Well, I decided to tackle the guage pod today after putting it off for weeks. I knew it was going to be a pain in the ass so after fucking around for nearly 2 hours on the hinge system, I finally came up with a way to mount the pod and have it hinge perfectly.

But the best part is, somehow, I came away with the following:

• a hinge system that lets me take the pod out of the dash in seconds to change out guages etc etc
• the use of the factory tweeter (albeit hacked to shit but sound is sound)
• full use of the air duct! Holy crap w00t!

So yeah, awesome day. All I have to do now is mount the dash and find a place for the actuator which shouldn't be a problem as I am going to use a lengthened rod attached to the actuator so I can mount the actuator lower in the dash.

But damn man, I was so stoked when I noticed more room in the dash than expected so I ran and got the duct I removed waaay back in the day and damn if it didn't fit =)

Duct w00t!


Hinge works like a champ now


Hacked tweet =)

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