what to do with my dash???

[sammymansZ]

i'm trying to figure out what to do with my dash and thought i'd ask for some opinions and maybe pictures.

i have a 70 hugger orange with black stripes Z. it's actually very nice and i've had pics of it up before. it looks almost like a super clean stocker if you don't notice the caltracs hanging underneath, but it's actually pretty highly modified. big moser rearend, tremec tko 600 trans and a dart 400 thats all forgedm dart heads with a full jesel valvetrain, fuel injection with FAST computer and a lot of other stuff. had the car redone a couple of years ago.

but i'm just now getting around to the inside. right now i have the chevy guages with the speedo, tach, gas guage working. the dash itself doesn't look all that great.

i'm debating either putting in all new aftermarket guages in a new cluster or using the stock guages i have and aftermarket one to fill in for the temp, oil that don't work. not sure what to do with a dash plate.

any pics i could see or does anyone have any suggestion as to what really looks good? am going to keep the stock interior and carpets but would really like to redo the entire dash.

thanks

[jroach]

daniel (71rs) rebuilds guages and puts new decals on them. he does a really great job

[sammymansZ]

jroach

is his member name just daniel? the fella that lives in florida? there is no daniel 71rs..

do you happen to have his email you could send me?

thanks

[Orange71]

http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/member.php?u=19242

[spoonLT1355]

Daniel does EXCELLANT work with his gauges if you want the stock APPEARING look.
I have a set from him (which is the VERY FIRST SET I might add) on my car, they look AWESOME. They have the custom touch, but any non Camaro people will not even notice the differances. Or you can go with factory original.
This pic does not have the oil pressure gauge in it, as I have not installed it yet.


The other option is custom, here is a write-up I did when I made the Cobolt set-up in April's car.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2056960

[nskerti71]

If you go with the aftermarket gauges, put me first in line if you want to sell the originals.

[ULTM8Z]

After ~19 years of looking at the original gauges, I decided to go full aftermarket.





The night time illumination can't compare...

[chevyseve71]

i would love to add the gauges but its so expensive...

[VegasZ28]

that looks fantastic

[1973bigblock4sp]

that looks good is the tach and speedo 5in gauges

[ULTM8Z]

Originally Posted by 1973bigblock4sp

that looks good is the tach and speedo 5in gauges

Yeah. Both are 5 inch. The bezel was designed for 3-3/8" though. I had to do some mods to make it work (I detail it in my installation write up).

[spoonLT1355]

here is April's dash that I made for her using Cobolt gauges;
I also have a write-up on the install in my signature.