Custom dash pics please
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Cruising
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Custom dash pics please
I am rebuilding an 85 and would like to do something with the dash. I was going to install a 5" speedo and tach and then maybe some 2 5/8" info gauges in the center section. I would end up removing the info center and switches? Has anyone done this and if so, show me some pics> Thanks
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Belmont MI
try this site:
http://batee.com/corvette/
this may have something your looking for on the analog gauges
http://batee.com/corvette/
this may have something your looking for on the analog gauges
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Cruising
Joined: Apr 2007
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Thread Starter
Cruising
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 12
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try this site:
http://batee.com/corvette/
this may have something your looking for on the analog gauges
http://batee.com/corvette/
this may have something your looking for on the analog gauges
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Racer
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From: Newton NJ
I agree analog looks better, but the ease of swaping this unit out with no work made it look much better to me in my mind
. Comes pre-wired... even I could install it
Seriously... once all the work is done analog guages look very good. I like how vinnies87 dash came out.
. Comes pre-wired... even I could install it Seriously... once all the work is done analog guages look very good. I like how vinnies87 dash came out.
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Indianapolis IN
I agree analog looks better, but the ease of swaping this unit out with no work made it look much better to me in my mind . Comes pre-wired... even I could install it
Seriously... once all the work is done analog guages look very good. I like how vinnies87 dash came out.
. Comes pre-wired... even I could install it Seriously... once all the work is done analog guages look very good. I like how vinnies87 dash came out.
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd190.htm
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Cuyahoga Falls Ohio
Its a Dakota Digital piece
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd190.htm
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd190.htm
Instructor
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2001
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From: Clinton IL
I just wish somebody made some cool little satin black tabs to go in each corner where a screw goes to cover the cracks on the factory plastic.
I'm doing an LS2 in my 85 Vette and trying like heck to keep the stock gauges alive. I know I'll lose the fuel calculator - but I dig the digital corvettes.
I'm doing an LS2 in my 85 Vette and trying like heck to keep the stock gauges alive. I know I'll lose the fuel calculator - but I dig the digital corvettes.
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From: Magnolia Mississippi
St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Right you are, mid 80's firebird gauges, the vss module makes all gauges work correctly, the major part is the fab of the housing and alignment of the gauges with calibration. I used an old dash piece and fab the gauge insert so that i just remove the digi and dash piece and install and plug the analog gauges in...