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Offline The4ork

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A-Pillar gauge pod?
« on: February 15, 2012 - 08:52:13 AM »
i have a wideband afr and a pyrometer id like to have in close view... has anyone made an A pillar pod? or am i limited to making one myself?




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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012 - 11:56:22 AM »
I have never seen one. 
I like the idea though!

Sounds cool!
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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012 - 12:53:40 PM »
I'll bet they make them for the new Challenger but I haven't seen them for the original yet. I'd like one too!
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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012 - 01:00:00 PM »
I could swear that a couple of folks here have made them, but I don't recall seeing one available commercially.


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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012 - 01:06:29 PM »
Saw this at a show.
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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012 - 01:18:23 PM »
This question comes up from time to time...the answer seems to be people just take an A pillar and do it themselves...
There was a guy making them for A bodies...maybe you can contact him and see if he can do something similar for an E body...but the thread is kinda old:

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=134525

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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012 - 03:19:07 PM »
I used to make custom ones all the time for friends, I could make you one if you wanted. 

here's a low-pro 1 gauge pod molded in:




and a 3 gauge pod:


I could easily make you a 2 gauge pod one in about a week, I would just need your pillar to do it.
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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2012 - 07:10:39 PM »
Is that made of metal?

How much? 

Definitely interested. 
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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2012 - 09:49:56 AM »
They are the stock Plastic Pillar's with Plastic pods molded to them and then smoothed and painted.  I would prolly finish it with Plasti-Dip Black Paint, it would match the OEM color pretty close.
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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2012 - 07:32:44 PM »
Those are cool. Seems that if you could make replacement a-pillars in stock form that actually fit, you'd have a good product. I just installed repop a-pillars and they really aren't very good.

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Re: A-Pillar gauge pod?
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2012 - 10:01:49 AM »
I tried making molds and such back in the day with the cars I made them for, turned out to be an expensive process in the end!  The market was small for those also.  I can make one offs for anyone that wants them in 7-10 days and they will cost around $150 all finished.  Cheaper if you want them in just primer color to finish yourself.
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