Let's see your custom dash and gauges - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

snevey · 06-07-2012, 02:17 AM

Lets see your custom dash and gauges. Tell us how you did it and show it off with your pics.

snevey · 06-13-2012, 01:19 AM

there's got to be someone who has built a custom dash.

XJ_ranger · 06-13-2012, 07:14 PM

mine is still in process, but I'm happy with how its turning out so far...

Bar welded across connecting the A-pillars at the front, bar welded across connecting the belt line bars for the bottom, sheetmetal in the middle...

bolt in sheetmetal enclosure houses the stock gages, and a welded in glove box with door on the other side. I dont need any HVAC, cigarette lighter, stereo, or anything else in my dash...

JeepFreak21 · 06-15-2012, 10:48 AM

I'm planning on replacing my dash this summer, so I hope to see some more people chime in here.

Opie, I like how yours is turning out! I know you're not keeping the HVAC, but after tearing out the old dash, can you comment on how difficult it would be to keep A/C with a custom dash? I heard the stock dash itself acts as a HVAC duct in some places.

Thanks man,
Billy

XJ_ranger · 06-15-2012, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeepFreak21

I'm planning on replacing my dash this summer, so I hope to see some more people chime in here.

Opie, I like how yours is turning out! I know you're not keeping the HVAC, but after tearing out the old dash, can you comment on how difficult it would be to keep A/C with a custom dash? I heard the stock dash itself acts as a HVAC duct in some places.

Thanks man,
Billy

Too many beers since I tore that out Billy. I dont remember. In Starboard M's buildup on NAXJA, I'm pretty sure he built a custom dash and kept some / part of the HVAC.

I also recall that CRASH built a pretty cool dash in his red XJ, dont know if I ever saw pics of it...

snevey · 09-25-2012, 01:06 AM

that's really nice. you do nice work. great job

flexy92xj · 09-30-2012, 05:08 AM

Here is mine...

cj7sswampers · 09-30-2012, 07:01 AM

I like that a lot. You built it yourself I take it? Willing to do another one?

gunsnarrows · 09-30-2012, 08:24 AM

flexy92xj that is a awesome dash! dig it!

snevey · 01-01-2013, 01:53 AM

anyothers

GFY Racing · 02-19-2013, 01:52 PM

What happened to flexy92xj's? If I keep my XJ I'll likely end up putting in a custom dash, while keeping the A/C for the lady and kiddos. Any input?

Broke That · 02-19-2013, 02:08 PM

Like Opie I had originally kept the stock speedo and instruments, but once I got rid of the stock gas tank and wanted better visuals as well as a place for a GPS I just dumped the stock set up. Simple and easy...

Weasel · 02-19-2013, 02:15 PM

mine I did last summer:

installed, need to make a small panel to fill the hole between the switch plate and the dash.

Side panel for switches

Pic from passenger side:

Johnny Quest · 02-19-2013, 02:34 PM

nice and clean. i like it

snevey · 02-19-2013, 10:30 PM

Ya I like that. very nice man.

Kamaran · 02-20-2013, 02:19 AM

Write-up: custom dashboard fabrication + wire harness mod - JeepForum.com

Saw his a while ago

moparmaniaccuda · 02-20-2013, 04:39 AM

Just some simple flat panels and a doghouse for the gauges in the middle.

I have two center console tubes running down towards the rear of the cab (MJ) that help position it all.

06-07-2012, 02:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
snevey SNEVEY'S OFFROAD Join Date: Nov 2010 Member # 173178 Location: Redding, CA The Real NorCal Posts: 765	Let's see your custom dash and gauges Lets see your custom dash and gauges. Tell us how you did it and show it off with your pics.

06-15-2012, 10:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
JeepFreak21 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Member # 25377 Location: Sacto Posts: 953	I'm planning on replacing my dash this summer, so I hope to see some more people chime in here. Opie, I like how yours is turning out! I know you're not keeping the HVAC, but after tearing out the old dash, can you comment on how difficult it would be to keep A/C with a custom dash? I heard the stock dash itself acts as a HVAC duct in some places. Thanks man, Billy __________________ Follow my build-up at [URL="http://www.bsfabrication.net"]BSFabrication.net[/URL]

09-30-2012, 07:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
cj7sswampers Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Member # 140746 Location: Athens, TN Posts: 1,052	I like that a lot. You built it yourself I take it? Willing to do another one? __________________ I don't own a CJ, and I don't run Super Swampers. 88 MJ, 4.0/AX-15/NP231 Zone 4.5" OD Green

09-30-2012, 08:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
gunsnarrows breakin shit Join Date: Feb 2009 Member # 129396 Location: Glendive, MT Posts: 145	flexy92xj that is a awesome dash! dig it! __________________ PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIRE POWER!GUNS UP! 0331

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snevey SNEVEY'S OFFROAD Join Date: Nov 2010 Member # 173178 Location: Redding, CA The Real NorCal Posts: 765	anyothers __________________ . SNEVEY'S OFFROAD 530-255-4302 "Quality Parts That Dont Break The Bank" Like us on Facebook & check out our website at www.sneveysoffroad.com/

06-13-2012, 01:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
snevey SNEVEY'S OFFROAD Join Date: Nov 2010 Member # 173178 Location: Redding, CA The Real NorCal Posts: 765	there's got to be someone who has built a custom dash.

09-25-2012, 01:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
snevey SNEVEY'S OFFROAD Join Date: Nov 2010 Member # 173178 Location: Redding, CA The Real NorCal Posts: 765	that's really nice. you do nice work. great job

09-30-2012, 05:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
flexy92xj Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Member # 51576 Posts: 166	Here is mine...

02-19-2013, 01:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
GFY Racing Granite Guru Join Date: May 2009 Member # 136091 Location: Back in the good 'ol U S of A after three long deployements! Posts: 974	What happened to flexy92xj's? If I keep my XJ I'll likely end up putting in a custom dash, while keeping the A/C for the lady and kiddos. Any input? __________________ Fighting for the right for SORRY PIECES OF SHIT to protest at soldier's funerals. The Cheep Jeep Build Rock Krawler TJ trackbar mount FS Last edited by GFY Racing; 02-19-2013 at 01:57 PM.

02-19-2013, 02:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
Broke That Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Member # 78387 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 793	Like Opie I had originally kept the stock speedo and instruments, but once I got rid of the stock gas tank and wanted better visuals as well as a place for a GPS I just dumped the stock set up. Simple and easy... __________________ Treasurer of Friends of Johnson Valley

02-19-2013, 02:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
Weasel Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 5639 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 5,950	mine I did last summer: installed, need to make a small panel to fill the hole between the switch plate and the dash. Side panel for switches Pic from passenger side: __________________ Just Add Lightness I'd rather be simple-and-wrong than complicated-and-wrong. Last edited by Weasel; 02-19-2013 at 02:16 PM.

02-19-2013, 02:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
Johnny Quest Granite Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Member # 74581 Location: SL,UT Posts: 778	nice and clean. i like it __________________ 88 MJ: 60/14/37s Doing the impossible makes us mighty.

02-19-2013, 10:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
snevey SNEVEY'S OFFROAD Join Date: Nov 2010 Member # 173178 Location: Redding, CA The Real NorCal Posts: 765	Ya I like that. very nice man. __________________ . SNEVEY'S OFFROAD 530-255-4302 "Quality Parts That Dont Break The Bank" Like us on Facebook & check out our website at www.sneveysoffroad.com/

02-20-2013, 02:19 AM	#16 (permalink)
Kamaran Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Member # 197726 Posts: 137	Write-up: custom dashboard fabrication + wire harness mod - JeepForum.com Saw his a while ago Last edited by Kamaran; 02-20-2013 at 02:19 AM.

02-20-2013, 04:39 AM	#17 (permalink)
moparmaniaccuda Granite Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Member # 121563 Posts: 592	Just some simple flat panels and a doghouse for the gauges in the middle. I have two center console tubes running down towards the rear of the cab (MJ) that help position it all.

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