Dash Panels · Aussieveedubbers

DIY-DUB · 16 Jun 2004, 9:34 am

does any one have pics of dash panels i could use i need some inspiration creating my own with gauge holes. I love being able 2 make stuff out of sheetmetal and having a dub the combination is a perfect mix

blutopless2 · 16 Jun 2004, 11:37 am

haven't got pics... but how many gauges do you want to put in the dash?? i am making some for my 65 beetle at the moment... will have tacho (85mm), fuel gauge (52mm) and possibly oil temperature(52mm) on rhs and oil pressure(52mm), oil temp(if i cant put in rhs) on lhs of dash... then have to put in the warning lights for alt, oil press, and turn signals.

DIY-DUB · 18 Jun 2004, 8:01 am

Im thinking 4 2inch and a 5inch tach either with 2 in the left bit the tach next to the speedo then 2 more on the right or a single panel and cut out the holes in the dash to make it look cleaner but then it cant be made stock again. oh well either way i dont really care, just need to know what it looks like and if there are better ways of doing it. Oh yeah its a 71 super if that helps anyone

blutopless2 · 19 Jun 2004, 3:16 pm

guess it depends on what type of gauges you wanna put in... as the ones i was looking at were 52mm and 85mm holes... so the chrome rings would be larger and this would probably make the two 52mm gauges on the rhs impossible to fit in next to the 85mm tacho... then there is also the problem that the original speedo is bigger than the 85mm hole that the new speedo requires... so i will have to make up a plate for that also. I have roughed out some plates just to do a test run and will post the pics soon if you want to see them... all i have to do is cut out the holes.

DIY-DUB · 19 Jun 2004, 7:10 pm

Thanks 4 that looking forward to the pics

DIY-DUB · 29 Jun 2004, 9:22 pm

Yo people you must have done dash panels before and got pics of them or plans please give me some pics

1303Steve · 29 Jun 2004, 9:51 pm

Hi

This is what I did on my Superbug.

1302Steve

DIY-DUB · 1 Jul 2004, 1:54 pm

Thanks steve, how bad is the wiring on the other side? how did you do the panels with the speakers? are those 914 gauges?

ph billet · 1 Jul 2004, 9:51 pm

billet

ph billet · 1 Jul 2004, 9:56 pm

billet

1303Steve · 2 Jul 2004, 10:53 am

hi

There Stewart Warner guages. With wiring its not to bad, I ran a single wire for earth, power & lighting and then just a sender wire for each guage.

Belwo is Leighs dash, he put a monster tach where the speedo was and a VDO speedo and other guages in the panels.

1302Steve

68AutoBug · 3 Jul 2004, 12:08 am

I did the usual thing, 2 aluminium plates and have cut the holes in them, added the gauges but I forgot to drill the holes in the dash... another small problem.. then I padded the plates with black vinyl... not too bad...
after looking at those pics... I should have made up ONE Plate to go from one side to the other.... would have been easier... cutting the holes with a jigsaw in the small piece of aluminium was terrible.... jammed fingers etc....
I should have pics sometime next week....
I have all VDO gauges plus Tachometer....

Lee

DIY-DUB · 5 Jul 2004, 8:53 pm

thanks 4 the pics phbillet put your red bug in the members rides section please its real nice and i wanna pic

ph billet · 5 Jul 2004, 10:44 pm

it all ready is in the members ride sec look under billet bug plus you can cheak out all the great pics in our flat 4 club web site www.flatfour.org

baby_beetle · 5 Jul 2004, 11:17 pm

dat dash is wik id pay for a custom dash like dat

ph billet · 6 Jul 2004, 8:28 pm

let me see thats 50 hours machining @ say $50 per hour comes to $ 2500 not including material.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

68AutoBug · 15 Jul 2004, 9:27 pm

ph billet wrote:let me see thats 50 hours machining @ say $50 per hour comes to $ 2500 not including material.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who can afford that???

Lee

PS... sometime in the future I want to make up an aluminium dash with gauges on both sides out of the one piece of metal and padded.... Lee

[Edited on 15-7-2004 by 68AutoBug]

vw54 · 16 Jul 2004, 7:36 am

forget the gauges who needs them

68AutoBug · 16 Jul 2004, 10:37 am

I don't like the plain dash Dave...
it should have the stereo plus gauges everywhere...
Plenty of room for fresh air vents...
room for everything......

Lee

Jeza · 16 Jul 2004, 11:36 am

Dave

Wow thats a fantastic dash- can't get any more "KISS" than that :thumb

Cheers
Jeremy

Jeza · 16 Jul 2004, 11:42 am

Or you could do something like this (924 / 944 guages)

Credit to some fellow on www.germanlook.com (although I forget who now)

[Edited on 16-7-2004 by Jeza]