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Offline grimmey71

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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2013 - 04:25:45 PM »
Well my husband built me one out of a broken rally dash here is some pics of it.It took him a sunday to build it.

michele

Do you know the sizes of the gauges he used, I like that




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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2013 - 06:57:12 PM »
Devil or anybody that has the RMD dash what did you use for a headlight switch and how did you wire to the factory harness?

Sorry about the delay. 

I have no idea on the Rocky Mountain dash, sorry.  Mine was just using the original setup.

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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2013 - 03:56:54 AM »
I have an RMD and a new PeakDash in 2 of my Abodies.
Just can't go past them!!!
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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2013 - 04:54:40 PM »
Here's my contribution to the idea bag... 

I used Autometer Cobalt Speedo, Autometer digital tach w/shift light, and ProSport Oil P, Water T, and Volts digital gages.  Sticking to the blue/white theme as my car is B5 with white vinyl top...  white interior..  Also incorporated the BlueToof microphone for the Alpine Head unit... 

Fuel Level and Trans Temp mounted under dash also Autometer Cobalts..

I kept ALL of the stock pieces for keeping/storage as well and bought these dash plastic parts on eBay.  My original stuff was way too nice to modify and if I ever sell they can go with the car.... 



 
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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2013 - 02:49:35 PM »
Do you know the sizes of the gauges he used, I like that


He used 5inch for the tach and speedo and 2 5/8 for the smaller ones.
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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #20 on: February 01, 2013 - 12:25:37 AM »
Rebuilt, refaced stock rallye gauges, 3M carbon fiber vinyl, some creative masking, and "stainless steel" spray paint:  Voila!


Did the center console to match...

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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2013 - 01:57:24 AM »
Similar to above,I did all the woodgrain parts in my challenger's interior in body colour.
Came up really well.

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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2013 - 06:13:31 PM »
Been meaning to post a few pics on my dash progress. I wasnt happy with the way Rocky mountain made the switch panel area.....there was no way of making it look good . The switches all stuck out way too far and just looked terrible...so I chopped up some 2" quarter inch alumn square tube and cut it the proper angle and tacked in down. This was of course after many tedious measurements to ensure the switch protruded out the proper amount. So I could now mount the switches and they look much nicer this way. I had to swap the dimmer and wiper switch around for clearance issues on the backside.
Now...Im Just waiting for my new wiper switch to show up in the mail to complete the switch panel area...
Other mods I made were machining a recessed bezel for the switch label (which i will make once painted), and heater controller slots/mounting brackets for heater and a little light slot to illuminate the heater panel.
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Re: Custom dash
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Re: Custom dash
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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2013 - 04:19:19 AM »
Good stuff!!! :thumbsup:
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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #28 on: April 19, 2013 - 12:25:11 PM »

Hey Lemooreace,

What year is your ride? I'm trying to hunt something down with diff year models which you have in your pics.

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Here's my contribution to the idea bag... 

I used Autometer Cobalt Speedo, Autometer digital tach w/shift light, and ProSport Oil P, Water T, and Volts digital gages.  Sticking to the blue/white theme as my car is B5 with white vinyl top...  white interior..  Also incorporated the BlueToof microphone for the Alpine Head unit... 

Fuel Level and Trans Temp mounted under dash also Autometer Cobalts..

I kept ALL of the stock pieces for keeping/storage as well and bought these dash plastic parts on eBay.  My original stuff was way too nice to modify and if I ever sell they can go with the car.... 



 
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Re: Custom dash
« Reply #29 on: April 30, 2013 - 09:48:41 AM »
Hey Lemooreace,

What year is your ride? I'm trying to hunt something down with diff year models which you have in your pics.

B

Its a 71...  what specifically are you looking at?