How to make a custom dashboard
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(New page: i would like to build a custom dash for my 84' caprice classic but i cant find no ideas or pic of but a few custom dashes to even tri to make one for mine this will be my first one and don...) |
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| + | Building a custom dashboard or instrument panel "insert" can be done using a variety of materials and methods. One way is discussed below. | ||
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| + | ==Dash panel insert formed from sheet aluminum== | ||
| + | This panel was built to fit in the location of the stock instrument panel. The empty hole is where a 2-1/16" digital speedometer mounts to keep it hidden, thus making the tachometer the more prominent gauge. | ||
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| + | Most stock instrument panels can be removed from the dash panel, and a new panel cut from 1/8" aluminum. Each gauge in the panel shown below was hand wired since, as is the case with most new cars, this one had the gauge panel controlled by the PCM on a data bus. Lots of work, but the end product appears 'old school'. | ||
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| + | [[File:Dakota_Dash.JPG]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Interior]] | ||
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