Gauges

[jasonmark1993]

Anybody have any recommendations or buyer beware stories for a new speedo and matching gauges?

I def. want a separate oil and temp gauges; not a quad kit that has everything in the speedo.

Thanks!

 

[jeepboy45]

My dash I designed and made with autometer guages...

 

[jeeperz]

Really like your guage cluster, is it made out of aluminum.

 

[jasonmark1993]

Hey that's pretty cool. Were you able to reuse the factory cable? Im noticing alot of things are from Ford on my year of Jeep.

My speedo bounces alot also; never had to diagnose this problem before but is that usually the speedo or the cable?

 

[jeepboy45]

Hey that's pretty cool. Were you able to reuse the factory cable? Im noticing alot of things are from Ford on my year of Jeep.

My speedo bounces alot also; never had to diagnose this problem before but is that usually the speedo or the cable?

thankyou...
I designed it out of poster board, folded the way I wanted it to end up. Then went from there.

Yes, factory speedo cable....
mechanical oil pressure, and to fill the empty space I got a Transmission temp guage, which until recently didnt know how important it is with an auto tranny.......

I wish I could answer the question about the bouncing effect... I cant say mine bounces now with the new guages. While driving, the fuel is all over the place though.

 

[jeepboy45]

Really like your guage cluster, is it made out of aluminum.

Yes, aluminum.
The piece I got to make the guage cluster out of wasnt as good quality as the rest of the dash. There isnt anything specifically "wrong" with it, I can just tell it doesnt have as nice a "feel" to it.

But thankyou....

I wanted to make/design something different than the ones on the market.

 

[jasonmark1993]

Thanks for the info..

 

[JR74CJ5]

I really like the look of that Jeepboy45...

May have to "borrow" the idea when i rebuild my dash!



~ JR

 

[jeepboy45]

I really like the look of that Jeepboy45...

May have to "borrow" the idea when i rebuild my dash!



~ JR

Thats cool... It isnt like I invented the wheel, but I just wanted to do something a little different than mass market..

Its ok, I see you're in Cal and I'm in Fla..... No one will prob ever see the resemblence between the two!!!! LOL

 

[AussieCJ7]

DDFab does a very similar pod that you can save a few hours fab

 

[JR74CJ5]

Its ok, I see you're in Cal and I'm in Fla..... No one will prob ever see the resemblence between the two!!!! LOL

True True !

DDFab does a very similar pod that you can save a few hours fab

Something satisfying about fabbing stuff myself, and i save some $$

 

[AussieCJ7]

True True !



Something satisfying about fabbing stuff myself, and i save some $$

Yeah I agree although sometimes the time vs cost equation comes into play and its a good lead for others reading this thread latter

 

[JR74CJ5]

Yes great link... I'm always a stubborn about that, I love to make stuff from scratch. My rear Bumper is totally custom, front heavily modified...