My custom dash.

[puzzle man]

I'm working on my dash at the moment and thought id shear.

I wanted some thing LIKE this just were the small gages are.

this is what i had and wanted the gages to face me more eg on an angle.

so what I'm going to do is cut some pool pipe 560mm that the gages fit very sung in.

wile i was going to do this i thought i would fix my first cup i made.

so i cut the pipe at an angle (i just guessed the angle i needed)

and all 3 in there

started glassing..

i just put a little hot glue to hold the cups..

and i decided that the gages should be spreed out more rather than bunched up. i added the plastic i cut off the end to the middle bits to make it stronger.

and made shore the gages looked right.

and the 1st bit of glass

just put a little glass on the back to strengthen it..

i sanded the fiberglass a little and then started bogging it up..

theres a lot of bog as this is were the shape will come from.

all so sanded the crack in the old cup back a bit and bogged that up as well..

some people have PMed me and asked how i made the 1st cup so here a little run down no pic sorry i just sort of put it together.

its the same as how I'm making the new one just one bit of pipe about 560mm its from bunnings its actually pool filter pipe just take your gage along to make shore it fits snugly and then fiberglass the pipe to hold it then bog it up... easy hay

STILL bogging and sanding but looking better..

just about finished sanding had to put a little more bog in some holes.

it looks a bit ruff because i used 2 different bogs but it nice and smooth.

and finished the cup just have to paint.

put a thin layer of paint on. its primer sealer when it drys its like the plastic use to be a Little ruff (it hides bad bits)

i do this so if theres bit that was bad i can just sand a little.

when this drys i will be putting about 2 more cotes on then sand smooth then put a clear cote on it...

added clear... and finished

just some more pic because i know you all love pic and

i thought because i had the weal off i would get some pic.

and thought i would point out a little stuff up (be for someone else dose )

this one i did not square off the hazed switch.

and can you see a like bubble above the switch?

that was hardened resin that was so hard to sand back but took

it back heaps and thought the paint would cover it up but alas it did not.

and here i did not round the edge that much as i wanted and i

scuffed the paint when i was puting it back in.

all in all I'm REALLY happy with it.

it did take a bit of time (manly sanding) but had fun making it.

it cost me all up id say about $24-$26 as i had most of the stuff in the garage from last time.

[Azza]

Looks good mate....what car is it going into?

[puzzle man]

its in my AE92 corolla..

[D'Ice]

ey puzzleman... u'r the one with a lowered red sedan AE92??? i think i'v seen u a couple of times in Liverpool n Casula... not sure if it was u though...

nice work there... btw wat guages did u put

[puzzle man]

ey puzzleman... u'r the one with a lowered red sedan AE92??? i think i'v seen u a couple of times in Liverpool n Casula... not sure if it was u though...

nice work there... btw wat guages did u put

yep thats mine and there speco gages

[3zzfe]

Fantastic job

[D'Ice]

i just noticed the center guage pod on the steering column... that's mad wat guage u gonna have there?

[puzzle man]

i just noticed the center guage pod on the steering column... that's mad wat guage u gonna have there?

i have a venom rpm taco there

[D'Ice]

i just noticed the center guage pod on the steering column... that's mad wat guage u gonna have there?

i have a venom rpm taco there

:( i personally don't like having two tachos in a car... oh well wateva floats yor boat... but nice job there... u should come to one of the meets... i think i'v seen u'r car sumwhere full of red LEDz yeah??? if so i'm "kinda" like that... but with P.U.R.P.L.E.Z :D

[MT]

i see only 1 tacho???

[puzzle man]

i see only 1 tacho???

so do i and its my car

the black one is the tacho

[D'Ice]

i see only 1 tacho???

so do i and its my car

the black one is the tacho

lol u dont have a stock tacho... well then yea u'r excused... NICE :D

[tomtoy]

that looks crazy man. Very nice indeed.

How longd it take u to do all this?

[puzzle man]

that looks crazy man. Very nice indeed.

How longd it take u to do all this?

thanks man

it took about 2 weeks on and off, about 6hrs strait probably

[puzzle man]

thought i would post this up I'm doing a dash for a mate for his ke 70

this is what i started with..

and wanted something like this..

so i cut 3 bits of the same pipe i used befor..

the angle there on..

i made more room for the cups to fit by cutting some plastic away..

1st one in using a hot glue gun to hold in place..

2nd one in..

and all 3 in making shore there all on the right angle i wanted..

once the glue had dried i then started glassing the back of the dash 1st to give it strength..

[puzzle man]

noticed a crack in the dash be for i stared so i put some fiberglass behind it to strengthen it up..

the crack..

the back..

and then started glassing the front..

and some more on the back..

then after alot of fileing and sanding i boged it up..

i did not use even 1/2 the amount of bog i used on my dash.

this is were I'm up to ATM needs sanding then maybe a little more bog, then sand again, then primer and paint.

if any body would like a dash done like this PM me.

i would be interested in doing a RA28 or 22/23

I sanded this last week and just needed a bit more bog to fix some little bits

after the 1st sand and then some more bog....

when the bog drys i will do some more sanding and then primer and paint.