Custom Gauge Pods

[Gubas]

Thanks all.

Yeah, I'm feeling better Krys. I'll come over and take your money :P Its gotta be my turn for a win

Originally Posted by LTDHO

Gubas, nice work, similar to what I am doing to mine.

How many gauges do you want to fit in Wayne? I reckon if you had less of an angle with the pods, you could fit in four. But you might as well just have them sitting level with the facia. Would still be easy to read.

[mcflux]

Your gAuGe pod looks the biZ. So mUCh effort, me liKeS!

[Gubas]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Your gAuGe pod looks the biZ. So mUCh effort, me liKeS!

thAnk5 D4vE.


Love the crypted message there Dave!!!!!

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by Gubas

How many gauges do you want to fit in Wayne?

Never can have too many! All practical.

I'm only have two there so i can keep vents and trip meter.

[Rmyers]

Very nice Gubas! One question tho, did you spray the paint directly onto the body filler or did you use some sought of primer first to seal it? Also, did you use, enamel, acrylic or 2pak? When i was doing some bog work of my own i found that the paint came up very textured in places that Bog had been applied. I was using enamel and it looked like it had either reacted with the Bog or was absorbing it leavining a weird looking texture...

[Gubas]

Originally Posted by Rmyers

Very nice Gubas! One question tho, did you spray the paint directly onto the body filler or did you use some sought of primer first to seal it? Also, did you use, enamel, acrylic or 2pak? When i was doing some bog work of my own i found that the paint came up very textured in places that Bog had been applied. I was using enamel and it looked like it had either reacted with the Bog or was absorbing it leavining a weird looking texture...

I used a plastic primer first, over the plastic, before the body filler.
Then i used a general purpose primer over the bog, which is suitable for acrylic paint. The matt black paint is acrylic.

I also used a high build spray putty over the bog. There are a few tiny winy pits still there that I painted over. I'm most likely going to sand back the black and put a bit more high build in there, but I just wanted to get it done for now.
Yes, I know, slack.

[Christiaan]

John, stop deleting my posts you frikkin nazi.

What is the brand name of the primer Goobus?

[Gubas]

Originally Posted by shuresm58

John, stop deleting my posts you frikkin nazi.

What is the brand name of the primer Goobus?

Motospray :sm_headba

[snypereb]

Looks mad gubas make me one!! Nice Work!!

[Gubas]

Thanks Shaun.

Got gauges in today and slapped em in.
The AFR and VAC/BOOST are working, but the oli isnt. I CBF installing the new sender today. I might do it sunday and get it working.

[LUXO_8]

that looks nuts man!........good job!!

[Sick EB]

i recon that looks great. although i think i would have got all the gauges the same.

[-jjM-]

nice job nik, that looks howt, good work mate

[UNEZED]

That looks krazy good wok
well done for doing something different

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by Sick EB

i recon that looks great. although i think i would have got all the gauges the same.

what do you mean? he has got all the same brand/series....he has the boost, airfuel meter and oil preasure guage

[Sick EB]

Originally Posted by MADNC_8

what do you mean? he has got all the same brand/series....he has the boost, airfuel meter and oil preasure guage

what i mean buy this is: the airfuel meter is not a needle reading like the other 2. but i should have made what i was saying clearer lol.

[Sorted]

That looks awesome, so much better than the "mount the gauge on top of the dash as you cant be stuffed custom fitting it"

Great work there, looks clean and neat............

[PHANTOM XR]

awsome work dude, that looks so good. very well done.

[mcflux]

pAiNt yoUr aShtray :P

[Gubas]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

pAiNt yoUr aShtray :P

ROLF

Yeah, I'll paint it one day. I left it unpainted, to see the difference between stock and painted.

[Damo]

how did you wire up the AFR gauge, did you need a Wide Band 02 sensor ?

[Stevo]

that looks *** great gubas!

[Gubas]

Originally Posted by Damo

how did you wire up the AFR gauge, did you need a Wide Band 02 sensor ?

Yeah, I think I might.

From the ecu connector, I used pin 29, for the sensor wire, pin 49 for the ground, and +ve wire for the gauge I used ignition wire.

Under accleration it says rich, back off the throttle and its stoch, then backing down the gears its reading very lean. When its lean, you only have to tap the throttle, and its running rich again.
I'm having a big slack attack the last few days and cant really be bothered looking into it. It looks pretty for now, but probably not functional yet:P

Tell me more about this wide band O2 sensor.

[Damo]

Originally Posted by Gubas

Tell me more about this wide band O2 sensor.

I was hoping you could tell me more :P AFR is the only gauge i'd want in my car, but i'd want it to be dead accurate.

[Dezza]

I'm impressed with the job you did, Gubas. They look great, particularily at night when they've got the green glow.

[EB Pete]

F'in A cotton... F'in A

[Gubas]

Originally Posted by Damo

I was hoping you could tell me more :P AFR is the only gauge i'd want in my car, but i'd want it to be dead accurate.

Check out the latest Street Machine Magazine. There is a writeup on wideband O2 sensors. They didnt say price, but they reckon the basic Bosch ones arnt that expensive anymore.

Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

I'm impressed with the job you did, Gubas. They look great, particularily at night when they've got the green glow.

This green glow?

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Gubas

Check out the latest Street Machine Magazine. There is a writeup on wideband O2 sensors. They didnt say price, but they reckon the basic Bosch ones arnt that expensive anymore.



This green glow?

Yep, thats the one :Reverend:

[FordGirl]

dodgy phone pic:

[EB Pete]

Originally Posted by Gubas

Check out the latest Street Machine Magazine. There is a writeup on wideband O2 sensors. They didnt say price, but they reckon the basic Bosch ones arnt that expensive anymore.

what type street machine? ford or just the normal one?