Hey guys...it's been a long time since I've posted but thought I'd show you what I've been working on lately. I'm designing new gauge faces for my Stormy Blue Mica '85 GS. I've been trying to convert all the dash lights to blue. That coupled with the fact that the Momo steering wheel covers the speedometer from 45mph on up, and the tach from about 2000 on up, made me decide to try my hand at making new gauge faces. I rotated the speedometer so now I should be able to see from 0 through about 80, and the tach so I'll be able to read from 0 through about 7500. I've come up with several new color schemes and posted them up here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/rdfrahm/...NewGaugeFaces#

I my favorite so far is the light blue on black. The font is the same font Mazda uses - SF Automation.

I should be ready to try my hand at cutting them out and gluing up some samples sometime in the next week or two, so hopefully I'll be able to post up some finished faces shortly.

Rich

 

wow, the light blue on black looks GREAT!!!! and the tach reminds me of an older Porsche 944!! i think those will look fantastic!!!

 

Curious on how you're going to make these..

They look like my Cobalt Gauges.

 

I've been using this site for guidance:

http://www.revlimiter.net/mods/gauges.php

My son-in-law works at a CopyWorks so he's doing the printing for me. I'm doing all the design work in Inkscape - it's freeware and is supposed to be similar to Adobe Illustrator. And then I'm using Gimp (more freeware) to do all the coloring.

Rich

 

Nice site with the Miata mods. I love the new gauge cluster he got.

 

very cool, but maybe "stormy" just in one gauge the tach perhaps

 

Yea, I've considered that...or maybe making it smaller in all but one.

Rich

 

Here's a new scheme I came up with. I was looking for something to give them a carbon fiber look. Not sure if I like this one or not. I'm going to tinker with making the pattern larger and blacker and see what that looks like.

Rich

 

OK...here they are a little darker and with a slightly larger pattern. I like these better, but still not sure if I like them as much as the all black background.

Rich

 

I like the all black myself.

 

just my opinion but my older eyes see's the numbers better on this one err post # 8

 

I like the plain black face personaly. The CF mike look a little cheezy if you don't have other CF on the interior.


Hey Directfreak! What A-pillar pod are you using in your photo?

 

It's a custom 3 Gauge fiberglass one I had made a few years back.

I will probably eliminate it altogether in the future, when I move all gauges to the center panel.
I want a more stealth install in the future, so that other drivers next to me don't
have a clue about the turbocharger.

 

do you have the file for the SA? I wouldn't mione fooling around with the file for the next 8 montjhs

 

I love what you're doing 64mgb, have you got any pics and tips for the process so far?

I plan to do mine over the winter.

 

No, I'm afraid not, and I don't want to take the gauges out of my SA to do them. But if someone would like to send me a set I'd be happy to make the template drawings.

Rich

 

With this being my first set I really don't have any tips to offer, other than to be ready to spend ALOT of time on them. Fortunately I retired last spring so I have all the time in the world. I'm finally getting around to trying to glue up my first trial faces. I'll post up some pics when I have something worth looking at.

By the way, I posted this earlier, but this is the site I am using for reference:

http://www.revlimiter.net/mods/gauges.php

Rich

 

Rich, can't wait to see the pics! i think they will really compliment the interior!

 

hey man
this is some good stuff
can u pm me if ur still making these? id love to have custom gauge faces

-Eric