Been looking for ages with no success for a triple gauge holder that sits where the centre vents go. So.... made a wooden template of what I wanted, then made it out of 1/4" steel plate (over-kill I know), smoothed all the edges and sprayed it with chromey / aluminium effect paint I I think it's come out not half bad (shame about my dash being a bit warped). Let me know what you think, cheers.

 

looks nice mate,i made a similar one for my s2 where the graphic equalizer sits!

 

Why pay £15+ when you've done an equally good, if not better job

I love my heaters though Mine are in the plastic grille bit

 

cracking job

 

nice one, looks very tidy for a diy job

 

remember you looking ,thats top,

well done,

bet the metal cost 20 quid

 

if you could cover that in some leather or vinyl to match the dash that would look great!

 

Looks spot on

How have you held it in ?

I had to use domed headed cap screws in my home made attempt



Been thinking of making some blanks for that area in carbon kevlar (or more in c/f) but not sure if its worth the hassle - as you say the dash sags and makes them look a bit

 

well done mate, good job

 

[quote="NUTS RuS"]Looks spot on

How have you held it in ? quote]

I welded some brackets at 90 degrees to the plate then drilled and tapped some holes through into some retainer brackets I fabricated to stop them moving. There's no way they're coming out unless someone uses a crowbar !

Had thought of using some dash coloured covering but the paint I got has turned out better than I thought and I really love the way its turned out. Plus I got some greens covers for the bulbs and its just looks the dogs nuts in the dark.

Cheers for all your comments

 

Try again!

 

that looks great mate any chance you could make me one hehehe

 

and me

 

If you're will to pay for the time to make them, I could do if you really wanted some. They're not too hard to make, it's just the time to do them as it's hard graft scrapeing the holes out as the nearest hole saw I could get was 51mm.

I'd do everything bar the finish req'd, i..e: holes drilled, corners radius'd, brackets to fit.

The gauges themselves on mine aren't held in with any brackets, they're just interference fit so I can just take the centre speaker cover off and push them out if needs be.

Just let me know...

 

i will have one mate!

 

looks cracking, do you by any chance fancy hosting the dimensions etc

so i can make one

what have you used, 3mm stainless?

 

i do actually want to do this, but like you said, i too can only find 51mm
holes saws, busy today with the escos,

but if i get chance soon, will have a blast at it