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Custom 80 series dash
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:16 am
by esp22
Anyone got a custom 80series dash...looking at updating mine to something more modern?Any ideas?Would a 100series dash fit?Thanks
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:52 am
by thrashlux
100 series will not fit
very diferent
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:46 pm
by phippsy
There is a guy on Offroad 80's that has done one, will have a look for a link
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:52 pm
by thrashlux
phippsy wrote:There is a guy on Offroad 80's that has done one, will have a look for a link
most likely a 105 dash
100 series is multiplexed
plus it will not fit straight in the hole
you will have to chop it
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:04 pm
by RV80
A 105 and 100 series dash would be the same, it's the same car.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:26 pm
by thrashlux
RV80 wrote:A 105 and 100 series dash would be the same, it's the same car.
dont think you have eva pulled one apart hey?
they are very different
look very similar
chassis is even diferent
105 has more in common with an 80s than a 100series except how they look
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:18 pm
by phippsy
thrashlux wrote:phippsy wrote:There is a guy on Offroad 80's that has done one, will have a look for a link
most likely a 105 dash
Nah, this is a full custom using Autometer guages I think.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:43 pm
by thrashlux
phippsy wrote:thrashlux wrote:phippsy wrote:There is a guy on Offroad 80's that has done one, will have a look for a link
most likely a 105 dash
Nah, this is a full custom using Autometer guages I think.
yeh it would be pretty hardcore to use even a 105 dash due to the cutting etc
but a 100series would be near impossible to use due to the way some of the guages work.
I made up a new light plate and fitted a full compliment of 80 series guages to my 1980 hilux cluster with a 220kph speedo and 8000 rpm tacho from a supra (due to the 2jz twin turbo being fitted)
not an easy task but nessary
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:46 pm
by phippsy
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:22 am
by RV80
thrashlux wrote:RV80 wrote:A 105 and 100 series dash would be the same, it's the same car.
dont think you have eva pulled one apart hey?
they are very different
look very similar
chassis is even diferent
105 has more in common with an 80s than a 100series except how they look
What does the chassis have to do with a dash? You can make any dash fit any car with a bit of work. Who says you have to use the guages out of the new dash?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:27 am
by thrashlux
RV80 wrote:thrashlux wrote:RV80 wrote:A 105 and 100 series dash would be the same, it's the same car.
dont think you have eva pulled one apart hey?
they are very different
look very similar
chassis is even diferent
105 has more in common with an 80s than a 100series except how they look
What does the chassis have to do with a dash? You can make any dash fit any car with a bit of work. Who says you have to use the guages out of the new dash?
think there is a bit of confussion here are we talking
dash as in instrument cluster
or
dash as in crash pad
there would be no point at all in fitting an instrument cluster if you were not going to use the guages
the chassis was merely and example of how different they are
as it is a major component of the vehicle
all the wiring is different and engine management systems multiplexer systems, fuels systems, suspension, aircon, aircon control just to name few
not to mention everything mechanical is different
so the 100 and 105 are not the same car
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:43 am
by RV80
esp22 said Dash not instument cluster. And he hasn't offered anyone any more insight as to what he wants to do.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:36 am
by phippsy
RV80 wrote:esp22 said Dash not instument cluster. And he hasn't offered anyone any more insight as to what he wants to do.
Didn't read his question properly....
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:46 pm
by esp22
dash as in instrument cluster...sorry about being undetailed but thanks a lot for info so far
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:46 pm
by Turboln106r
yeh i had the same problem