95opal
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Oh okay, well then you can do something similar-ish to what 95opal did, maybe sort of gut the stock cluster and use a custom mounting plate for gauges. Just understand that you will not be able to fit as many gauges in there *and* retain the warning lights (You may not even be able to fit the speedo and tacho Auto Meter gauges). You will still also need to do some wiring to get the connectors that fed the gauge cluster to function properly. IMO, it's a lot of work - not too much more work and you could completely swap it out, so I'm not sure I see the benefit of keeping the stock cluster.
Don't even bother gutting a stock cluster,,, If I remember correctly that's what Bryan tried and it didn't work out for him, in the end he followed my set up and made his own panel. You can run whatever you want in your custom cluster you just need to insert bulbs and wire it up, heck you can even cut out the old idiot light panel and incorperate it into your new panel. Word to the wise though you wont be able to fit all the gauges in as the smallest 2 1/16 autometers will only allow you to get three of them in along with a speedo and tack. If you want to get all the gauges in just buy the florida 5,0 piece like mcglsr2 did, but like I said in my first post there cluster moves the gauges forward in the dash and just looks odd. Best bet and easiest is to make your own panel, lay out the gauges the way you want and use whatever gauges appease you.