Jay_340
Moparologist
Has anyone tried to mount a set of aftermarket gauges behind the face of a non-Rallye dash cluster? I would like to have mine either refreshed of upgraded, and was wondering if anyone had tried this before.
Better gauges in a stock cluster?
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TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
I replaced my gauges in the factory cluster of my 73 Dart with white faced and LED lit aftermarkets. (not sure if this is what you are asking specifically)
From left to right is Volts, Temp, Oil pressure, Speedo, Clock.
From left to right is Volts, Temp, Oil pressure, Speedo, Clock.
^ ^ ^ Looks great TB 
There's a bunch of threads on this in the Mopar Interiors forum....:cheers:
There's a bunch of threads on this in the Mopar Interiors forum....:cheers:
67Dart273
Well-Known Member
Depends on "what" cluster..........The Darts would be pretty hard to easily modify. There are, and were, here and there, some aftermarket panels available, and there's been members here who've built them.
junior
Well-Known Member
This is are Volare we street - strip. We just drilled holes in the stock gauge cluster
Jay_340
Moparologist
Yes, just like that! What size guages did you use? The stock holes are pretty small, and most gauges seem to be about 2 1/16" or larger.
This would be for a '71 Duster. Same cluster, I believe.
Jay_340
Moparologist
^ ^ ^ Looks great TB
There's a bunch of threads on this in the Mopar Interiors forum....:cheers:
Didn't think to check the interior section. Oops.
doug 371
Well-Known Member
nice job
Jay_340
Moparologist
tnts72, that looks nice. How did you secure the mounting for the overlay panel? Drill an identical hole behind where the gauge would sit and use the clamping pods to secure the plate to the old cluster?
Yessir, cut holes in the original bezel with my dremel very carefully to not make them too large, you break into a couple of the factory holes so they look a little funky the first time you look at it. The black plastic rings that go around the gauges serve to hold the bezel / plate together. Tricky part was laying it out so I could still use the factory wiper / windshield switches. Then the wiring... All in all it wasn't terrible and the end result is well worth it in my opinion. Took me a couple nights to get the layout out how I wanted.
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=320831
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=320831
mopowers
Well-Known Member
tnts72- That looks great! Nice work man.
^^Thank you, the little LED indicators I picked up off Ebay are a nice touch... Turn signal markers / brights indicator (blue) / and two red for the parking brake and the seatbelt switch - which I doubt will be getting hooked up since I sold the bench and let the pressure switches go with it...
Jay_340
Moparologist
I dont know if I want to get quite that trick looking, but dang that looks sweet. The backlighting on that looks super clear. I was going to TRY and keep it as stock-looking as possible. I know redline does improvements, but last quote I got from them was a little more than I want to pay.
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
The gauges I used are 1.5 inch and I had to slightly open the factory holes in the plastic as well as open the metal backing for the cluster to give room for the posts on the backs of the gauges.
friesza
The Machinist
I just bit the bullet and went with the insert from Fast Lane West....bought my own gages and added turn and high beam led lights.....
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