Pics of the painted interior with gauges installed
04-20-2002, 05:04 PM
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Well, minus the ashtray that I forgot at work, here is the pics of the painted plastic. I had a cracked stereo surround, no surprise there, so I fixed it and smoothed all the plastic out including the vents, ashtray, shifter surround, made a custom piece to fit under and around the radio, primed and painted it all in the same black I painted the outside of the car with. Now all I need is to get my custom shifter back and Ill be compleate in there for now.
04-21-2002, 01:41 PM
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I used fiberglass. I have 1/4" wood behind it that I cut and glassed to the face so I could bolt it to the radio chassis. So now the gauges and radio can be removed as a unit if need be, if I remove the water temperature sender to allow it enough room to come out that is, damm mechanical gauge's sender isnt quite the length I would have liked, unless I drill a 7/8 hole somewhere in the firewall, right now I ran it thru the grommet on the passenger side like you had advised.
04-22-2002, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='April 21 2002,14:41
I used fiberglass. I have 1/4" wood behind it that I cut and glassed to the face so I could bolt it to the radio chassis. So now the gauges and radio can be removed as a unit if need be, if I remove the water temperature sender to allow it enough room to come out that is, damm mechanical gauge's sender isnt quite the length I would have liked, unless I drill a 7/8 hole somewhere in the firewall, right now I ran it thru the grommet on the passenger side like you had advised.
04-22-2002, 03:41 PM
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I wasnt offered any choice of sender length, nor did it show it in the Summit catalog, its a 6' So by the time I ran it all the way over to the passenger side grommet, I didnt have enough to run it along the firewall and under the manifold to the thermostat housing, so now it goes across from the grommet to the thermostat housing. Im undecided to drill a hole more towards the center, they do supply you with a rubber grommet for when you do drill the hole, or to just leave the damm thing, not like people will be looking under my hood, damm car is all stock anyhow, lol. Where did you screw the piece of plastic to anyhow?
04-23-2002, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='April 22 2002,16:41
I wasnt offered any choice of sender length, nor did it show it in the Summit catalog, its a 6' So by the time I ran it all the way over to the passenger side grommet, I didnt have enough to run it along the firewall and under the manifold to the thermostat housing, so now it goes across from the grommet to the thermostat housing. Im undecided to drill a hole more towards the center, they do supply you with a rubber grommet for when you do drill the hole, or to just leave the damm thing, not like people will be looking under my hood, damm car is all stock anyhow, lol. Where did you screw the piece of plastic to anyhow?
04-23-2002, 07:38 PM
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I just got the Saab din panel for gauges today. It looks nice and was only $10. Beats having to take the time to make one. And it holds three gauges. Now to get some gauges....
04-23-2002, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='April 23 2002,20:38
I just got the Saab din panel for gauges today. It looks nice and was only $10. Beats having to take the time to make one. And it holds three gauges. Now to get some gauges....
Mike