scottred80

Hi guys , been awhile since I had a post . replaced the Gauge pod center console last year ,, Bought Autometer Artic white , new its time for speedo and Tach to finish it up only problem I have is I cant get the speedo and tach in artic white ,, really like the chrome rings and bubble glass , had to go with the Phantom series in white .. I did opt to order the Led bulbs in red . heres a few pics of what I have done so far .

av81

Awesome job looks great

scottred80

Thank you ,, The speedo and Tach Im sure will have its own challenges , to make them fit . more fab work ,,

kanvasman

Scott, I really like the way you figured out how to mount the new panel. I am doing a similar project on my '78 only I want to install 6 gauges ( auotmeter pro comp) instead of the five. Managed to squeeze them in but haven't gotten to the point of installing into the dash. I will be anxious to see what you do with the tach and speedo. I sort of have mine figured out except that they extend too far away from the dash and hit the clear lense that covers the whole assy.. Between the curve of the lense and the frames of the gauges they don't quite match up. Might have to loose the lense. Keep up the good work.

scottred80

Thanks , kanvasman ,, Im sure im going to have alot of dremel work , to make things fit .. will see ,, gauges should be here on Monday ...

scottred80

Has anyone done the 5 in Speedo and Tach conversions , if so you have any pics , Im sure I have some fab work to do . thanks guys

Bikespace

It's still on my to-do list, but I have a 3D model of the dash panel that might get you started. I'll try to post it this evening. VDO may call it 5", but the hole is 4 3/8" (110mm). I'm assuming Autometer does the same. There are also white faces available for your stock dash gauges.

EDIT: This is about as far as I got. I have the stock bezel 3D modeled. My printer bed isn't big enough to print the whole piece, but somewhere I have a 3-part model with the redone center and 4 3/8" gauge holes. This will let you put the Tach on the left where it belongs. Above is a GPS speedometer (to feed the VDO speedo gauge), showing that my dining room table is moving at 0 mph.

Let me know if this is useful, and I'll try to find the .STL files. It would be easy enough to cut your own out of aluminum, though, and your finished results are likely to be much better. The big revelation was finding out that the stock bezel is NOT a rectangle.

KENS80V

KENS80V

I made aluminum overlays for the two front gauges. They were painted black and glued in place. I gutted the housings and installed aluminum plates inside to hold the gauges centered in their pods. The holes for the center lighting were reshaped with a small file to receive rubber bulb mounts.

R6n350GT

Nice work, do you have a wiring diagram for where in the loom you will tap into for high beam, indicators etc?

Great work !

av81

Looking good

KENS80V

You can use the original connector at the back and just cut it off and re purpose the wires.

bluegtp

Looks nice. Here's an idea for the speedo/tach cluster. The bezel with clear plasticdoesnt fit on top so i cut out the clear portion so i can still use the trim. Indication lights are from Ebay. My previous setup didnt have the fuel gauge so i drilled holes in the panel and glued the stock blinker/brights lens to the back so i could retain the stock looking indicators.





Previous setup

Buccaneer

Very cool, thanks.

scottred80

Very Nice ,, I just finished the bezel , and painted ,, I sanded out the black trim rings , and buffed and polished to a chrome finish , will post pics this weekend .