Fabrication of a Instrument Bezel Gauge cluster

[SNike05]

mad props to you man, that is very intelligent and innovative for a DIY project its just amazing, good job. Now after all that work imagine you messed up.

...I'm generally quite poor.

 

[nictlg7]

Yeah, it's too bad your wife wouldn't let you make any more. Now that you have the blueprints and knowledge, you could do the others more easily. I would pay someone to make one of these for me. It was really sweet looking! I am impressed. I especially like the fact it angles toward the driver to make the gauges easier to read. Nice job!

 

[Leadfoot]

Thanks....it's not so much that she wouldn't let me, but I couldn't devote ALL my time to it like I did w/ the first one! I suppose I would entertain the thought of making more if interested parties understood that there would require cutting behind the stock bezel piece to allow for the gauges to slide through & hook up (obviously this would have to be done by each person...I could only give instruction & tips), plus the fact that each one would be hand-fabbed & probably take about 2 weeks each (although, I could probably knock out multiples at once). Also, I would have to find out how much the stock bezel piece goes for at a junk yard in order to give an accurate price quote first.

Yeah, it's too bad your wife wouldn't let you make any more. Now that you have the blueprints and knowledge, you could do the others more easily. I would pay someone to make one of these for me. It was really sweet looking! I am impressed. I especially like the fact it angles toward the driver to make the gauges easier to read. Nice job!

 

[JOS3]

great job! i didnt realize how much hard work go into these until i went to kens house and actually saw one in the process. it is a sanding nightmare from what i could tell. $80 is a damn steal for how much work goes into them.

 

[Leadfoot]

yeah...it took me two days to sand mine down, and I really didn't get it as smooth as I wanted....but you can't see any flaws due to the paint. Thanks for the compliment!

great job! i didnt realize how much hard work go into these until i went to kens house and actually saw one in the process. it is a sanding nightmare from what i could tell. $80 is a damn steal for how much work goes into them.

 

[sidpro5]

....but you can't see any flaws due to the paint.

Very true, Kevin. After seeing this in person, I must say you did one hell of a job on it. Bravo!!

 

[Leadfoot]

Thanks Seth...I wish I was parked more in the middle of the lot @ the meet so I could have had more people see it! Maybe drum up some business!!

Very true, Kevin. After seeing this in person, I must say you did one hell of a job on it. Bravo!!

 

[nictlg7]

Best thing to do is start a new thread with a list of interested parties. Put a link to it in this thread, and see what happens. If you can't find enough gauge surrounds at local junkyards, you can always use www.copartfinder.com

I have used it before, and it works great! I have an account, but if you create one, it only costs about .39 to do a search. It will find you every Protege in the country if you want it to. Keep us informed. I would really buy one if you made them!

 

[pr5owner]

thats sweet!!! now someone take a picture of tripple pillar pod, the dual pod above and the single steering wheel gauge pod all in the same car

 

[Captain KRM P5]

great job! i didnt realize how much hard work go into these until i went to kens house and actually saw one in the process. it is a sanding nightmare from what i could tell. $80 is a damn steal for how much work goes into them.

thats why i will probably raise the price when I put them back on the site.

 

[Leadfoot]

For those that expressed an interest to me about making more of these, please post up in my other thread so I can get a feel for how many are interested. If the interest is there, I'll start making them.

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63415

 

[Redneckjess6969]

Can you make me one of these