Dakota Digital Gauge System
VDF Dash System
Part # VDF-81C-MC
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BLUE READOUT PANEL
MOUNTING TAB
BACKSIDE
DAKOTA DIGITAL SERIES III CONTROL UNIT
SENDING UNITS
OIL PRESSURE, H20,SPEED PULSE GENERATOR AND SPEEDO CABLE ADAPTER
EXTRA DISPLAY SYSTEM COVER
TEAL COLOR
THA DIGITAL HOOKUP
Pillar and T-TOP Panel. Gauges are trimmed in chrome and have a blue readou t.
POLISHED PANEL
THIS IS GONNA LOOK SO CLEAN WITH THE BLUE GAUGES LIT UP. I HAVE ANOTHER BEZEL IM WORKIN ON. WILL POST PICS SS OON
DIGITAL GAUGES INCLUDE:
SPEEDO, TACH, WATER TEMP, OIL PRESSURE, FUEL LEVEL, VOLTAGE, (2) AMPLIFIER TEMP GAUGES, (1) AMPLIFIER CURRENT GAUGE, TRANSMISSION TEMP (INLINE AFTER FLUID HAS BEEN COOLED -THE HOT FLUID GOES TO AN ANOLOG GAUGE BEFORE COOLING SO I CAN COMPARE TEMPS ) EXHAUST TEMP GAUGE, FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE, 3 IN 1 GAUGE- AIR TEMP , COMPASS , TIME
IT'S GONNA BE LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE IN THERE!!
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PROJECT
Getting my parts together to rebuild the gauge cluster. Cut 2 2/16 " holes to house 2 extra digital gauges
Click pic below for link to info on gauges
The nics and gouges will be filled, and the entire part sanded and sprayed with black SEM paint or Krylon Fuzion plastic paint. The red striping will be painted also
The inside top part of this black gauge holder below will have a #3 and a Chevy flag in dark grey and black . I dont want it to jump out, but when you see the gauges, you will get a lil glimpse of it. There will be a red "SS " in the center of the poliished panel
You can see where Im goin with this project. This bezel is from an older Monte Carlo and will need some trimming to fit properly
You can see where it will need to be trimmed around the gauge on the left. A little Dremmel action will fix that
Shop was test fitting the digital panel. I could see how bad the panel glass was .
So I decided to take the glass and polish it up a little. I used some 3m plastic polish and some Meguiar's Plastx polish. Came out clean
As you can see I sanded the gauge holder. I also made some templates and cut some carbon fiber to place behind the glass
Test fit
Added the polished panel. It still need to be pinstriped tho. Just wanted to see how it looked..
Painted inside the panel holder a flat black. I also removed all the factory lighting. All I want to shine thru is the Dakota Digital blue LED's. I had to trim down a little plastic so the gauge panel would sit flush. I smoothed the ruff plastic also so it wouldnt scratch the panel.
I trimmed behind the panel that sits over the gauges. This way the panel sits flush on top of the gauges..
Now the cover sits flush on the panel..
H4 Lighting
Hi-Beams have angel eye's. The projectors have a city light which will be wired in with the parking lamps(Cool white LEd will be used)
Spectre Custom Air Intake in the making...
Short vid of what it will look like when finished .
THIS ISNT MY CAR IN THIS VID .
Tues July 15 2008
Finally got a few updates on the motor. Starting to get the pulleys and other stuff on.
Shop lost the Cranshaft pulley, So I went with a new complete 1 belt serpentine seetup from G.M. Performance
Billet Specialties Polished wire holder and Dougs Headers
Driveshaft Brace, BM 700r4 transmission, B&M deeper trans pan, and Double hump to run "true duals"
GMPerformance Serpentine System
PART # 12497698
Shop lost the crankshaft pulley. Decided to go with a GMP setup. Will get the parts polished later...
Hmmm...Looks like they forgot to install my beefy Alternator. Swappin that lil guy out, and the big dog in
DONE....
Found this guy on Ebay for cheap. Even came with a Grant GT steering wheel
GRANT VEHICLE SECURITY SYSTEM
Picked this up cuz peeps always lookin for a quick come up. I'll have more pics and a lil write up on this system as well as other security measures taken. I wont give up all the secrets tho!! LOL!. Saw this system on an SS at a show and had to have it.
NO WHEEL = NO STEAL
Center Caps
Speakin of wheels...Got these SS weet lil Bullet Styled Wheel Caps off of Ebay
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These should set the wheels off nicely !!!
Pic of what matters the most in my life!!! Ebony and Lil Sean. I love these two sooo damn much!!!
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