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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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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Looks sharp to me.
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
That is stunning! Beautiful job !!!
What exactly do you mean by 'Chrome Plating'? Vacuum Metalizing? Very interested in that. Subscribed. |
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
wow this looks great. I am curious where you got that carbon fiber from
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Very nice!
I'm curious, how do you mount it to the dash? (I can't see any screw holes).
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Looks great! I want more info too.
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
i wanna make a metal instrument cluster bezel....
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
I like that idea. I have a glovebox door instrument bezel planned for "Project Poor boy". Specifics are a secret
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Impressive, Impressive, Impressive, Impressive, Impressive, Impressive,
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
I have metal studs welded to the back of the cluster and metal tabs welded to the cluster opening
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
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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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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
That's awsome.. great job!!!!!
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
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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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
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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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Okay, thanx. It's like putting formica on a countertop, effectively.
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
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...
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Looks nice. Good attention to detail. Much better than any aftermarket one Ive seen.
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
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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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
I like it!
Always enjoy seeing what the fabricators are up to!
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
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?
Last edited by John Gilbert; 02-13-2011 at 05:45 PM. Reason: left out a word... it sounded dumb without it. |
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Nice and clean looking
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
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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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Nice Job. It came out great!
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Re: Glove box door to Instrument Cluster
Great job... Real clean and professional looking. That would make a cool tech article.
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