MazterDizazter Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hey all, I replaced all of the factory gauges with Autometer Phantom series gauges: 5" tach and speedo, and 2 5/8" oil pressure, voltage, and water temp. I've got them mocked up in the dash now; I gutted the three small stock gauges and placed the new gauges in the outer plastic housings and I'm going to modify the stock metal backing plates to use the stock mounting hardware, but the larger ones are basically resting inside the holes as they are too large to use the stock plastic housings. I need to know from others who've done it how you solidly mount the 5" tach/speedo gauges inside the dash. It's in a '73 Z if that helps. I've been doing it with the dash inside the car; don't know if it'd be easier to take it out to mount them; the wiring is all done but it should disconnect with relative ease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowFever Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Have you seen this thread? http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=130304 It shows how the Autometer 5" gauges can be modified to fit inside the stock speedo and tach bezels. I just finished fitting my new gauges and it isn't really too difficult... but the results are great! I also added LEDs to my tach (instructions in the same thread) and extended the trip reset knob so it extends through the stock Datsun speedo lens (yep, instructions for that in the thread too). Oh yeah, these modifications can be done with the dash in place. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 [/img] although i completely rewired my car from scratch, so it made it a little easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienJedi Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Running your own wires sure does make things easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazterDizazter Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 I just decided to re-wire the entire car. P.O. hacked the s**t out of it. thought the 5 inchers wouldn't fit inside the stock bezels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 You have the take the rim and glass off the gauges and kinda shove them in their, but they wont be coming out any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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