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- Canton, TX
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 302
- Transmission
- Automatic
Ok, me and my son (17) are building a 88 ranger and wanted to show how we did the gauges.
We took the old mounting and dremeld out the entire face other than about 1/4 inch all the way around. This is were we will screw the new face plate and provide some support. We are not fabricators to say the least!
I had a friend of mine make the face plate and then powder coat it glossy black. The truck will be black with red highlights (Black Widow) so we ran red pin striping around the edge where all the chrome was. We did this on the entire dash and it does look pretty good. The gauges are held in place my screw on rear bezels. We then did JB weld all the way around the back of the face plate to make sure it was not going to vibrate or fall off. We got a little bit thin on the cut out (my son) so this was the best way to keep it in place.
Here's the finished set.
The illumination will of coarse be red. The stereo will also be lit up red. We added red LED's to the vents to add a little mood lighting.
The truck just came back from paint so once we start putting the interior back I'll post more pictures.
Simon
We took the old mounting and dremeld out the entire face other than about 1/4 inch all the way around. This is were we will screw the new face plate and provide some support. We are not fabricators to say the least!
I had a friend of mine make the face plate and then powder coat it glossy black. The truck will be black with red highlights (Black Widow) so we ran red pin striping around the edge where all the chrome was. We did this on the entire dash and it does look pretty good. The gauges are held in place my screw on rear bezels. We then did JB weld all the way around the back of the face plate to make sure it was not going to vibrate or fall off. We got a little bit thin on the cut out (my son) so this was the best way to keep it in place.
Here's the finished set.
The illumination will of coarse be red. The stereo will also be lit up red. We added red LED's to the vents to add a little mood lighting.
The truck just came back from paint so once we start putting the interior back I'll post more pictures.
Simon