Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
 

I have been working on this for a while now and I am finally Finished!!
I could not make up my mind what I wanted to do for gauges so I statred experimenting with a glove box door. My truck is going to be more custom than stock.

1. I like what Putter does to the stock gauges and clusters but I didn't
want to go stock
2. I thought about using Auto Meter in the stock cluster
3. I considered the Billet clusters but I didn't like the location of the gauges.
4. Since my truck will be more custom than stock this is what I came up with and my glove box lid will match with the carbon fiber.

Cost
$10.00 extra glove box door
$460.00 Classic industries gauges
$66.00 Chrome Plating
$15.00 LED lights (turnsignal and High beam)
$0.00 Carbon Fiber
$50.00 Switches (lights and Wipers)

$601.00 Total

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Looks sharp to me.:D

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That is stunning! Beautiful job !!!

What exactly do you mean by 'Chrome Plating'?

Vacuum Metalizing?
Very interested in that. Subscribed.

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wow this looks great. I am curious where you got that carbon fiber from

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Very nice!
I'm curious, how do you mount it to the dash? (I can't see any screw holes).

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Looks great! I want more info too.

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i wanna make a metal instrument cluster bezel....

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I like that idea. I have a glovebox door instrument bezel planned for "Project Poor boy". Specifics are a secret ;)

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Impressive, Impressive, Impressive, Impressive, Impressive, Impressive, :metal:

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The outer edge is chrome plated like the original.

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I have metal studs welded to the back of the cluster and metal tabs welded to the cluster opening

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I have a customer that gave it to me. Whats great about using a glove box door is that you can use a lot of differant things for the background. I was thinking about using guitar pick guard or custom paint like a marbilizing technic

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That's awsome.. great job!!!!!

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Crafty and outstanding! Carbon fiber looks clean. The "guitar pick" you mentioned...is that a finish that you can buy, or does it require several steps to effect?

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Its a thin plastic that they use on guitars. Google it and there are some real neet designs. You can also use paint and get a marbalized effect

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Okay, thanx. It's like putting formica on a countertop, effectively.

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Awesome job. I have some new custom gauges sitting around and I was thinking of doing something similar. It never occurred to me to use a glove box door...:mm:

I think I'll try this, thanks.:metal:

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Looks nice. Good attention to detail. Much better than any aftermarket one Ive seen.

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okay that is a cool idea: tabs welded to the dash opening, and screws welded to the back of the cluster!

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I like it!
Always enjoy seeing what the fabricators are up to!

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That's a great idea, and you did a really clean job on the entire effort... Do you mind if I steal your idea for a tech story in Classic Trucks?

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Nice and clean looking

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No not at all. I have additional photo's of the process that I went through, if you are interested. The photo's that I took do not even do it justice.

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Nice Job. It came out great!

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Great job... Real clean and professional looking. That would make a cool tech article.