Edited by BLOWN V6HATCH, 25 March 2006 - 09:05 PM.
Carbon fibre cluster
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Posted 25 March 2006 - 08:59 PM
Hi everyone, just finished doing a facelift on my gauge cluster. Did it with carbon fibre & led lights. Tell me what you think. Here is the link: https://cache.gmh-to...ch/P1010011.jpg
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Posted 25 March 2006 - 10:35 PM
Looks sweet!
Would you mind telling me about the carbon fibre material you used? Often people say carbon fibre and they're just talking about a coating or something that I don't know much about (I work with CF a fair bit). Is yours a sheet of CF stuck onto a honeycomb core?
Where did you pick up that panel and what sorta costs are involved in that? The carbon fibre I use doesn't look nearly as defined as the pattern on yours.
Would you mind telling me about the carbon fibre material you used? Often people say carbon fibre and they're just talking about a coating or something that I don't know much about (I work with CF a fair bit). Is yours a sheet of CF stuck onto a honeycomb core?
Where did you pick up that panel and what sorta costs are involved in that? The carbon fibre I use doesn't look nearly as defined as the pattern on yours.
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 09:37 AM
That looks great!!
How did you go with using the LED's as lights for indicators etc?
How did you go with using the LED's as lights for indicators etc?
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 10:18 AM
Hi guys, Heath i cheated a bit and used carbon fibre contact, but i am happy with the end product. The whole jobe probably cost me around $80 (CF contact, 3mm sheet steel & led lights) but obviously the job gets expensive when you are using autometer gauges. Tiny, the led's work really well for the tell tail lights. They are nice and bright compared to the normal lights i used to have.
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 10:20 AM
Blown: Nice stuff, Did you have to use a resistor before the LED or are they just 12V LEDs?
Does anyone know whether LEDs are legal for tel tales? I reckon theyre a great idea and i want to incorporate them when i ro-do my dash shortly!
Thanks!
Does anyone know whether LEDs are legal for tel tales? I reckon theyre a great idea and i want to incorporate them when i ro-do my dash shortly!
Thanks!
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 10:34 AM
Thats mad, ive seen like a whole dash that before, carbon fibre looks pretty mad... Great job
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 11:02 AM
Ahhh the beauty of getting all of those materials for at discount prices or for free...
Maybe I should try doing an SL/R Cluster in carbon fibre
Now that would be a bloody big challenge, but if I managed to pull it off it'd be pretty damn nuts!
Maybe I should try doing an SL/R Cluster in carbon fibre
Now that would be a bloody big challenge, but if I managed to pull it off it'd be pretty damn nuts!
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 04:35 PM
Tiny, no resistors just 12v led.
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 09:50 PM
looks good, i had my lh dash fascia done in real carbon fibre, its fibreglassed backed, looks mint and to be honest with you, yours looks pretty real
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