changed my dash (DIY budget styling!)

rage

rage

Lifer
have been working on a little project for a while and it's finally done!
always thought my dashbord didn;t light up very clearly at night so i thought i'd change that.

items used:

x-mas mini led lights! (less than 1 euro... lol)
old 12v transformer (set to 3v that the lights use)
piece of plexiglass
white spraypaint

i copied the form of the dash dials on the plexiglass.
sprayed the back white
drilled holes around the edge (just outside of the visible ring on the dial)

soldered the 12v - 3v transformer to the back of the dash on the + and - of a dash light fitting


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scanned the orignal dials onto my pc. edited them to my liking and printed them on transparant overhead viewer paper.
cut them out and placed them on top of the white dial cut outs.

i removed the stock coolant temp gauge and placed my wideband sensor behind the plexiglass. it's ideal to see the wideband readout right next to the rev meter!

and i used a blue marker to make the needles blue (quick/cheap/easy)

and for a bit of laughter: total costs of this was about 6 euro's
1 euro for the lights
2 euro's for the voltage transformer
2 euro's for a small piece of plexiglass (used about 10% of it lol)
1 euro for the transparant overhead paper

end result!

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stavros

stavros

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That is awesome mate! Kudos! :D

With regard to scanning the dials and reprinting them, has it effected the accuracy at all? I know with some copying/reprinting it can alter the scale ever so slightly?
 
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rage

rage

Lifer
i like tinkering with things like this :) same as the mid console i built from some pvc and stocking :)

never thought i'd have the patience to make things like this but lately i can really take my time and ponder about things like this
and i love to use items for things that they were not intended for :D

cristmas lighting in the dash, 5.1 pc speaker set for audio. psp as a media player. used a doorbell push button to power up a pc.. etc. etc.

much thx for the rep :)

i'll prolly think of some other crazy idea and post the building of it :)
 
rage

rage

Lifer
stavros said:
That is awesome mate! Kudos! :D

With regard to scanning the dials and reprinting them, has it effected the accuracy at all? I know with some copying/reprinting it can alter the scale ever so slightly?
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scanned them so i could use the exact lines and screw holes etc. so the accuracy should be the same.
only thing i need to check is if i pushed the needle back on correctly (last time it said i was doing 20 while standing still... lol)
 
stavros

stavros

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rage said:
scanned them so i could use the exact lines and screw holes etc. so the accuracy should be the same.
only thing i need to check is if i pushed the needle back on correctly (last time it said i was doing 20 while standing still... lol)
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Ahh I see, thats awesome buddy. Only reason I asked is because I know with drawings etc at work, it kicks the scale out fractionally. Lmao @ standing 20mph :p
 
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