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Late bay gauge cluster substitute?
General_Failure - December 3rd, 2008 at 01:11 PM

This seemed pretty general and non tech so I plopped it here.

Has anyone seen a different cluster panel fitted on a late bay? If so, how was it done?

I'd really like to replace mine one day and can't figure out how to because of the curve of the dash.


greedy53 - December 3rd, 2008 at 03:51 PM

well i watch a bloke pull out the cluster and replace it with the glovbox lid and than he just filled it with whit faced gauges it had no vent slides just plane dam it looked nice


rocknrob - December 3rd, 2008 at 06:01 PM

well if you have a subaru engine makes sense to have a subaru dash...this is just in pdf so far but will be replaced with stained wood....



[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/rocknrob/dash004.jpg[/img]


General_Failure - December 3rd, 2008 at 07:11 PM

Greedy53, I guess you mean a real glovebox lid? Mine's plywood. What'd he do with the vent levers?

Rob, I spotted a VW A pillar, and shift knob there. Anything else still VW? Not criticizing. Just surprised. Any shots further out of the dash? How'd you attach that?


rocknrob - December 4th, 2008 at 05:40 AM

Hi Tristan...yes one thing leads to another...it has a 1" rhs support just screws to original holes easy to remove...



[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/rocknrob/kombi029.jpg[/img]


greedy53 - December 4th, 2008 at 12:52 PM

he put the vent handels under the dash very tidy


General_Failure - December 5th, 2008 at 10:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by greedy53
he put the vent handels under the dash very tidy


I guess because two of them are cable operated that would be easy, but the front vent would have been a PITA!


General_Failure - December 15th, 2008 at 12:26 PM

I have a pic I took for another related project. Getting an incompatible fuel gauge to work, which I pretty much have. Calibration is still a little off but pretty easily fixed.

So I might as well show you all my cluster.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/general_failure/DSC03421.jpg