Pillar pods

[silverscottsk10]

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Still tacky but close to cured
Will need a second coat to even out

 

[silverscottsk10]

@HotRodPC what are your thoughts? Anything I could have done better perhaps?

 

[silverscottsk10]

@89Suburban @RetroC10Sport any suggestions on how to improve this? Besides making them even and all angled right? Lol

 

[89Suburban]

@89Suburban @RetroC10Sport any suggestions on how to improve this? Besides making them even and all angled right? Lol

That looks pretty damn good for a prototype man. Good job. I'm wondering how it will hold up to the weight of the gauges and wiring and not bow out.

 

[silverscottsk10]

It's fairly sturdy as it sits
I will try to make another this weekend but I think my other trim piece is broke at the top.
And the next holders will possibly be thin aluminum pipe to save weight

 

[89Suburban]

If I had better metal working skills I'd give it a try making it out of sheet metal, the whole piece.

 

[silverscottsk10]

That will be my goal
I love metal working, but I don't want to put 100 hours in something I want to make for other people either, I might make one for me and then find a quicker way to sell
also if anyone has an amp meter and a water temp gauge they don't want preferably a sun pro 2" gauge that'd be awesome since I want to test fit them all before pulling mine out

 

[silverscottsk10]

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Finished the prototype, now installing it tomorrow and seeing how it looks

 

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How I've routed stuff, hopefully doesn't push it out away from the pillar

 

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Got it mounted, only thing hooked up is voltmeter right now, next oil change will be oil psi then sometime my water temp will be hooked up

 

[DoubleDingo]

That looks good, and it appears to not block line of sight off to the left. Maybe a minor blind spot if turning left, but not bad. Definitely not as bad as these modern cars and trucks out there where you cannot see hardly anything because of all the blind spots.

 

[89Suburban]

Nice job


Sent from the *******

 

[silverscottsk10]

Its only 2 inch gauges, no blind spots at all really, I like it

 

[MadOgre]

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Got it mounted, only thing hooked up is voltmeter right now, next oil change will be oil psi then sometime my water temp will be hooked up

I think if it were my truck I would like them closer together down low off the dash. In fact I wonder if it might look cool if all 3 gauges were molded together kinda like a set of brass knuckles ?

 

[silverscottsk10]

Maybe, but I want to put my tach in it too at the bottom, this was just my test on if I could do it, there's still quite a bit of tweaking to be done yet