should i bore u with another build thread?

[KI11Z]

i almost forgot!

i blew the gearbox that i bought of matt with the o2o gears! havnt pulled it apart yet to see what's gone wrong, So now i've got the standard box back in . . . . some pics for fun

Jacked up and ready to go!


Gearbox-less



A mate who helped despite having work the next day!


tis me tha durty gangsta! haha


and laughing at the mess we've created!!!!!

[RhysQ]

these two photos are the mate, noice work mate. i love that top one especially, best mk3 is aus IMO.

[KI11Z]

alright dudes, update time . . . . .

I bought myself two Stewart Warner 50mm black face oil temp and oil pressure gauges now my dilema was that i wanted to mount them as high as possible without mounting them on top of the dash; First thought was to buy a 3 gauge single din plate that clips into the radio slot, but was too low for me . . . So I had another thought of mounting them into where the air vent is i bought some 50mm pvc pipe and a lil flat piece of plastic, pics . . . . .

PVC pipe


I shamfered the edge so the gauges would sit nicely in tem


Roughtly traced out the shape need for the delete


trimmed and sat in place


Welded blank in place


Sanded


the rear

[KI11Z]

Cut the holes required and placed in the gauge mounts (angled)



I had to trim down the gauge brackets and bend them out to secure ontot the pvc pipe


mounted


Dummy fit to get the angles right



welded, sanded and sprayed

[KI11Z]

i also now have my 16 row mocal oil cooler and will hopefully fit it this week?! will see . . . .

[Pullstarter]

Dude that looks sweet! Awesome work!

[rayray086]

THAT is sweet! Liked how you angled them!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Woah, dedication right there...

How on earth is your dash so RED?

[The_Hawk]

i also now have my 16 row mocal oil cooler and will hopefully fit it this week?! will see . . . .

oooooh, oil cooler...

Where from?

[madglf3]

Looks like some great DIY there Alex. Good stuff.


What is happening with the panel directly to the right of the lightswitch, has it got tape on it or something?

[RhysQ]

awesome stuff mate, well done.

[KI11Z]

THAT is sweet! Liked how you angled them!

Cheers ray, its far easier to read them that way

Woah, dedication right there...

How on earth is your dash so RED?

I played around a bit huh, its brighter in the pics than what it actually is cuz i rushed the pics, but i placed a row of red led's along the top of the cluster and also replaced the lcd light with a red led, i didnt hook the other one up though; during this proccess i up both the lcd readouts, broke the fuel needle and wrecked my speedo! So not the most effective mod i've done haha . . . . however i would do it again

oooooh, oil cooler...

Where from?

Of an english chap on the wonderfull world of e-baaaaaay :p

Looks like some great DIY there Alex. Good stuff.


What is happening with the panel directly to the right of the lightswitch, has it got tape on it or something?

I'm wanting to turn it into a stepped shift light, havnt looked into it yet

[madglf3]

Ah, I thought it might be some sensors playing up and you might have just taped them up . Stepped shiftlight sounds interesting. Good luck with it all mate.

[Jarred]

havn't read this thread for a while so I just caught up!

great work! defianlty one of the coolest mk 3's on here! Love what you've done, keep it up.

[Mrk_Mickey]

. . . . however i would do it again

Sweet, come down and help me? hahaha.
Nice work man