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Old Jul 10, 2016 | 10:34 AM
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Very nice!
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Old Jul 10, 2016 | 11:25 AM
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Well done! Did you put white faces on the speedo and tach?
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Originally Posted by tgcattle


I have thought of doing something similar, but the thing that stops me from doing this is not what I see on the front, but the problems with the connections behind it all. The factory setup is nice and clean, what did you do behind all the gauges that isn't a mess of non factory connections and wire splices.

I have yet to see a gauge swap that doesn't look like a mess of wires.
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Doing the tach & speedo later
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Wiring not to bad
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Do they unscrew so you can access the front face?

(Again, I'd SO like to see a set of these with a plate over "Autometer" that had a Corvette logo; those look great, but with "Autometer" gone and a Corvette logo, they'd look REALLY great, IMO.)


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LOOKS GOOD-tgcattle!!!


Originally Posted by cagotzmann
The factory setup is nice and clean, what did you do behind all the gauges that isn't a mess of non factory connections and wire splices.

I have yet to see a gauge swap that doesn't look like a mess of wires.
Now mine is more custom dash w/ mostly stock gauges- but going to the junkyard you can find some nice connectors and make your own harness- then pretty up the wires-

Here's my tach & speedo- even added and extra plug so the aftermarket tach is completely removable.







Here's the harness for the center gauges and the console-

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Nice gauges.
I see you have the peeling chrome lines on your console pieces. I cleaned mime off pretty easily to an all black plastic look using a plastic cleaner polish/fine scratch remover, and not planning on repainting them on.
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