how does spending 4 times as much on a Dakota Digital make you only cry once? I'd cry everytime I looked at it knowing I could have gotten a better looking cluster from the boneyard for 40 bucks lol.
$40 x 4 is $160. If you find Dakota Digital clusters for that, I've got some ocean front property here in AZ I'd like to sell ya.
Looks are subjective I guess. My 85 didn't even have a tach or a clock. GM gave me a gynormous fuel guage and an empty hole on the left side.
Looks aside, you get modern, accurate, guages. When the oil pressure says it's at 10 lbs of pressure, it's actually at 10 lbs of pressure. Speedo? Same thing but, you can recalibrate it everytime you change tire size, gear ratios, etc.
I like the warnings you get for engine temp, low oil pressure, low fuel level...
Trust me, when you really look at what you get for the price, it is well worth it. I only paid $799 for the whole kit. No scrounging nasty junkyards looking for old brittle, scratched and warped plastic panels that never fit that great when they were new. Along with the Vintage Air, it's the best investment I ever made for my project. I feel much better knowing I have accurate guages monitoring the new engine it's got. Overheat an engine and you'll definantly be crying more than once. Lol