Let me just start by saying, one of the only reasons I did this was because the dash didnt light up. Chris, (carnoisseur/cossymad) who I work for on saturdays and long time cossie owner told me they cant be fixed....well I found out today that they can!

I wanted a stack dash, but there was no way I was paying that sort of money for a clock. Chris found me one of these -


It does loooooaaaaddddsssssaaaa stuff and dare I say it more then a stack?!?! (so if anyone with a stack wants to do a swap, lol )

First problem I noticed, the ford fuel level sender was not compatible and the one they give you needed to be cut in!! There's no way I was doing that so I desided to somehow keep the ford one. Other thing I wasnt happy with was the 'LED' style rev counter, so the ford rev counter had to stay to.


I didnt want to cut up the cossie dash, so I got a XR3i/RS2000 one off the bay (£15) and took it apart. Thankfully they are very simple to work with.


The clear cover doubles up as the border for the clocks. I cut it as close and straight to the edge as possible and started to make a cradboard template.


The fuel gauge had to be moved over in to the temp gauges slot for the dash to fit in the middle. It was pretty straight forward to do. The new dash will give me a digital water temp reading. Ive re-located oil warning and full beam lights to the new dash also.

It looked so good with the cardboard I was going to leave it like that....hmmmm . We all know theres only one material to be used for somthing like this...CARBON FIBRE!!


Luckily, my local carbon fibre man (Phil@carbondelight 0772088601, nicest bloke in the world and can make anything from carbon fibre) had a spare bit. All I had to do is cut the shapes in it......


....Which turned out to be a complete pig! And thats what stage Im at at the moment. Ive got to black the bits I cut out and glue it all together then do a bit of wiring and it will be finished tomorrow and then all I got to do is put the speed sensor somwhere and a few other bits and Ill put it in the car.

Now you all know why I needed to know if a XR3i dash will plug in to a cossie dash connector! phew, lol.

 

nice

Out of interest what did the digi dash cost?

Cheers
Dan

 

Dan, going by his other thread id say around £400.

Kev, looks quite neat mate, it'll be nice to see it all fitted together as a finished item.

 

just been on there website and there 375+vat

 

We sell them for £400 inc VAT.
Pukka bit of kit, and a host of features too.
Can be upgraded to have camera detector aswell
http://www.etbinstruments.com/DD2_lite.htm
We sell a lot to kit cars, track cars etc, and had no problems.....yet!!

 

Cool as fuck at that price.....

Just out of interest what's the speed sensor configuration like? Is it one with a magnet that you put on a driveshaft or can you use the cable from the box?

Cheers
Dan

 

Quick edit!!
£475 answer

 

Yeah quick edit

Just read the page properly and all the info is there.....proper bit of kit with all the sensors and with the gps option still under 500 quid is a bloody bargain IMO...deffo having one of these for my project when funds allow.

Dan

 

That's the main thing about it, you get all the correct sensors, even a fuel level sensor.
Also ETB are a stones throw away from here and their knowledge / backup is very good.
The whole thing looks a little daunting, but you don't have to use all the options there. They seem to be able to withstand alot of vibration, and water aswell!!

 

Kev, You have come up with a work of Art there... Looks the nuts, even while its not completly finished. Good job fella.

Id def have it in my car, prob use the standard cossie rev and fuel gauge and if possible, spray the Digidash silver to match, which would be a bit closer to standard looking if you catch my drift.

Get some pics up when all fitted too.

 

Here's a few pics all finished. I managed to drill the finger holes a bit wonkey!! Dont really matter, Ill just keep my eyes open for a replacement at some stage.

 

Looks good that mate. Could you not somehow re-wire the A and B buttons and have manual buttons on the dash somewhere. Would just save the cut outs on the front that spoils the effect a bit in my opinion. Top work though mate and a great idea.

 

Didnt think of that!! Ill look in to it, the dash seems like a sealed unit though.

 

looks the nuts, even with the the holes there, you can allow it as its not OEM equipment.
Does loook good and gna be a 1 off unless you make some for other people if they show you the right doller. lol

 

Smokin!

 

i have one of these theree brilliant

 

I deffo reckon you should look into rewiring the A+B buttons to some buttons you can put outside of the unit, as it'd look sooooo much cleaner without the big holes and fat gromets in the clear front. To be honest, I would take the gromets off as at lease then it won't look so obvious!

 

i left the clear fromt off my dash

 

PIC plz

 

As above seen Jays one and i defo think im going to get one of theese