Nice work mate, how did you go with gaps etc? I found it a pretty challenging thing to get right.. You have given me some ideas for the wiring
Cheers,
Trent
Cheers. What gaps are you referring to? (a) gaps between face of gauge and back of plastic dash or (b)the gaps as in the surround gauge holes are not perfectly round and the aftermarket gauges are?
(a) I used a dremmel with the thin cutting discs to make these even.
(b) not much you can do about these but doesn't look odd or anything even with aluminium finished bezels.
I ripped your design off with the mounting of the tacho and speedo, I was going to mount these seperate as in how they originally mount to the dash frame, but as gauges were not heavy I thought this would be a much easier away to get a nice even gap. And also not having to think up and trial ways of mounting them saved time and second attempts
cheers. I was not sure how you mounted the top part but I machined up some black plastic at work and used U-pol bumper repair glue to mount the plastic bosses.
I already had Autometer gauges for my other gauges and also boost so thought I would keep all the small gauges the same. They actually match up well.
With the wiring, the Speedhut gauges didn't say anything about what fuse to use so I used what Autometer recommend which is 3AG 1 amp fast acting fuses. With the plugs I used they were quite a bitch to separate. I recommend with a small toothpick or something applying dielectric grease around and inside each separation of plastic, trying to avoid contact the terminals themselves. This helps heaps.