This is the stuff I do at 3am after work
This is the stuff I do at 3am after work
So the title may be a bit misleading... haha
So this guy came up with a sick idea, and I decided I needed to copy it
I did it slightly differently, but for the most part, same steps. Very easy mod, and I could have done it a bit better, but I am limited by the tools available. Let me know what you guys think!
Heres the Zeitronix gauge taken apart, much slimmer than the AEM!
Here, I desoldered (that a word?) the wires so I could feed them through the OE dash pod without having to modify the back side of it.
Here the wires are fed through the back side of the pod, notice a pre-existing hole. Nice.
Another shot of the hole I fed the wire through.
Here is where my install differed from the other guys install that I linked. The Zeitronix is thinner overall, but the display is raised about 1/8th of an inch, so instead of milling out the back (white piece of gauge) I ground off some of the bezel to allow it to fit.
Resoldered the wires to the board.
A bit of a relief for the wires, as they sit right on that casting piece once the board is laid flat on there.
A bit of material removal due to the LED solder protruding from the back of the board.
So I failed to take pictures of the next couple steps, but they are a bit self explanatory. This is a test fit of the board. I used the OE Zeitronix cover instead of cutting my own like the linked thread. I used a bit of 2 part epoxy to mount the board to the factory dash pod, and a slight bit of epoxy to locate the Zeitronix overlay. If you remove just the right amount of the gauge bezel, it will hold everything in place for you, so you don't really need too much else to attach everything.
Powered up, it works!!
Mounted up, still a go!
And complete, I dig cleanly installed gauges heh.
All in all, I could do it again in 2 or 3 hours. It really is not hard at all!
So this guy came up with a sick idea, and I decided I needed to copy it
I did it slightly differently, but for the most part, same steps. Very easy mod, and I could have done it a bit better, but I am limited by the tools available. Let me know what you guys think!
Heres the Zeitronix gauge taken apart, much slimmer than the AEM!
Here, I desoldered (that a word?) the wires so I could feed them through the OE dash pod without having to modify the back side of it.
Here the wires are fed through the back side of the pod, notice a pre-existing hole. Nice.
Another shot of the hole I fed the wire through.
Here is where my install differed from the other guys install that I linked. The Zeitronix is thinner overall, but the display is raised about 1/8th of an inch, so instead of milling out the back (white piece of gauge) I ground off some of the bezel to allow it to fit.
Resoldered the wires to the board.
A bit of a relief for the wires, as they sit right on that casting piece once the board is laid flat on there.
A bit of material removal due to the LED solder protruding from the back of the board.
So I failed to take pictures of the next couple steps, but they are a bit self explanatory. This is a test fit of the board. I used the OE Zeitronix cover instead of cutting my own like the linked thread. I used a bit of 2 part epoxy to mount the board to the factory dash pod, and a slight bit of epoxy to locate the Zeitronix overlay. If you remove just the right amount of the gauge bezel, it will hold everything in place for you, so you don't really need too much else to attach everything.
Powered up, it works!!
Mounted up, still a go!
And complete, I dig cleanly installed gauges heh.
All in all, I could do it again in 2 or 3 hours. It really is not hard at all!
