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with a dash of...subaru!
rocknrob - November 24th, 2007 at 06:15 AM

[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/rocknrob/kombi030.jpg[/img]

I needed to see that redline:lol:


rocknrob - November 24th, 2007 at 06:21 AM

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

i started out just to make a mockup to see how it would go...but then i added some paint and thought what the heck:crazy:


Baja Wes - November 24th, 2007 at 09:22 AM

sure beats buying aftermarket gauges doesn't it :)


rocknrob - November 24th, 2007 at 12:17 PM

yes i had this hooked up at the back on the original harness but thought if i don't start watching the road instead of looking back at the tacho:spin: so just have to lengthen all the wires about 3 metres:lol:


Baja Wes - November 25th, 2007 at 09:41 AM

yeah, I did the same but I extended my harness from the start, so I never drove looking backwards :)


You've probably seen it before, but I did my dash a similar way with mdf. I didn't cut the cluster shape from multiple layers like you have, I just fiberglass in the original Mazda plastic surround;

http://www.offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/ac/plastic.jpg

http://www.offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/ac/plastic_test.jpg

http://www.offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/ac/mdf2.jpg

http://www.offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/ac/new_dash2.jpg


rocknrob - November 25th, 2007 at 10:38 AM

Yeah yours is a classy job Wes:yes: but i didn't want to fit the whole suby dash as it would be out of character for a kombi like mine:sniffle: this is a prototype and when i'm happy with it i might do in some fancy wood with brass fittings:dork: or it might just stay this way forever:tu:


Baja Wes - November 25th, 2007 at 02:25 PM

If your like me, it'll stay that way for a long time :)

I put a temporary exhaust on my V6 made out of scrap, with the intention of making something better once the conversion was approved. That was 4 yrs ago, and the temporary exhaust is still there :D


rocknrob - November 25th, 2007 at 03:44 PM

[img]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/rocknrob/kombi003.jpg[/img]


I hear you about the exhaust...this one was fabbed from pink bedheads dumped on the footpath:punk: Well it is a "sleeper" now:lol:


Baja Wes - November 25th, 2007 at 07:22 PM

lol, at least mine was scrap exhaust piping, and I did pull it back off to paint it all one colour :D