Aftermarket gauges.

[mathblaster]

I want to put some better gauges in my fj40. I've seen the billet panels to replace the stock setup. But all the ones I've seen require cutting the dash and I'm not doing that.

So either
A. make my own panel to fit a few gauges in the stock location
B. mount gauge pods to the front support on my full cage
C. Make some sort of overhead console to fit like those tuffy overhead consoles, but I'll put gauges in it.

My speedometer, fuel gauge, and ammeter work, the oil and temp don't and that makes me really nervous. I also want a tach.

So, lets see some pics of you custom gauge setup.

What do I need to consider when purchasing new gauges? Such as senders and things like that.

I read a few threads on various gauge things but I can never have enough info.

Thanks

 

[pontiota]

I made mine out of 3/8 in aluminum plate
was able to fit a speedo, tach, fuel, temp, oil and two blinker lights all in the dash without any modifications to the original location I even use the stock bolts to hold it in I even wired it with a large 12 prong plug so it can be removed and worked on in a pinch
I'll try to get a couple pic together and e-mail them
Now for the rest of my dash its highly modified
I went with electric guages some guy like mechanical but I've never had any problems with them and much easier to install in my opinion
another thing I did was used the fuel guage for a Chrysler its pretty close to the cruiser's
sender resistance but not perfect full is full and empty is empty but its a little off in the middle 1/2 is more like 3/4 on so on