Gareth
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| posted on 12/6/07 at 07:46 AM |
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Instrument Gauge Surrounds?
After a slip while cutting the gauge holes in my dash board, I need to make or buy four surrounds to sit between the dash and the gauge to tidy things
up and give a good finish.
I was thinking of some kind of metal washer, shim or a rubber washer with a 52mm internal diameter, and between 65mm to 67mm outside diameter.
Any one got any helpful ideas?
Cheers
Gareth
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Moorron
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| posted on 12/6/07 at 07:53 AM |
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i thought about this when i redid my dash, if i slipped or just drilled unlevel it would look poop. I thought about getting some laser cut 1.6mm
stainless steel rings about 5 mm diameter bigger than the dials. Didnt bother in the end.
But if there is alot of interest i can get some made.
unless somewhere else here can link to something simular.
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Gareth
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| posted on 12/6/07 at 07:59 AM |
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Cheers for the reply.
I don't want to redo the dash for a tiny bit of damage but also want it to look right.
I was hoping to try and find something off the shelf, as if you don't know some one it could get very costly.
Gareth
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Humbug
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| posted on 12/6/07 at 08:02 AM |
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As an alternative to the ring suggestion, could you make a sort of backplate behind 2 or more dials?
 
Rescued attachment dash dials.jpg
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Johnmor
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| posted on 12/6/07 at 08:12 AM |
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Alu
I used a bit of aluminium and cut all the dial nto it, looks ok.
You could polish to almost chrome if you had the patience.
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ayoungman
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| posted on 12/6/07 at 10:06 AM |
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why not use some abs sheet with Carbon fibre effect. easy to cut and finish. Won't break the bank either.
"just like that !"
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edspurrier
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| posted on 12/6/07 at 01:26 PM |
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Does that fit with the SVA "soft dashboard" radiu edge? If so I've got some nice turned aluminium I might use myself
Ed
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Gareth
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| posted on 13/6/07 at 08:19 AM |
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Cheers for the replies, defiantly some food for thought.
Gareth
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 13/6/07 at 11:43 AM |
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What's the dash made of?? can it be removed from the car and set on a bench drill?? if it's ally or stainless youcould try the old wooden
dowel in the chuck with lapping paste and create a finish like thisNice finish
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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