i bought the lotek gauge pod around 2 months ago and wasnt very interested in the gauge pod sitting on top of the factory center dash piece, so here is what i did! i bonded the two panels together into one and brought it to the shop and got it painted to match the radio panel (piano black). took a little time... but it was worth it! enjoy (i will take some pics of the gauges lit up when i got time)

 

yo that **** is sexxxy.. Brilliant thinking!! take a full center shot if you can.. so we can see the whole center.. nice work..

 

it does look nice... ps i like your sig NsprAshuNz FOKAI=WIN!!!!! its kinda weird i was just thinking of putting that sticker on my car...lol i was actually on their site today looking for that sticker. wow thats really weird

 

looks hot!

 

very clean. i woulda kept it the rough flat black color, but you did great!

 

so you know FOKAI?!.. u must be from guam.. yea my boy is all about fokai and he made us stickers at his work..

 

Looks sweet. Question though.. durring the day is there any glare from the sun? I'd imagine some obviously but is it to much possibly? I was thinking of doing this through my entire center piece but the glare possibility is making me weary.

 

Wow, that looks very clean. GJ

 

good job. looks good.

 

unfortunately there is a glare, but its really not that bad... well i can live with it! lol

 

I like..

+1 for my next mod

 

What did it cost you to get this done? BTW, Looks fantastic.

 

want

 

damn, nice work

 

thanks to all who left me a comment! i think the quality gauge pods these day are way over priced, so i decided to make myself one and i actually saved a lot of money!

 

How do you get that panel off? I'm trying to search for it, but it doesn't help that I don't know the proper name for that panel. What I've found so far makes me think that I have to take the radio out to access the screws needed to take that panel off, is that right? Wouldn't want to do unneccessary extra work.

 

you have to take the radio out first and then there are two screws that hold the top panel on. so start off by looking at how to get the radio out

 

yea take the radio out, take the vents out, then you can take the center piece out.

 

damn, ah well. You know that hidden anti theft 10mm screw that needs to come out for radio removal? Is that only of anti theft purposes? Does anyone ever not put that back?

 

you mean under the steering wheel on the left side of the radio? if it is then yea i didnt put that back in cause it annoyed the hell outa me

 

I never put it back... it took me two hours to find/remove it so i dipped it in diesel and burned the ****** (it's only black now but it felt good inside )

Also if you just remove the metal cover form underneath the steering wheel you can locate and unscrew the bolt in <1 minute.

OP that guage pod is by far the best one I have ever seen... GROUP BUY ANYONE?

 

U read my mind.

 

i was thinking about making a couple of them to sell but i just dont know if people are willing to pay the price because it does take a lot of time to make one. and also i dont know if i have the time. but ill think about it though... i will let you guys know if i ever do thanks!

 

Could you post some instructions on how you made this bad boy? I have a lotek pod sitting in my garage because I wanted to do this with it, but couldn't really figure how to get it to look like one piece.