260DET Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Seeing a couple of other restorers posted pics of their panels a while ago, here is a pic of mine, just finished. Basically its an aluminium panel cut to shape with holes for the instruments and lights, then powder coated for a hopefully durable finish. The new panel is attached to the modified original panel by SS screws rather than glue. With a 300kph speedo its the fastest S130 panel in the South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Nice Job!! Taking out the instrument cluster (much less the whole dash) still seems too daunting...Care to share the purpose of the indicators? Those look pretty sweet too. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Green for turn indicators, top (bright) red for oil pressure, lower red for brakes, amber for low fuel, blue for headlight high beam. The ZX is being totally rebuilt so doing the dash is just another job, but its not too difficult, rewiring the whole car has definately got my attention though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 That looks great man! How did you cut tha plate out? Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Your rear spoiler and my instrument panel for the win eh Guy. Big holes cut with hole saws first, then the whole thing was roughly cut with an angle grinder using a thin cutting disc lubed with soap. Then on to the bench grinder lubed with kerosene so it didn't block up. Then hand finished, files, emery paper. Took a bit of time but not that long. Had to use a cut down spare original panel as a template to mark the aluminium out for cutting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Very nice, clean and functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 That looks good. I like the custom look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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