MidnightRider Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Not a lot to say on this write up, but I have a lot of pictures. The dash restoration was pretty straight forward, it just took me from spring break to graduation. I backed the cracks with tape, then filled them with gorilla glue. I also sealed up the smaller cracks with the clear type of gorilla glue. Next I used flexible UV activated Bondo all across the top of the dash. The UV Bondo was rubbery and not really that good so I used a better Bondo on all the little imperfections once I got the shape how I wanted it. Finally, sprayed the whole thing with some truck bed liner. I got everything I needed from NAPA. Next I'm doing a custom headliner. Expect to see more of my Z over this summer, trying to get a lot done before I go off to college. If anyone knows there I can find Rayven14 who sells the carbon fiber door pulls and fiberglass door panels at, I would really like to get those with my next paycheck.. now that I can work full time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 At first I was like "truck bed liner, wtf?" but it came out awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
559240z Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Wow that came out NICE considering how bad it was , what brand of gauges are those I really like that tach and speedo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdenno Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Nicely done! Forget school, specialize in dash repair Dennis Edited May 19, 2012 by psdenno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritrebor Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 The dash came out nice. One tip that I did was to use only 2-3 screws to hold it on the metal frame to prevent it from cracking again. The gauges themself will hold it to the metal frame and once mounted it is not going anywhere. ritrebor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takayuki Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 What sizes are your gauges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightRider Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) Wow that came out NICE considering how bad it was , what brand of gauges are those I really like that tach and speedo. What sizes are your gauges? They're 4" Speedhut gauges. You pick out what you want and they make it, pretty sweet deal.. but very expensive. They were exactly $495 for the set. I opted to spend the extra cash because I was able to keep my turn signal indicators, high beam indicator, and having a fuel level gauge built in solved the problem of where to put that. As for a bonus GPS speed signal makes calibration easy! When I saw they have a lifetime warranty standard I was sold knowing the nature of gauges in general. If anyone has any information on how to wire the tach up I'd appreciate it. I know Speedhut gauges have been done on s30's before but what I don't know is whether they used an aftermarket sensor or were wired up to the stock sensor somehow. The smaller gauges are 52mm Prosport Evo's: Water Temp, Volts, & Oil Pressure. They'll be wired up so that they're red in the day time, then blue at night to match the speedo and tach (which light up cobalt blue when backlit) Edited May 20, 2012 by MidnightRider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luce Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Looks really great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six_Shooter Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I really like the look of those Prosport EVO gauges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richracing Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I bought the same gauges from speedhut. Where are you planning to mount the gps antenna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightRider Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 It's magnetic so on top of the metal plate that has the defogger vents. I don't plan on running it onto the roof or anything unless I have issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra510 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Good job. Truck bed liner is great for that texture as you've shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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