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Old 01-06-2005, 11:33 AM
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A picture to show, on the left is a voltmeter and right a vacuum meter. Still waiting a water temperature meter, which I hope to be installing in two weeks.

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Old 01-06-2005, 12:55 PM
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looks good

what are those things on the glass????
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Those thing on the glass is black lei.... think from Fabulous.
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Yes, I check and confirm black lei from Fabulous

http://www.fabulous.co.jp/other_item/black_lei.html
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ohhh interesting!
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how did you mount those? looks super!
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Fresh Lei.
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Old 01-06-2005, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by xbox83
how did you mount those? looks super!
You cut a hole in the dash and mount them.
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so no screws bolts or clips or whatever it just slides in the holes??...if so sounds kinda jenky without some support but i don't know which is the reason im asking
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My first thought was, "Huh? He's covering up the idiot light cluster. Wouldn't it have worked better over on the other side, in front of the steering wheel?"

Then I noticed it's a right drive car. Oh yeah, Singapore. Duh.
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xbox83 - the gauges are mounted with cup holders. I did not want to drill big holes on the dash to insert the gauges and further, personally I don't think with the gauges mounted flushed with the dash look good. For mounting onto dash I think it will look better if a piece of "roof" is fabricated over the top of the gauges..... extending from the edge of the speeded to the other edge, by the speaker grills.

Old Punk - had you fooled there...kekekkekee... anyway I am an old punk too.... 44 this year and loving it.
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Are you rocking some sort of dash cover?
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Does anyone know which post contained the photos of the person
that drilled the 3 slots in the dash to flush the gauges?

I would really appreciated............ thanks
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my dash

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Originally Posted by NJthunder5spd
my dash

U should customise a sort of a roof over the gauges... or someone said a cover....
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what did you use or do you have like a DIY on how you installed those gauges...the wiring i can handle but info on how you cut your dash would be helpful
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i plan on doing that to my xb.
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Old 01-12-2005, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by xbox83
what did you use or do you have like a DIY on how you installed those gauges...the wiring i can handle but info on how you cut your dash would be helpful
It's pretty basic. The dash is just made of plastic, so just hit it with a hole saw and call it a day.
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There were a bunch of similar installs but here are some photos and details from my own:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...787&highlight=

http://www.scionreview.com/modules.p...bnails&album=7
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hey thanks a lot your links are very helpful...i just needed a visual basically i guess you just used a compass and ruler to get the circles and for the spacing or did someone else make that and you just used it as like a stensel(sp?)
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