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  1. 06-29-2009 09:39 AM #1
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    Angled Gauges???

     



    I remember seeing a thread or magazine article in the past six months or so with a really slick way of installing dash gauges angled toward the driver? Anyone recall seeing anything? Have a friend doing a custom Scrambler build that has ideas of angling all the gauges. Dash is an aluminum panel.
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  3. 06-29-2009 09:56 AM #2
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    Just use a piece of tubing the correct ID to fit over the gauges, cut it at the desired angle on one end, straight on the other with a same size hole in the dash to weld the tubing to....
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    As i recall, there are angled inserts available.
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    I used the aluminum ones you can get at the boat shops

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    autometer sells them too. i do not believe they are aluminum though.
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