The Infidel Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 (edited) I saw one of these the other night and I was amazed at the quality of it and to just have it. The OEM panels are getting harder and harder to find in useable shape and some of us need more gauge location options. I personally refuse to use a gauge pillar pod, or screw one into my dash. I did a search and found the creator but he has long been inactive on the forum, nor could I find open published CAD files for the panel. So I contacted him using the email system on the forum (which I thought was a long shot!) and he replied. Brad provided me with the CAD files and the ok to publish them on the forum for everyone else's use. I want to give a big thanks to Brad for passing on the files to the community again years later. I hosted these on rapidshare, its the only place I could think of that would allow me host these for free and be able to upload the whole file. If anyone here has a better suggestion, im all for it! Im not very CAD savvy and the files are in DWG format so I went to download.com and grabbed DWGTrueView program. Two Gauge Ports, HVAC Tracks, Radio Slot http://rapidshare.com/files/337339983/ZCON_UPDATE.dwg Two Gauge Ports, HVAC Tracks, Three Gauge Ports (NO RADIO SLOT) http://rapidshare.com/files/337340603/ZCON.dwg Also Brad mentioned that the HVAC controls need to be spaced out 1/4 away from the back of the panel. Which can be done with washers or with making a spacer out of plastic. Edited January 18, 2010 by The Infidel Update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators RTz Posted January 17, 2010 Administrators Share Posted January 17, 2010 Moved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Infidel Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 Thanks Ron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turborust Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I am curious to see this and tried to download it, but rapidshare gives me an error. You should be able to upload them to the downloads section and it will be hosted on hybridz site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zgeezer Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I am curious to see this and tried to download it, but rapidshare gives me an error. You should be able to upload them to the downloads section and it will be hosted on hybridz site. What program can I use to open this CAD file. Windows reports that it can not open. Any help. g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apex944 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Im not very CAD savvy and the files are in DWG format so I went to download.com and grabbed DWGTrueView program. Should answer the how to view the file's questions . Thanks for going out and getting that information, I may put it to use here soon myself when I order my new set of gauges... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Infidel Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Didnt even think about hosting it on the site. Ill transfer them over this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphur280 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 any luck uploading? I'm anxious to see these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Here's a preview of the 2 gauge design. I couldn't download the 3 gauge design due to Rapidshare being too busy. The files are only 39Kb. If you have trouble hosting them, please email them to me and I will serve them off my website. If you put them in a zip file, you can attach it to a post here, just like you attach images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Oh, and now the other one worked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zgeezer Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Just downloaded both CAD files. I know nothing about CAD, but I sure like this design. Anyone here ready to talk to the designer and begin producing a few of these. If the price were "right", I jump to my PayPal right now. If the price were really "riiiiiight" I'd grab three. One variation on a theme would be to drop the cuts for the stock HVAC and provide a finisher for Vintage Air HVAC cable controls. HeliArc small spacers on the back and be ready to go. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 And here's the files zipped up so you don't have to use Rapidshare to download them. gaugepanels.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Just downloaded both CAD files. I know nothing about CAD, but I sure like this design. Anyone here ready to talk to the designer and begin producing a few of these. If the price were "right", I jump to my PayPal right now. If the price were really "riiiiiight" I'd grab three. One variation on a theme would be to drop the cuts for the stock HVAC and provide a finisher for Vintage Air HVAC cable controls. HeliArc small spacers on the back and be ready to go. G Wouldn't welding them on possibly show through the panel to the front side? I think you could glue them on with epoxy or something... or just wedge them in when you screw it down. Shouldn't cost too much to have this made by any machine shop with a CNC machine/laser cutter/etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphur280 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Has anyone had these made for them, I was considering doing them in a plastic material, however a local cnc plastic cutter (probably the only one) can only do them in acrylic which I dont know how it would handle to heat, and can only cut them in 1/8" or less. An interesting thing however is he can do them in a variety of transperant acrylics, this could be for those who like clear computer towers possibly? Anyway I wanted to use some material other than metal or wood, which I think narrows it down to plastic. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Acrylic sounds interesting, and it can be cut with a router or most any decent rotary tool. I wonder how well paint would stick to it. Acrylic can be bought from places like McMaster for some DIY fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphur280 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I like the clear or color transparant, with that idea i've thought about seq-shift lights, turn signal lights or other "lighting" behind the panel, but no ricer neons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 What is this supposed to work with? All s30s with stock air/heat controls? Where do the vents come out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob80 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Wow, I REALLY like this idea. You know what would be perfect is one of those panels, but instead of a cut out for the stock radio, a cut out for a retro sound unit: http://www.retrosoundusa.com/products/details/id/63 I have resorted to the two pod gauge pillar But, if this piece comes into production, I will definitely be taking out the pod and placing the gauges in these locations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbigtim Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 If you guys without AutoCAD would like a PDF, here it is. This is the one drawing from the .zip file that I could open. The other one does not seem to be compatable with my AutoCAD 2002 LT. ZCON Model (1).pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMission Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I just printed out the files in a couple templates and will hopefully mark it out and cut in in plexi this week. My setup will be different, as I'll have much push button start, profec, and wideband in the middle instead of the HVAC, as I'm not running any... I'll post pics when I have something worthwhile to show for my playing around... I was going to just measure and make one myself, but this may definitely save time there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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