GAUGE POD - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Diesel911 · #1 06-27-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by rcounts

You gonna cut four 2" holes in the dash? That's an alternative I hadn't considered. Let me think about that one...

NAH, I still want to go the pillar pod route.

In the thumbnail below you can see my Wood is already gone in the area where I would put the Gauges. You can also see a slot where the wires could pass through.
I was not thinking of Drilling holes; I was thinking of getting a nice piece of hard Wood and Hole Sawing the holes in the Wood for the Gauges and mounting the Wood with 2 screws through that spot.
The Wood could be glued together to make it thicker and stained and contoured to make it look nice.
I think there is room for four 2 inch gauges.

kingdoc1 · #2 06-27-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

In the thumbnail below you can see my Wood is already gone in the area where I would put the Gauges. You can also see a slot where the wires could pass through.
I was not thinking of Drilling holes; I was thinking of getting a nice piece of hard Wood and Hole Sawing the holes in the Wood for the Gauges and mounting the Wood with 2 screws through that spot.
The Wood could be glued together to make it thicker and stained and contoured to make it look nice.
I think there is room for four 2 inch gauges.

What about using 1" gages? You could still use a nicely finished piece of wood as trim, but if you only put 1" holes in the dash, the original piece of wood trim could still be reinstalled later if you wanted and would cover the holes. I know I have seen 1" gages maybe from JC Whitney or Summit, I cant remember which. Just an idea...

Diesel911 · #3 06-27-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kingdoc1

What about using 1" gages? You could still use a nicely finished piece of wood as trim, but if you only put 1" holes in the dash, the original piece of wood trim could still be reinstalled later if you wanted and would cover the holes. I know I have seen 1" gages maybe from JC Whitney or Summit, I cant remember which. Just an idea...

I do not think I would be able to read a 1" gauge.
The width of the Wood Strip area id 1 1/2 inches.

It is a project that I am not planning to do soon. I was just thinking out loud in hopes of getting some other ideas.

There might be room for something like the pic in the thumbnail that I randomly picked from the internet as there as there is room that with the 1 1/2 inches area of the where the wood srip goes there is room below for the gauge pod to hang.

WD8CDH · #4 06-29-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by kingdoc1

What about using 1" gages? You could still use a nicely finished piece of wood as trim, but if you only put 1" holes in the dash, the original piece of wood trim could still be reinstalled later if you wanted and would cover the holes. I know I have seen 1" gages maybe from JC Whitney or Summit, I cant remember which. Just an idea...

JC Whitney, Auto Meter and a few others have 1.5" gauges but a rather limited choice. Temperature, oil pressure, and volts are backlit but unfortunatly, all of the lower pressure 1.5" gauges suitable for fuel pressure or boost that I have found are not backlit.