custom billet aluminum gauge panel and mounting brackets.
 

well i finally finished it.

the plate is 7075 aluminum

and the brackets are 6061-t6

made these on the CNC milling center at shop.

the panel was polished to a mirrored finish, but i figured that would get annoying with all the reflections, so i made it a satin finish with 2000 grit wet sand paper instead.

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Now that's sexy! :lol:

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thank you sir

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Did you replace the metal dash with that bar that it's mounted to?

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well that bar is part of the roll cage.

and for something different i decided to keep the whole dash out, and just have a little panel so it would have that race car look.

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Ilike it!....nice work!

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thanks!

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looks sweet

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Looks great, why 2 shift lights?

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That is sweet! Good descion on the polished aluminum giving you a bad glare. The dash in my car is aluminum and in the sun light at certain angles, it will blind you. I painted the bottom of my windshield to help shield it. Plus I had to hide a crack from techs. :lol:

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thanks, and yea with the windshield paint, you gotta do what you gotta do hahaha

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thanks, the red light is and oil pressure warning light and the blue one is the shift light, its was yellow, but i didnt want the yellow, so i put a blue lens in it.

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Ahh I gotcha. I want a red lens for my shift light, it's yellow right now. How much are the lenses?

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Me likey!

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i think i paid like 5 bucks or so from jegs. its included the lens and then the cover thing. it was a paint in the but to change lol

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thank you haha

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You know, you can get the brackets anodized if you want the extra "bling."

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i was actually thinking about it, my shop teacher knows some places who anodize, but the it was a little too pricey.

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It shouldn't be bad. I can't see it being much more then $50 for basic parts like those. Even more fancy patterns like acid washes, and splash anodizing. I play paintball, and that is pretty much the standard for finishes on the markers (guns).

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do you know anywhere i could go?

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Wow. That is BA. Good job!

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I'll ask around. Most of the guys I knew are out of the game. I know some guys who just got some stuff done, so I'll ask, and see who they use.

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thanks!

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okay thank you.

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Nice work...that looks great.

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Will they really give you a hard time for cracks in the windshield? I got a few very small cracks were my lexan bolts to the truck.

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the s/g firebird we run has very small cracks in the lexan windows where the countersunk head bolt goes through, and we dont get any crap for it, i think your fine when it comes to that, if thats where you saying the cracks are.

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any other pics of the truck as a whole? or some wider interior shots? I like what I see so far.

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Awesome dash!

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Do your own anodizing:http://www.focuser.com/atm/anodize/anodize.html