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Old 04-17-11, 11:17 AM
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That looks awesome. It is a wonder more people don't glass in their gauges.
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That looks very good.

How did you get the gauges to flush mount from the rear?
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That's fine work there sir Im curious to how you mounted them as well ?
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Cleanly done.
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Looks nice! My brother should do this to his FB
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Best compliment I can make is: it looks factory. Well done presentation.

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I did something similar:

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I just figured out how difficult it is to photograph a black dash in bright sunlight.
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WOW, looks OEM
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Thanks guys. I wanted it to look stock. It took me several tries to get it just right. Plastic glues, metal bracing, bondo as filler and paint. I think patience and persistence got me thru this one.
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Originally Posted by rwatson5651
I did something similar:

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I just figured out how difficult it is to photograph a black dash in bright sunlight.
Hey! also nice. Metal panel?? all the components shuffled around nicely. Cool to have the 3 gauges up nearer the eyeline. Gotta admit a 3-gauge set like this would be neat in an SA. (Not sure if MY SA, but these certainly address the, er, modest gauge allotment in SAs)

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that looks good.
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looks amazing! what paint did you use? I know many have had to mix their own for the surrounds.
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Definitely beautiful.
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Yea deff love the guages in the center did mine similar but i ditched my audio and have push start and some switches at the bottom. Yours looks like the car couldve came like that stock mine not so much
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Originally Posted by 7aull
Hey! also nice. Metal panel?? all the components shuffled around nicely. Cool to have the 3 gauges up nearer the eyeline. Gotta admit a 3-gauge set like this would be neat in an SA. (Not sure if MY SA, but these certainly address the, er, modest gauge allotment in SAs)

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Thanks,
No, its not metal, it is a modified stock panel. Used plastiweld and some PCV pipe. You cant tell in the pic but the guages are angled slightly toward the dirver, thats where the pipe came in. I was pleased with the result. It looks better inperson than it does in the pic. Difficult to get a good exposure.
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How much would you charge to make a panel like this? Phenomenal work

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What paint? Great job.
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how much would you charge to make a panel like this? Phenomenal work
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Originally Posted by jonjonwells
That looks very good.

How did you get the gauges to flush mount from the rear?
This.
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Since theyre AEM gauges which I believe the front bezels screw off all of them, that may have something to do with the flush mount. In fact, you could actually position the gauges, then mold the bezels into the surround and that would allow you to screw/unscrew them in and out of the surround. I have the same wideband in my STi, and I know the bezel comes off that one, so I assume it does on the others also.

Hard to tell though, because in the angle shot, it does look like the bezels are still on the gauges. It could just be a simple hardware strap around the back to hold them with tension to the back of the surround.

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