Autometer gauge cluster

[racerxmd]

[9DBlackMagic]

[QUOTE=1qk50;905337]Sweet!!!!! What steering wheel is that and what kind of door skins are those?
I have to agree you did a really excellent job in the interior or the car

[AntiRiceRacing]

If i use all autometer gauges can i eliminate all the wires going to the stock gauge cluster?

[dlott33]

Here's mine with cobalt gauges. Still a rough mock up but you get the idea.

[85GTVince]

From the pace car....

Any more pictures of the seats? What brand and model are they?


--Vince

[69clark]

Any more pictures of the seats? What brand and model are they?


--Vince

I don't actually have other pics that I have taken, but I found this pic on the net. They are Sparco Chrono road. I love them and they are a little bit different design then most seats you normally see.



http://www.sparcousa.com/pseats_street.asp?id=645

[85GTVince]

I thought they were Sparco's. What did you need besides the seats? Base, sliders, etc...

Thanks,
Vince

[69clark]

Well, I custom fabbed some adaptors to bolt them in. I didn't want them high in the car like some aftermarket seats tend to be so I skipped out on the sliders to keep them lower in the car.

[SVT Rob]

This link details how a guy put Autometers in the stock bezel and wired in turn and highbeam lights: http://www.flemworld.com/ Click on "Upgrading Gauges."

I changed my setup and am now working on this one. Got the gauge cluster modified, just need to locate some bulbs and wire it all up. I plan on installing it either tomorrow or Friday.

[AntiRiceRacing]

If i use all autometer gauges can i eliminate all the wires going to the stock gauge cluster?

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[racerxmd]

Yes

[AntiRiceRacing]

Yes

Bitchen, thanks.

[SVT Rob]

Alright, been working on this for a couple days, here is what I have so far:

[STANGDUDE]

^^^ SWEET l got to do that to my 83 ^^^

[danpic]

I made them. The gauge bezel started as an aluminum MC Machine peice and then I modified it from there.

Dude! Your interior is SICK!!!!!!!!! AWSOME Job!

[SVT Rob]

Finished my gauge cluster upgrade and installed it. Made a harness so I could plug-n-play it. It's even using factory Ford connectors



And the finished product installed in the car. I kept the Autogage tach because it has a working shift light. Until I can get an RPM box that I can connect my mini-shift lite to, I'll keep it like it is:

[wannabe82]

looks good.

[nvr2low]

From the pace car. These pics are actually mockups, so the tach is crooked because it isn't bolted in.

did you have a mechanical drawing to lay out your new dash plate? eventually i want to do the same thing with either carbon fiber or aluminum and im curious if there is a mechanical drawing out there someplace. it will be much easier to mill out off a good drawing rather than the napkin sketch i will end up doing.

[grtskydog]

Finished my gauge cluster upgrade and installed it. Made a harness so I could plug-n-play it. It's even using factory Ford connectors



And the finished product installed in the car. I kept the Autogage tach because it has a working shift light. Until I can get an RPM box that I can connect my mini-shift lite to, I'll keep it like it is:

That's exactly how I did mine, Rob. I didn't re-use my stock bezel...I used an ebay-acquired piece, formerly woodgrain that I painted. I used my hole saw to cut the 4 small gauge holes to 2 1/4" so it's easier to see them. I love it...looks stock.

[85GTVince]

That's exactly how I did mine, Rob. I didn't re-use my stock bezel...I used an ebay-acquired piece, formerly woodgrain that I painted. I used my hole saw to cut the 4 small gauge holes to 2 1/4" so it's easier to see them. I love it...looks stock.

Show us some pictures!


--Vince

[4eye]

Here's mine with cobalt gauges. Still a rough mock up but you get the idea.

cobalt

sexy

now i want

man that looks god

[SVT Rob]

That's exactly how I did mine, Rob. I didn't re-use my stock bezel...I used an ebay-acquired piece, formerly woodgrain that I painted. I used my hole saw to cut the 4 small gauge holes to 2 1/4" so it's easier to see them. I love it...looks stock.

:werd: I'd like to see some pictures of it as well!!

[grtskydog]

This is all I have right now...taken for unrelated purposes. I'll take some more after I paint it grey to match interior.





My major gripe using these as a daily driver is when the weather is crappy and rainy out, they start to fog up. Sorry design I guess.

[SVT Rob]

This is all I have right now...taken for unrelated purposed. I'll take some more after I paint it grey to match interior.

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/album.ph...pictureid=9703

My major gripe using these as a daily driver is when the weather is crappy and rainy out, they start to fog up. Sorry design I guess.

I like the way the bigger hole looks, I might have to do that.

Yea, I've noticed that as well, but it only happens on a couple of the smaller gauges. I think my roommates Autometer gauges do the same thing in his LS1 FD.

[grtskydog]

The trick is to run a little hobby filler putty inside the rings after you hole-saw it. That fills in all the porous areas where you cut the plastic. Just do that and sand it smooth.

I guess I'm glad I'm not the only one that has that issue. I'll trade that little nuisance for reliable instrumentation any day. If I get to in the next few weeks, I'll finish priming/painting that bezel and take some better pics.