Adapter Ring for a 110mm-to-100mm Gauge Swap

Very cool.

Nicely done.

Can you post a pic of your printer. How big is it? And... what does something like that cost? What software do you use to design and send to print?

Rusty S posted:

Can you post a pic of your printer. How big is it? And... what does something like that cost? What software do you use to design and send to print?

I don't have a printer. It is cheaper and easier to use a printing service. I'm designing in SketchUp, which is free and relatively easy to use. This can produce an .stl file that I send to shapeways.com. 

I love this new 3d printer stuff. I can only imagine 20 years from now what technology will look like.

Wow I!  What a great design and idea.

i sent you a PM.  Awesome design and creativity

Great idea.  I used the rubber ring from a 911 gauge surround on my original 356 gauges. Worked like a charm. 

Ted

TRP posted:

Great idea.  I used the rubber ring from a 911 gauge surround on my original 356 gauges. Worked like a charm. 

Ted

Interesting. How much rubber is exposed around the chrome bezels? Do you have photos? And, where can you get the 911 rubber?

This is what Beck uses and what I'll get this winter




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I also used the 911 rubber gauge surround when I installed my originals,  BUT if you have 110mm holes (like vs drills), and install 100mm original gauges, you will see significantly more rubber than in Tom's attached photo.

My 2013 VS was delivered with110mm holes ( standard hole for VS),  911 rubber gauge surround ( came standard with car), and repo 105mm Chinese gauges.    

Wished I knew then what I know now.... I would have asked for 105mm holes...

I still have the 110mm holes, but I have installed 100mm original '56-57 gauges with 911bubber gauge surround, and a home made 5mm spacer mounted between the gauge and the 911 spacer to ensure a tight fit of gauge in the hole.

attached are some side by side gauge/spacer pictures from my install last winter.  Hope this helps...

 

a) Center- Repo Tach- 105mm, with 911 rubber gauge surround (5mm)- you barely see any rubber beyond the bezel. What looks like rubber is mostly a dark reflection from the chrome bezel. The 911 rubber gauge surround VS uses has about 2.5 mm lip, and  fills the gap between the 110mm hole and 105 repo gauge well, hides well under the chrome bezel, which overlaps the dash about 2mm.

Right- Original combi gauge (100mm), with the same 911 rubber gauge surround used with the repo and home made 5mm OD spacer ( black electrical tape).   You can see about 2mm of the black 911 rubber gauge surround beyond the chrome bazel once everything is installed.

I didn't like this... So, I color matched and used Westwood rubber metallic paint to paint ( cost of paint and prep material 24$ Directly from Westwood) the black 911 rubber gauge surround.

b) same as above with painted 911 rubber gauge surround...

Rubber paint matches dash metallic paint... And has held up this year with no issues- no pealing.  But this is just a band aid....

Looks ok, but I like the cleaner " chrome bezel look with no visible rubber" better.  Eventually, I will re-glass and re-drill the dash to accommodate the smaller original gauges, and to hide the rubber. It's in my list of winter project... I'm just not shure which winter yet.... But if I ever need any body work/paint it will get done.

As a reference-

c) Picture of 100mm gauge installed in 110mm hole without any rubber spacers.

D) picture of 105mm Chinese repo gauge installed in 110 mm hole with 911 rubber surround/no home made spacer.

Cheers,

Luis

Luis,

Don't bother glassing over the dashboard and drilling new holes. Instead, use the filler pieces that I'm offering. With a tiny bit of Bondo in the hard-to-see space between the filler and the dash, and some paint, you're all set.    

Lfepardo posted:

I also used the 911 rubber gauge surround when I installed my originals,  BUT if you have 110mm holes (like vs drills), and install 100mm original gauges, you will see significantly more rubber than in Tom's attached photo.

My 2013 VS was delivered with110mm holes ( standard hole for VS),  911 rubber gauge surround ( came standard with car), and repo 105mm Chinese gauges.    

Wished I knew then what I know now.... I would have asked for 105mm holes...

I still have the 110mm holes, but I have installed 100mm original '56-57 gauges with 911bubber gauge surround, and a home made 5mm spacer mounted between the gauge and the 911 spacer to ensure a tight fit of gauge in the hole.

attached are some side by side gauge/spacer pictures from my install last winter.  Hope this helps...

 

a) Center- Repo Tach- 105mm, with 911 rubber gauge surround (5mm)- you barely see any rubber beyond the bezel. What looks like rubber is mostly a dark reflection from the chrome bezel. The 911 rubber gauge surround VS uses has about 2.5 mm lip, and  fills the gap between the 110mm hole and 105 repo gauge well, hides well under the chrome bezel, which overlaps the dash about 2mm.

Right- Original combi gauge (100mm), with the same 911 rubber gauge surround used with the repo and home made 5mm OD spacer ( black electrical tape).   You can see about 2mm of the black 911 rubber gauge surround beyond the chrome bazel once everything is installed.

I didn't like this... So, I color matched and used Westwood rubber metallic paint to paint ( cost of paint and prep material 24$ Directly from Westwood) the black 911 rubber gauge surround.

b) same as above with painted 911 rubber gauge surround...

Rubber paint matches dash metallic paint... And has held up this year with no issues- no pealing.  But this is just a band aid....

Looks ok, but I like the cleaner " chrome bezel look with no visible rubber" better.  Eventually, I will re-glass and re-drill the dash to accommodate the smaller original gauges, and to hide the rubber. It's in my list of winter project... I'm just not shure which winter yet.... But if I ever need any body work/paint it will get done.

As a reference-

c) Picture of 100mm gauge installed in 110mm hole without any rubber spacers.

D) picture of 105mm Chinese repo gauge installed in 110 mm hole with 911 rubber surround/no home made spacer.

Cheers,

Luis

Looking atthat miss-matched set up would drive me nuts...

Bill - the car was only mismatched for a couple hours,  as I switched from the repos to the originals.... And redid my wiring... I must have taken 50 pictures to ensure I was getting the wiring right,,,,  And this is when the pictures were taken.

All 3 gauges installed in he car are matching originals, refurbished  by Holliwood Speedo. No mismatched stuff...

 The pictures I shared  above were for illustration purposes only.... Comparing side by side the various size gauges, spaces, etc...

Wombat-  I sent you a pm.

cheers,

Well done!

     It's great that there are guys like Wombat thinking about and coming up with solutions to problems that others have talked about for years.  We have a kind of high tech hobby shop here that is sponsored by the city and the public library that allows free access to 3D printers that could print these parts. What I am wondering is if there is colored media to print these parts that would be a closer match to the paint on our dashes.

     Also Luis, some really classy gauges.  What kind of radio is that and where can you buy them?  It looks perfect.

Fpcopo VS posted:

     It's great that there are guys like Wombat thinking about and coming up with solutions to problems that others have talked about for years.  We have a kind of high tech hobby shop here that is sponsored by the city and the public library that allows free access to 3D printers that could print these parts. What I am wondering is if there is colored media to print these parts that would be a closer match to the paint on our dashes.

     Also Luis, some really classy gauges.  What kind of radio is that and where can you buy them?  It looks perfect.

Shapeways.com can print in a variety of materials and colors. Some metals as well (but this can get expensive).

@wombat just curious if you have photos of your gauge cluster with your spacers installed.

Yes. 

Kevin - Bay Area posted:

@wombat just curious if you have photos of your gauge cluster with your spacers installed.

@Kevin - Bay Area

https://www.speedsterowners.co...c/wiring-beck-guages

Let me know if this helps