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Old May 21, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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Custom Gauge Pod

Well I have always wanted an A-pillar gauge pod. So this week I decided to get the supplies together and get it started. I started off with a universal gauge pod from autozone...It did not fit what so ever and I had to cut quite a bit off to get it to even fit right. As you can see in the pics...these were just to get a test fit and to see how I wanted mount the pod onto the pillar.





After hacking the pod up and finally getting it to where it would fit right on the a pillar. I took some plastic glue weld and glued it to the a pillar. Then I took fiberglass bondo and went to town on it. Just used it to pretty much cover in the holes and to get it attached to the pod.







Then I sanded the hell out of it till it was somewhat smooth and no longer had all the bumps in it. I then took regular bondo and used it to make the edges a lot smoother and to cover in the imperfections that fiberglass bondo makes. After sanding and rebonding it a few times, I took some primer and threw a few coats on. The primer helps with seeing where imperfections are in the bondo and aid in sanding. So this is where I am at as of now.









It still needs a little bit of work to get done..after I get done I will be spraying it with a wrinkle black paint to make it look some what like the other a pillar. Comments welcome!!
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Old May 21, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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nice man
very creative!
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Old May 21, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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yeah..it needs a little bit more sanding..but for the first time doing this and with what i started with i am pretty happy.
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Old May 21, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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good project. this seems like alot of work though lol
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Old May 22, 2009 | 09:42 AM
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it really isn't all that much work...just a lot of patience
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Old May 22, 2009 | 10:11 AM
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Nice work. Better to make than buy it.don't know about you but when I make something, It feels custom to me
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Old May 22, 2009 | 04:56 PM
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oh yeah...i know exactly what u mean man
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