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Title: cheap functional gauge cluster
Post by: gildardo01 on August 18, 2012, 04:21:21 pm
i made this gauge cluster the other day from the original one my truck already had... i was looking online for a similar one before i thought about making it myself, found them at classic dash but their almost 1000 dollars, and i really doing have the cash for something like that right now so this is what i did... later on if the sunpro gauges stop reading correctly i can just replace them with autometer gauges or something... all i need now is a sunpro speedometer and a fuel gauge to match the rest of the gauges... what do you guys think...
i never really had a problem with sunpro they get the job done just fine for me....
oh an i painted it black....
(http://s13.postimage.org/6x0r0l2ur/DSCF1854.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/6x0r0l2ur/)
(http://s10.postimage.org/pmv6anj6t/DSCF1856.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/pmv6anj6t/)
(http://s11.postimage.org/a9f4ib9r3/DSCF1857.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/a9f4ib9r3/)
Title: Re: cheap functional gauge cluster
Post by: cvbear on August 18, 2012, 06:34:24 pm
That looks good.  Do you have pictures of the back?  I am curious how you are attaching them to the panel.
Title: Re: cheap functional gauge cluster
Post by: gildardo01 on August 18, 2012, 09:42:15 pm
here are some back images... for the turn signals i cement glued a small piece of PVC pipe about 1in long and i stuck a thin green plastic film so it would appear to glow green when ever the light is on... and i stuck a bit of paper so the light bulb wouldn't move and finished it off with electrical tape.... 

(http://s13.postimage.org/nquywq8qb/DSCF1858.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/nquywq8qb/)
(http://s14.postimage.org/gqow3jbu5/DSCF1859.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/gqow3jbu5/)
(http://s12.postimage.org/nrdugmh21/DSCF1860.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/nrdugmh21/) 
Title: Re: cheap functional gauge cluster
Post by: blazing816 on October 14, 2012, 02:16:21 pm
Looks good....same thing I did in my truck.