Polarity Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Hey guys, I've posted abit about my car in the s130 members projects area but my question today should be simple. What's the best way to mount the new speedo/tach. Should I just cut up the original to make the new 5" gauges fit or is there a better way. Car is a 280ZX with a LT1/4l60e. Previous owner already put a tach in and basically slice and diced the old mounting spot to make it fit. -polarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarity Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 Well I went ahead and just did the slice and dice method, got it all mounted. I'll post full details tonight in my project thread but just so this has a conclusion I used a dremel tool to cut the existing housing to make the new 5" gauges fit. It wasn't that bad, but it was alot of cutting. -polarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I'll have to look for your photos, but did you think the end result was what you were looking for? Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarity Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Just got in so about to upload photos and do the write up now, and quite honestly I wont know until I get the dash put back in, I managed to get it into the spot it needed to go, not entirely sure if I broke something along the way yet =) I was worried about cutting the stock assembly because of the board everything is hooked to. I'm still using stock gas gauge so I would have to assume that it uses some of the stuff on the board I cut. Because I was using the stock gas gauge I also had to cut into my tachometer to make room for the gauge to fit back into the cluster. Thankfully anything I might have broken could easily be replaced =) -polarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehinger Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Pictures & process please... Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarity Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Here is how I mounted it. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=137928 -polarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 It does look good from the pics! I have to say it looks better than I had imagined it would. I personally don't like the look of the ZX dash with the stock ho-hum gauges, but your mod makes it look pretty darn good! Keep up the great work! Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarity Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 I still haven't got the speedo working, completely clueless as to what the problem is, but at least mounting it worked. -polarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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