance w/ driving...no?

 

that's a great idea! I've got the old school single j&s monitor and haven't yet found a good place to mount it. If i could stick the row of LEDs in the mirror, that would just be awesome... anyone have an integra mirror for sale?

 

NICE.

I gotta check it out one of these days and get that boost controller from you.

Oh, I think my block is done!!!!!.

 

that is pretty damn cool.