AJTorris
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- California
Ok so i have been working on a new cage in my jeep after finding areas where the old cage was ripping out sheet metal. I now have about 8x10 in plating plug welded and reinforced to the frame rails. I also wanted the cage to go behind the dash vs in front of it again. I was hoping to fit my stock dash back in but it didnt work out that way. So now im building a custom dash out of some square tubing for a frame and going to be making panels that attach to the framing that will be vinyl wrapped with a thin piece of foam padding. Heres where i am at currently. (Also I am not welding my cage a buddy is. I am just doing the dash myself. My welds arent pretty at all lol)
The poster board is for templates only. Im not going to use that.
Now on to a dilemma i am currently having. I have a temp, oil psi, and volt meter already as well as a vdo tach. None of them match and i have had them a while. I am kinda anal about things matching and since im going to the trouble of building a dash i want them to match. I found a set of VDO digital gauges locally for a decent price. (about the price for a basic speedometer). I am not sure if he has all the sending units for the gauges though. As well as i dont know if i would trust digital gauges over mechanical ones...
What would yall do? Im thinking of possibly making to stock speedo and fuel gauge work for now (i have the idiot light gauges) along with my other gauges and then swap them out one by one to some that match and are of a decent quality.
The poster board is for templates only. Im not going to use that.
Now on to a dilemma i am currently having. I have a temp, oil psi, and volt meter already as well as a vdo tach. None of them match and i have had them a while. I am kinda anal about things matching and since im going to the trouble of building a dash i want them to match. I found a set of VDO digital gauges locally for a decent price. (about the price for a basic speedometer). I am not sure if he has all the sending units for the gauges though. As well as i dont know if i would trust digital gauges over mechanical ones...
What would yall do? Im thinking of possibly making to stock speedo and fuel gauge work for now (i have the idiot light gauges) along with my other gauges and then swap them out one by one to some that match and are of a decent quality.