A great idea for the 82-85 bird guys!
08-30-2004, 11:36 AM
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A great idea for the 82-85 bird guys!
I had never seen this done before, great idea!
08-30-2004, 01:15 PM
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yea, what are we looking at? the only thing i see out of place is the red thing on the fog light switch
08-30-2004, 01:32 PM
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i would say definitely the Camaro 145 speedo...pretty spiffy, but i still would rather see a newer Firebird gauge set swapped in because it looks a LOT cleaner and matches the whole Pontiac theme...but this is different, and a lot easier, lol...
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08-30-2004, 01:42 PM
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Well the dude that previously owned mine removed the plastic "lenses" covering the gauges. Now seeing as I am a newbie here, it is one piece all across or are they separate for each cutout? I'm thinking that if I can't find an original ingood condition that I could fabricate my own from pieces out of any flat gauge cover? What do you guys think?
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well, IIRC, the lenses are all one big piece...they have special holes to put screws through and to slide onto pegs molded into the gauge cluster...so a flat piece wouldnt fit right...you should be able to get one at any local JY for a little bit of nothing...
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08-30-2004, 02:27 PM
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Car: 1987 Camaro Z28 IROC-Z
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Originally posted by screaminformula
i would say definitely the Camaro 145 speedo...pretty spiffy, but i still would rather see a newer Firebird gauge set swapped in because it looks a LOT cleaner and matches the whole Pontiac theme...but this is different, and a lot easier, lol...
Josh
i would say definitely the Camaro 145 speedo...pretty spiffy, but i still would rather see a newer Firebird gauge set swapped in because it looks a LOT cleaner and matches the whole Pontiac theme...but this is different, and a lot easier, lol...
Josh
08-30-2004, 06:32 PM
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exactly, you are correct...that is why i said it is easier...it is actually pretty cool exactly how interchangeable our cars ACTUALLY are....
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08-30-2004, 07:41 PM
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Originally posted by screaminformula
well, IIRC, the lenses are all one big piece...they have special holes to put screws through and to slide onto pegs molded into the gauge cluster...so a flat piece wouldnt fit right...you should be able to get one at any local JY for a little bit of nothing...
Josh
well, IIRC, the lenses are all one big piece...they have special holes to put screws through and to slide onto pegs molded into the gauge cluster...so a flat piece wouldnt fit right...you should be able to get one at any local JY for a little bit of nothing...
Josh
I'd probably have better luck with one from a donor than making my own anyways....
Thanks for the info, and special thanks to deadbird for the pics....
08-30-2004, 08:41 PM
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Car: 2000 Trans Am and a 85 Iroc-Z
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I still like the grid style speedo.
Where did they get that bucket!! I gotta have one for my front seat!!!
Where did they get that bucket!! I gotta have one for my front seat!!!
08-30-2004, 09:46 PM
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Originally posted by screaminformula
i would say definitely the Camaro 145 speedo...pretty spiffy, but i still would rather see a newer Firebird gauge set swapped in because it looks a LOT cleaner and matches the whole Pontiac theme...but this is different, and a lot easier, lol...
Josh
i would say definitely the Camaro 145 speedo...pretty spiffy, but i still would rather see a newer Firebird gauge set swapped in because it looks a LOT cleaner and matches the whole Pontiac theme...but this is different, and a lot easier, lol...
Josh
Has anyone on here done this, and is is a straightforward swap? I'd probably swap the tach too as I still have a V6 tach in my cluster.
08-31-2004, 12:29 PM
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Interesting... we could probably do that to the 85... in fact I think in that first pic that IS an 85...
09-03-2004, 10:38 AM
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Question:
Can you swap the needle from the Firebird speedo to the Camaro speedo? I think it would help in attempting to unify the dash after the conversion.
Can you swap the needle from the Firebird speedo to the Camaro speedo? I think it would help in attempting to unify the dash after the conversion.
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