Billet Dash Insert
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Tuned
Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Irvington USA
Billet Dash Insert
Hey guys, I don't know if you guys know about this, but I found a source for dash inserts for our trucks. You can go to www.dolphingauges.com and check them out. It is a 5 gauge cluster. I don't know about how it is to install, but I thought it was a great way to mount aftermarket gauges and a tach.
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Port Alberni
I think this would really look good in my 79.Theres not much in the aftermarket for dash products for these trucks.And I wonder if you have to use there gauges or get what ever ones you wanted
Last edited by 66f14evr; Dec 13, 2004 at 01:12 PM.
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Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Spokane, WA
It's cool to see someone actually start manufacturing this kind of stuff for our trucks. I think there'd be a huge demand but there just aren't many options. The one problem I do see with this panel is it appears to be flat. Our dashes are angled down which is why the stock guages are angled back up. I'm not 100% certain on how these are installed but if the guages or the panel are not angled up you will not be able to see them well at all. When I built my dash I opted to tilt the entire dash panel up a bit and build new brackets to hold it in that position for easy viewing. I suppose you could do the same with this if you wanted to.
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Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Spokane, WA
Don't attempt it without beers. 
The big thing to look out for is the angle of the dash. I had the option of moving the whole dash forward or leaving it as is and angling my new panel. I opted to just move the whole dash to keep things simple. If you pull the 2 side bolts and the 2 over the steering column you can play around with it and get a feel for what's right. This doesn't take too much do to. I went a little bit overboard with my project but that's the way it always happens. 
It's in my truck now, just waiting for a few finishing touches. I got impatient and wanted to drive the truck around so I've got a lot of stuff just hanging right now. I'll probably have the dash all blinged out in a week or so and then I can snap some pics to show the finished product all installed.
The big thing to look out for is the angle of the dash. I had the option of moving the whole dash forward or leaving it as is and angling my new panel. I opted to just move the whole dash to keep things simple. If you pull the 2 side bolts and the 2 over the steering column you can play around with it and get a feel for what's right. This doesn't take too much do to. I went a little bit overboard with my project but that's the way it always happens. It's in my truck now, just waiting for a few finishing touches. I got impatient and wanted to drive the truck around so I've got a lot of stuff just hanging right now. I'll probably have the dash all blinged out in a week or so and then I can snap some pics to show the finished product all installed.
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Joined: Jul 2003
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From: okc
i think ivan earned 9 out of 10 blings for that one, very nice, ive been thinking about something similar, but i might use treadplate, never thought about bringing the CD player out closer, thats trick, i dig it.......
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