Dakota Digital Custom Firebird Gauges
08-12-2005, 01:12 PM
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Dakota Digital Custom Firebird Gauges
Has anyone ever sent there Firebird Guage Bezel in to be custom fitted. I see that already make one for Pre 90 Camaro's, The only thing that would suck is they don't have amber or red, However i kinda like the blue. 899 seem like a decent price if yeah got spare cash. IE tax returns, inheritance, Insurance money. If someone has done it do they have pics?
08-12-2005, 08:25 PM
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Re: Dakota Digital Custom Firebird Gauges
Originally posted by WinnipegGTA
Has anyone ever sent there Firebird Guage Bezel in to be custom fitted. I see that already make one for Pre 90 Camaro's, The only thing that would suck is they don't have amber or red, However i kinda like the blue. 899 seem like a decent price if yeah got spare cash. IE tax returns, inheritance, Insurance money. If someone has done it do they have pics?
Has anyone ever sent there Firebird Guage Bezel in to be custom fitted. I see that already make one for Pre 90 Camaro's, The only thing that would suck is they don't have amber or red, However i kinda like the blue. 899 seem like a decent price if yeah got spare cash. IE tax returns, inheritance, Insurance money. If someone has done it do they have pics?
http://users.rcn.com/mbrandsma/91Fir...ly15%20008.jpg
08-12-2005, 09:38 PM
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$899 is a lot but who else really sells digital gauges for a specific kind of car. But i would think you could buy individual gauges from dakota and put them in.
Mark's Custom Kits makes red and green digital gauges. As shown in the pic. This is a knight rider replica company.
http://markscustomkits.com/Interior-Products.htm
Price: $1500
They are BOTH overpriced but if you have money and want gauges bad enough then go buy them.
I'm working on my own digital gauges. I went to school for electronics though.
Mark's Custom Kits makes red and green digital gauges. As shown in the pic. This is a knight rider replica company.
http://markscustomkits.com/Interior-Products.htm
Price: $1500
They are BOTH overpriced but if you have money and want gauges bad enough then go buy them.
I'm working on my own digital gauges. I went to school for electronics though.
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08-13-2005, 11:07 AM
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Originally posted by WinnipegGTA
Caddy i love your Car. Convertible Banshee's are the best.
Caddy i love your Car. Convertible Banshee's are the best.
Boy was I off with what I thought this thread was about. That site has some expensive interior parts, bezels aside!
08-13-2005, 05:05 PM
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Don't know if this will help you or not, but I made this setup for my bird a couple weeks ago. It accepts all autometer gauges. They're just not in it for this pic. Bolts in just like the factory panel.
08-13-2005, 10:34 PM
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That is pretty much the same thing im doing except mine will have the turn signal and high beam indacator in it still and it will also have the heater vents in it
also im going to try and get a 5" speedo and tach in mine
measured it should fit but it will lokk good is what im concerned about wish they made 4" aftermarket stuff
also im going to try and get a 5" speedo and tach in mine
measured it should fit but it will lokk good is what im concerned about wish they made 4" aftermarket stuff
08-14-2005, 11:18 AM
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Car: '88 T/A and '90 T/A
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It's made out of a material called Kydex. It'l like ABS plastic but it isn't brittle. I had it laying around the shop and it ended up working perfect. It wasn't hard to do, just time consuming. Took better part of 6-7 hours. I took out the stock gauge bezel and cut out the center section where the stock gauges were. Then I made that piece to fit in the opening and epoxied it in place. Below is a pic of the filler before I glued it to the bezel.
08-24-2005, 02:33 PM
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Car: 85&95 Trans am
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That's exactly what I want to do. Does anyone know what colors of wire go to which gauge. or do you have to run all new wires? would like to just splice into the factory harness. My car is an 85, so could I just buy a cable driven speedo and plug it right into the factory cable?
08-25-2005, 04:16 PM
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that is EXACTLY what i have been conceptualiuzing for a while now as well. but the guages are going to cost a whoping 473$ not including shipping. so i am holding off.
do you have a template or somthing or any more pics? that thing needs its own thread in the "fabrication" forum.
oh, nice work by the way
do you have a template or somthing or any more pics? that thing needs its own thread in the "fabrication" forum.
oh, nice work by the way
08-25-2005, 11:55 PM
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Question for you dakota digital users.......
I'm assuming you use the dakota digital box to send the information to your dash gauges, so how do you program it? I've been told all it takes is to flip the switches in a certain order, but I've yet to hear how that works.
I'm assuming you use the dakota digital box to send the information to your dash gauges, so how do you program it? I've been told all it takes is to flip the switches in a certain order, but I've yet to hear how that works.
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