Post pics of your interiors I'd like to see what some of you guys have.

I just got my new gauges today, im on a budget since im basically restoring my SA so i had to get the glowshift. But i work at a shop that gets a good discount on them so they didn't cost maybe 50 for the oil pressure and water temp. and well a guy i work with has had his for like over a year nd they've been good


but anyways i wanted to see some ideas for a center console
i want to use the 84-85 center console with the a/c **** holes for my gauges
i have the console already so i thought i could use it...
but the problem is the gauges look to be about 2 mm too big =/

anyone ever used 52mm gauges here?


and can you post pics of some ideas to help if i can't get them to fit

 

never seen on the A/C *****, but i've seen them take the clock out and put a gauge there, seems like the 2" gauge fits nicely.

 

Here is some of what I've got.

 

how did you get this painted? the gauge bezel that goes around the gauge faces...how does that come off or did you just tape off the circles?

 

You have to take out the cluster. The clear cover simply unscrews from the back and then the bezel comes out after that. Getting the cluster out is a bitch but the rest of it isn't too bad.

 

Console guage cluster I built several years back; I have assembly pix I can post up later.




A short shifter would help.

 

not the best pic but you can get the idea

 

good ideas i like them keep em coming
i like to see different peoples creations

 

 

I'm not done yet but i'm getting there.

 

I have a nice stock SA interior, wouldn't change it for the world. The only mods are all hidden; remote locks, ipod cable to the stereo, new speakers, and a miata cupholder I can put in place of the stock console ashtray.

 

A miata cup holder in place of the ashtray? I'm interested, do you have a pic?

 

I bought it on ebay for $15.50 plus $8 for shipping. You just pull the ashtray and put this in. I don't use the big gulp holder insert shown in the picture.

 

Nice looking touch with the silver against the gauges!!!

 

t_g_farrell, I shed a tear.

 

Thanks Chris. Everytime I get in it, I travel back in time to that magical year when I bought this car as my first car out of school in the 1983. Paid too much for it used from a mazda dealership but I didn't care. I have modded the car significantly but my overall goal has always been to keep it stock looking on the exterior and interior.

Theres actually 2 things wrong in the interior that you can see in that shot. One is easy to see but the other requires a lot of familiarity with SAs to spot. Maybe I should start another thread for guessing so this one isn't jacked.

 

one thing i see is that the chrome is gone on the shift boot plastic and the other..well, i dont know other than the seat covers :i would say that those two things stick out in my mind

 

here's the interior on my 85 GS:





and here's a pic of the interior of my 80 Leather Sport and a pic of the original unused full size spare that rests under the carpet in the back:

 

from the picture it looks as if it was missing some buttons or something right below the shift lever

 

Good eye, give the man a prize. You got them both. Your an official SA lover. The seats are the originals under the covers and have a few rips. I was going to get the RB covers but I want them exactly like the OEM so I may just have an upholstery place that I've used for some other project see if they can recreate them correctly.

That leather sport is really nice and I love the gold waffles that they came with.

 

thank you for the compliment on the LS!! i need to drive it more this year. i didnt even put 1 mile on it last year and less than 100 the year before.. so i was correct on both things i mentoned?

 

Yep, you got them both right on the money. I was actually surprised anyone else would notice the shift boot surround. Its a GS only item. I replaced tyhe old one many years ago with a surround and boot from a non-GS car in a junkyard because my boot had really gotten bad and the chrome was flaking terribly. Now I want it back Thats life.

Edgar, those aren't missing switches, those are coin holder divots. Came stock that way in the SAs.

 

oh i was wondering what that was but anyways im liking these
well interior is a little further away because of body work =x i have stripped the car just about all of the way =/ but it sucks because windows are almost all out and now im seeing alot of problems under the interior that was hidin =/

 

I gotta admit I prefer the 84/85 GSL interiors, preferably in red leather





But I gotta admit that original SA style had some class



That's Tim's SA, of course

 

thanks, i saw it on mazdaverx post, i guess it was just the shades making it look like that i was thinking that was not like you to leave switches out lol