While thinking about a custom Fiberglass dash, and not knowing if i wanted to go full autometer gauges, but obviously not keep my stock gauges, I started wondering what a cluster from another car would look like in mine.

So forgetting about all the wiring involved and the obvious problems with installations....

What are some gauge clusters that you wish came in our cars...but did'nt?

Example: the new mustang cluster



If you have a custom dash / custom cluster set up, post them as well.

 

I like the all digital one from the people that make the KITT replicas.

 

Cobalt gauges

 

Dakota Digital

No power


With power, and they dim when the lights are turned on.

 

IMO digital gauges just dont suit our cars.....they arent.....musclely

I think thats a word......

But yeah its just more cooler to see a needle race up the gauge and easily tell your rpm.....instead of some computer quickly changing numbers.....

 

Exactly...

 

No offense taken, I like them. In lieu of a needle, these have a bar graph that travels across the top of the numbers, which is cool to watch go up and down as you shift gears. And I watch the graph more than the numbers anyway.

 

at least mine will work under water

 

 

lol, you showed him! I like the 2nd gen Firebird guages. let's see if i can get a picture from my archives... Here we go. I'd probably just go with the 2 large ones and the 4 smaller ones to the right, and leave out all the other little switches and crap cluttering it up.

 

84-89 Corvette gauges are my personal favorite. I even love the 85-88 GTA digi gauges as well.

 

damn GM should of put something like these in our camaros

 

I'd love it if someone mounted an LCD monitor in the dash as an MFD. Or a digital dash made with nixie tubes.

 

Zepher, can you tell me where you can find those gauges? I did a search on Google using various KITT and Knight Rider combinations, did not find a site that had those gauges...

 

what about the HUD (heads up display) on the new vettes??? they project your speed and rpm i believe on the windshield

 

worst idea ever....lol If i had that all my genious friends would have thier hands in my way trying to block the projection lol

 

Those last 2 to the right are a/c vents btw

 

 

digital gauges ...

im a fan of the custom DIY [insert brand of gauges here] setup where you make your own mounting plate etc. cant wait til i have the money for mine

 

Nixie tubes would be cool. Worked with a computer in the Navy that had a front panel display using nixies.

 

I love nixies. I'd love to do something like a custom '56 or so Nomad, and do the gauges with nixies and magic eye tubes.

 

never thought of that before. it would be sweet and extremly unique

 

Im sure im with the majority when i say....WHAT THE HELL IS A NIXIE TUBE?? lol

 

Here is a description of a nixie

http://www.cse.uconn.edu/cse/Courses...ion/Nixie.html

This one displays upright, they can also display out the end of the tube, same principle applies

A nixie clock

 

lol so what your saying is those guys up there want THIS in their car?? lol

 

i like the heads up display in my vette thank you now if i can put a vette dash and hd in my formula

 

They look neat and the numbers change almost as fast as digital, but too many filaments in that tube to break over rough roads (it's a glorified light bulb). Burn out a filament (cathode) and you've lost a digit.

I like the digital gauges I have much better.

 

hehe, i've got the best of both worlds!

 

mw66nova - I love the looks of your new car....but one question.....HOW did you manage to get your cigarette lighter to rust?? lol

 

No, there are no filiaments in nixie tubes. They're cold cathode neon tubes.

 

lol, no idea man, ask the guy i bought it from that let it sit outside with a blown 3.1 for 3 years...anyhow, i plan to put a 12LED superlight shift light in it when i get my new playback tach.

 

I stand corrected, but they (cathodes) still break - I've seen it happen.

 

http://markscustomkits.com/Interior-Products.htm

they are $1500.00 and made when you order them.

 

D'oh! Well we're talking custom here, so I'd change those vent openings to guages

 

Whoo, boy, when I saw the price I didn't even really need to click on that link

Thanks for providing it, though

 

here is my set up. You can make it for less than 500 bucks. It has:

2-5" guages
4-2 3/4" guages
2-2 1/16" guages.





Later

-Dennis

 

Lexus GS. I like the IS one better, but I couldn't find a good pic of it. To the original poster though, the Mustang dash looks much better on the computer than it does in real person. It looks cheap as hell in real life.

 

Instead of spending money on gauges your shoulda spent it on doors

 

watch out...here comes pics of his lambo door conversion

 

 

I like your guages dennis prolly the best...it is kinda simple but thats how i like it. I just like how the A-Pillar guages match the other guages so many cars have mis-matched clusters and it doesnt look like it flows well. I mean i understand the reasoning and most people put guages there that they need but ya you know what i mean. Some cool guages in this thread though!

 

Thanks Steve. I def went out of my way to make it look simple. The whole car is designed around the the "simple" appearance.

No antenna, handles, locks, moldings, emblems.... and it continues on the inside by having it all look simple, yet functional.


mw66nova.....whats the problem with my lambo door convertion?

83_Camaro_83........I don't have doors on in the pics cuz at that time i was installing the vertical hinges, not too sure why mw66nova used the or why what he said was funny.


But anywasy, if anyone wants to make their own and see what I did, check my site. I took a pic every couple steps. did it all in a about 2 days. maybe 4 hours of measuring, cutting, sanding, glueing, and cutting fabric and inlaying the guages. Pretty fun too.

later

-Dennis

ps- I had at least 2 dozen other sketches before i decided on that set up.

-speedo
-tach
-oil temp
-oil press.
-water
-fuel
-vacume
-volts

 

im guessing they are criticizing you because you post lots of pictures of it or how you talk a lot about it? I dunno and i dont really feel that it matters. You do good work either way lol.

 

i was just pokin fun at how you seem to post all kinds of pics of your project (not pokin' fun at the project or car itself...you DO do good work) even when it's not relevant to the topic at hand...

i think that the flag is for you...but not in a bad way, just pokin at you man

i have a hard time seeing how your car is "simple" though...too many gizmos and gadgets inside...simple would be keeping everything where it was from the factory. and lamob doors are FAR from simply IMHO...

 

well i ment simple on the outside. As in all the stuff shaved off and such. You are right there are a lot of little things I guess. I even mounted a washer bottle in the trunk that has lines running to the rear tires. I think that if i am gonna go show off sometime it might be fun to fill with bleach silly $5 mod that might come in handy for a few laphs.

 

Here's a pic of my 89 from back in the day..

 

There's also a voltmeter in the factory position, but it's not lit in this frame because it blinks when the voltage is below 12 volts.

 

I still think this is the best looking style of dash for a 3rd gen, hands down.

 

from the Scoot RX7. Wicked

 

Here is a link to an after market site using Autometer gauges.

http://www.covansclassic.com/parts/i...2568.66.10.129