My gauge install under construction

ttocs · Dec 3, 2011

hope you don't mine me linking to my cardomain page but I am going to post the link on some audio forums as well. Could not find any gauge mounts that I liked, so I am makin my own(go figure huh?). I will keep the construction pics up fer a while after I am done, but eventually clean them up to just show the finished work. Please feel free to ask any questions, by happy to answer them. I hope to do more on them later tonight and tomorrow, hoping to have them ready for paint in the next day er two.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2395420/1994-ford-mustang-gt-coupe-2d/page-5

Whatcha think?

chris91 · Dec 3, 2011

Its a Mickey Mouse pod! lol jk Looks good so far man! Theres nothing like making your own parts. Gives you that much more satisfaction every time you look at them.

ttocs · Dec 3, 2011

yea I realized it looked like a mickey mouse club hat as well... Wait till I paint it black.

chris91 · Dec 3, 2011

LoL What style gauges you going with?

ttocs · Dec 4, 2011

went full digital with multi-gauges from plx designs. Two of them are just out and have a touchscreen, should be cool.

chris91 · Dec 4, 2011

Hellz yeah! Checked em out and they are sweet! Make sure to post up and let us know how you like them.

ttocs · Dec 4, 2011

thats the plan!

ttocs · Dec 19, 2011

got alot more work done but was having issues getting picks off of my phone to post... Right now it is wet-sanded and ready to be polished. I am hoping to install them tomorrow but I do still need to add some felt on the back where it will more then likely rub on the rubber piece that hangs down from the gauge shroud.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2395420/1994-ford-mustang-gt-coupe-2d/page-5

MustangChris · Dec 19, 2011

hooo hoo! My ears will light up, soon! hoo hooo!

ttocs · Dec 19, 2011

not exactly the responce I was thinking about but I will take it. The mickey mouse hat came out pretty nice.

Dalamar · Dec 19, 2011

Looks pretty sweet

Steven · Dec 19, 2011

I like it. I'm kind of on the fence about the placement though. I can't see shit through our steering wheels, and its always in the lowest position, directly in the way of those gauges. But different and cool nonetheless

ttocs · Dec 20, 2011

Thanks for the compliments. the angle of these adjust with the colum, and the other advantage of trying to get them down as far as I could was that they face up at you. Even all the way up/down they will still be facing the driver.

JRad405 · Dec 20, 2011

I like it.

ttocs · Dec 21, 2011

Sorry for the shitty cell pic but here it is now, I have better pics but can't upload them to cardomains "newly updated" f'n POS.

Wetsanded/polished, leds/gauges installed as well as the felt that is on the back that you can't see. They fit perfectly in the car I am happy to say. As you adjust the wheel up/down the gauges end up facing you perfectly. Also really happy with how they match the grey/black line on the dash, from the side the look smooth.

I will get pics up as soon as cardomain lets me.......

Justang · Dec 21, 2011

Looks like Mickey ears...lol seriously, I love the effort. Let's see it installed!

ttocs · Dec 21, 2011

I had to laugh at the shape as well, but the finished product has me happy.

The first pic is just as I sit in the seat. Like I said as you move the column up/down it moves the gauges with it. It blocks alot of the warning lights but with these gauges I will be able to monitor more things as well as better so I am not too worried about it. Also when they go off it makes a glow from behind the pod and its not hard to look around it to see what was lit up.

The 2nd pic shows the grey/black line that I wanted to save. I wired them up and powered them up briefly to test them but I have not put everything back together to get a finalized pic. I hope to get that done tomorrow but my brother is arriving so it might be delayed. Tonight I am soldering the hrns's for the leds so that they can be easily disconnected as well.

MustangChris · Dec 21, 2011

love how you do your own work man... looks good!

ttocs · Dec 21, 2011

thanks. If I could have found something I like I would have got it but I do also like having something unique that I know nobody else has. Couldn't be happier with how it came out and wouldn't change a thing.