gauge holder...help

[coowhip]

Well i've been working on a little project!!

[audipotential]

Well i've been working on a little project and have a pic and I'm not sure how to post it!! help...lol

Host it on tinypic.com and then just copy the link onto here

[pmi_man]

go to photobucket.com (or any other picture posting website), upload a picture, and copy the url tag, then paste it in the thread
*edit* dang, someohe beat me to it!

[audipotential]

Boo ya Grandma...Boo ya!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZR6etfJPh0

[audipotential]

Pretty cool but unsafe.

Well i've been working on a little project!!

[coowhip]

How so? unsafe...? I will have a passenger to help me see whats the dealy yo! I won't be staring at it all the time... Getting a volt meter as well....

[orangelmo]

I think he means unsafe because you'd be taking your eyes off the road to look down at the gauges

[audipotential]

I think he means unsafe because you'd be taking your eyes off the road to look down at the gauges

Bingo

[coowhip]

Well its the only real alternative to a column mount, which i'm particularly not fond of and the pillar mount which is frickin expensive for only one gauge. So whateva...I do what I want...I'm in 9 gangs!! (south park reference)

[audipotential]

Well its the only real alternative to a column mount, which i'm particularly not fond of and the pillar mount which is frickin expensive for only one gauge. So whateva...I do what I want...I'm in 9 gangs!! (south park reference)

Theres the one in the air vent. Whatver its called.

[coowhip]

Also expensive I believe. This cost me $20 bucks in materials and $15 in tools, and was kind of fun! Its something different anyway. I have another project in mind too...could be a while before that ones finished...

[audipotential]

Alright so explain yourself, what did you use?

[coowhip]

I will explain in a little bit...have to collect thoughts and a few more pics of some of the process.

[Overboostin]

looks alright. I'll reserve judgment until I see the final product. For my pillar gauge I just bought an autometer pod and upholstered it on. $20 is better than the 200 or whatever.

[coowhip]

First I went and bought a fiberglass repair kit from autozone for like $14 bucks which is plenty of resin and fiberglass to do this.

I pulled the little cubby hole that came with the radio dash kit and put a cardboard false bottom in it about 1/4 inch from the lip.


I then mixed up some resin and hardener and poured a layer on top of the cardboard to make sure the rest of the layers stayed in place and the cardboard could soak up some of it as well.

It only take no more than 30 minutes to harden if mixed properly. Then I layed a sheet of fiberglass down and mixed another set of resin/hardner and spread the mix across the fiberglass until it fully soaked into the fiberglass. I also tucked the edged into the corners as much as possible to make sure it stuck to the sides.



Repeat the layering process until you get to the top. At the end I placed cardoard all around the outside of the cubby so I could give a thick top coat over everything so I could sand it down and paint it later.



After all the sanding was done I used a 2" hole saw made for concrete that doesn't have the jagged teath but looks like it has several sanding edges on it. Mine was made by Hitachi and got it at Lowes for $10 bucks. I had to use a dremel to widen the holes a little because the gauges are 2 1/16 in diameter.



So after you dremel it out and sand the top you can paint! So thats what i'm doing now.

[mattman]

pretty clean. good job. dunno how convenient it is...but it still beats my setup.

[coowhip]

Finished Product!

[mattman]

damn that turned out really clean! goood job!

[ziggituning]

looks great, nice work, I have the same gauges, I hate that that in 2008, AUTOMETER STILL MAKES THESE POORLY LIT GUAGES!!

[coowhip]

Yea I was a little disappointed in the volt gauge being as dark as it is, but It functions and looks decent enough. thanks for the props... :)

[B6 Dude]

Tch, tch, tch. Cleanly done, but there is a better way.

I guess I'm gonna have to post my little project then.

[coowhip]

please do....

[zims666]

Finished Product!

good finished product, good work. first photo on this thread made me think it would turn out "ricey". but end result looks great.

now fix those fans speed buttons on your a/c!