Enjoyed the VDO . It seems like you don't have a whole lot of luck with car , lately . Well , that's racing . Hope you find the problem and a small one .
Looking good . I'd go with the recess look and using plastic panel with the same texture as the dash . Would look better if the gauges are the same brand ( ref to lower right gauge , what is it ? ) .
I'm running shorties , JTR ( Sanderson ) . There's a thread on group buy somewhere on here related to longtubes . If you have the equipment and the know how , you can just purchase LS1 flanges and mandrel bend tubes and build your own .