Well, i know OTTP was offering these gauge pods, but i heard right before i ordered they ran out and were on backorder. I also heard they may never get more in. Always loved the idea though so decided to do it myself because of my current situation for 2 weeks:

Anyways, went picked up some 2" PVC pipe from Lowes, chopped it. and went to work.















Not perfect, but my 1st time doing anything like this and im into these do it yourself projects now. Oh and i sanded and repainted the bottom left since that damn bump was in it. And i need to buy a gauge for it. have a triple pod on the way and 2 gauges. but i need an extra for this pod. any1 selling?

And this is my first time working with fiber glass or bondo, but i figured **** it, nothing better to do with myself lol.

 

Got a little on your thumb lol
Looks awsome

 

one word:

wow

 

looks pretty good man. just some helpful hints.....use less filler...you don't need the fiberglass weave cloth and you need to reposition the gauge a little better. but your getting the hang of it for sure.

 

not bad not bad at all mad props dude

o ya have fun doing it lefty for 2 weeks

 

Nice!

 

Good Job Man, looks nice !!

 

make me one?? ill pay

 

wow that looks ******* awesome! i am very impressed!

 

looks good dude. same thing i did. it only cost me 20 buck to make in the cost of bondo,fiberglass,resin, and paints, only things that i did different than you was, i did a dual. i use a stone texture finish paint, and instead of clearing it to seel it, i painted it flat black it looks just like the factory dash board finish......but your looks good thou

 

mines flat black with no clear. shine might just be the flash

 

That is. Awsome.

 

angle is a little off because i never expected to use fiber glass lol. i thought bondo would hold it, but omg what i nightmare that was. lmao. it fell off so many times thus screwing the angle up a bit. it was my 1st time really using fiber glass, just went to autozone and got a fiber glass repair kit. worked great for me and was cheap and had everything i needed.

 

i think it looks great for your first one, I'm sure a few more and they would improve drastically.

 

im thinking he did it for strength. bondo doesnt hold up very well on its own, i did it that way to because the bondo cracked on me when reinstalling it. so i think the fiberglass weave is a good ideal and a plus

 

looks really good!

 

That looks so great.

 

OTT makes them if ur interested

 

i dont know **** about fiber glass lol. i know that at the marina i worked in we cracked a hatch on the deck and we went to autozone, bought the repair kit, patched it up. sanded, and we were good. since thats all i worked with and thats what i was familiar with I kept it to that. i mean its strong as hell.

I expected the bondo to at least hold the pod in place but since the plastic itself is so flexible it just keeps cracking and falling off. I was throwing PVC around like a madman. lmao. was all set to give up b4 i got me some fiber glass. and then sanding with a splint sucks. thank god for Vikadon

 

first off hot glue for placement. then i use abs goo to hold it in. i barely use any filler at all thats the difference. no cracks usually if you install the correct way popping off the steering column top piece.

 

i didnt install yet, its still drying. how do you take off the top of the steering column? it just pulls off or is there some hex screw holding it in.

thats why ur the master and im still the apprentice didnt even think about hot glue and never heard of abs glue. ill look into it incase i decide to do the other side. still have alot of PVC pipe but dont know about the patience

Is there a HOW-TO on this? if not ill make this into one



And thanks guys for all the nice comments

 

wut is the red stuff man and that stuff around the red stuff

 

red stuff = bondo. stringy stuff is fiber glass. grey **** is filler primer

 

kevin do you ever stop?! haha any installed pics?

 

Looks good, but seems like it's gonna be in the way of the speedometer. I've seen another do it lower to the corner

But fir a first timer, looks awesome!!