Center Console Setup Help
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Center Console Setup Help
Just wondering how everyone who has gauges has theirs mounted. my surround has been pretty battered so I actually put up a piece of corogated plastic my buddy gave me to hold my air/fuel gauge and e-fan switch until I could come up with an alternative. I'd like to put in an aluminum or steel plate cut for 3 gauges as well as 2 switches.
A friend of mine took his fan and a/c controls out and used those ports for gauges but i'd like to keep those since I still have atleast a heater. So did ya'll get stereo install kits to hold your stuff in place? or how did you make yours if your willing to share, any help is much appreicated.
A friend of mine took his fan and a/c controls out and used those ports for gauges but i'd like to keep those since I still have atleast a heater. So did ya'll get stereo install kits to hold your stuff in place? or how did you make yours if your willing to share, any help is much appreicated.
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Yea I was thinkin of just goin for some flat black aluminum or somethin for a simple look but I was wonderin how everyone mounted there stuff. did they drill and mount it to the surround itself? or did they have it done some other way.
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Here's who I'm doing mine. I found an old torn up surround and remove the three circles section and turned it upside down. I then took a single din radio insert to ensure that the open section on the bottom would hold a single din radio. I then used JB weld and put everything together and sanded down. I had to enlarge the three circle opening in the middle to hold my iEquus gages. iEquus gages are on the low side (about $50 for volt-water temp-oil pressure. Once it's finished saned and painted it should like nice.
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Here's who I'm doing mine. I found an old torn up surround and remove the three circles section and turned it upside down. I then took a single din radio insert to ensure that the open section on the bottom would hold a single din radio. I then used JB weld and put everything together and sanded down. I had to enlarge the three circle opening in the middle to hold my iEquus gages. iEquus gages are on the low side (about $50 for volt-water temp-oil pressure. Once it's finished saned and painted it should like nice.
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/cerneric/...terconsole.jpg
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/cerneric/...terconsole.jpg
And how have those gauges worked out for you? I was lookin at em at O'Riellys for about 20 minutes today contemplating getting a new oil pressure and water temp one.
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If I do say so myself that is just down right awesome if you don't mind I might have to try and make something like that myself and then with that little space underneath a panel could be put in for switches or somethin.
And how have those gauges worked out for you? I was looking at em at O'Riellys for about 20 minutes today contemplating getting a new oil pressure and water temp one.
And how have those gauges worked out for you? I was looking at em at O'Riellys for about 20 minutes today contemplating getting a new oil pressure and water temp one.