View Full Version : a-pillar progress **installed!**
Pinebox
03-11-2003, 06:32 PM
well progress has been slow. I haven't had much time to work on this lately. But I did get it ready for painting, so I dropped it off yesterday afternoon. It should be done tomorrow or Thursday.
Yup, it's for all 3 gauges :banana:
click here for a few pics (http://hometown.aol.com/pinebox4u2/PineboxCougarGauges.html)
more pics to come
ShinyBlackCat
03-11-2003, 06:47 PM
Oooh that's gonna look hot when finished. Nice work!:) Where'd you get the pods from?
EDIT: Got any pics of your car from the front? I'd like to see the OEM CF hood on a black car.:)
Pinebox
03-11-2003, 07:24 PM
the black pod is from Lotek (http://www.gaugepods.com), it's origianlly made for a 2nd gen Eclipse, and heavily trimmed
the tan pillar is just an OEM part from Ford.
sorry, no pics of the hood, yet.
MileHighCougar
03-11-2003, 10:11 PM
Very nice I have been throwing the idea of doing this around. Cant wait to see what it looks lik finished.
ProjectCougar
03-11-2003, 11:24 PM
Looks good man, I like creativity... I am doing something along the same lines... 2 Gauge pods are useless these days... I am locating 6 gauges in my car right now and its hectic....
Pinebox
03-13-2003, 11:15 AM
well, I picked up the pillar last night. and oh does it look good!!!!!!!!!! I'll try to get some pics this weekend. If I don't install it first. Then I'll get pics of that.
PuckPuck
03-13-2003, 12:35 PM
I can locate 7 guages for you James
3 in driver side pillar
2 in the center vents
2 where the ashtray goes
and you still have room to mount one of thoses huge tachs on the dash cluster bezel :)
Knibbs
03-13-2003, 10:00 PM
looks good.. you made the same mistake i did.. how you gonna get the gauges into the pod?? or are autometer ones you can put in after installing the pod??
Pinebox
03-14-2003, 11:01 AM
mistake? no, Autometers you can push in from the front side, makes them real easy to install in the pod.
Estiem
03-14-2003, 04:08 PM
omg.... PLEASE... for the love of God, please don't put monster tach's on your dashes.
you guys always talk about how bad 'rice' is... then ya go and pull an unclebens. unbelievable.
but the 3pod is coo. personally i'd have just tacked a spare cup onto the 2pod for the cougar. ;)
Pinebox
03-14-2003, 05:13 PM
oh don't worry, no monster tach for me!!
ProjectCougar
03-14-2003, 05:36 PM
Pinebox, not trying to hijack your thread... just going to answer Pucks question...
PuckPuck... Remember I cannot use my pillar cause of roll cage... I can't use my ashtray area cause I have my headunit there... Remember the Kicker Pod? Oh ya well I am gonna do that and then 4 gauges where the airbag used to be... Right now we are installing 6 gauges...however with the addition of 2 Nitrous bottles, you can add atleast 2 more.
Pinebox
03-14-2003, 06:16 PM
no worries here about the hijacking
but it looks like my install is gonna be pushed back a week or so. bad weather this weekend. so without a garage, it makes working on the car a real chore. But it's not like I'm on a tight show schedule or anything.
MileHighCougar
03-15-2003, 05:38 AM
omg.... PLEASE... for the love of God, please don't put monster tach's on your dashes.
you guys always talk about how bad 'rice' is... then ya go and pull an unclebens. unbelievableSince when did something useful at the track become ricey?? A tach and shift light comes in very handy at the track.
Pinebox
03-24-2003, 04:38 PM
Well, it's installed and working! :banana: :banana:
yssupkat
03-24-2003, 04:47 PM
custom_images/emoticons/shocked.gif looks gorgeous!!! congratulations on making it look so good!!!! :biggrin:
RigaTony00
03-24-2003, 04:56 PM
Looks good. Nice work. :)
Tony
GrandMasterKhan
03-24-2003, 05:50 PM
That a pillar is sweet! you could also put a gauge in the drivers side vent making 4 gauges on that one side.
BTW i love my 5" tach. The stock tach is .5 seconds slower than the autometer and could be off from 500-700rpm during a race or at the track. bad bad!
MileHighCougar
03-24-2003, 11:43 PM
Couldnt have said it better myself Khan!! :) That is amazing Pinebox!! I really like, you ever in Colorado?? If so you should make one of the meets!!
MercMobile
03-25-2003, 03:19 AM
that's beautiful! VERY nice job!!!
Crispy
03-25-2003, 10:43 AM
great skill on getting it to look like it came that way.... AWESOME job! I still need to hook up my second gauge.. doh!
Pinebox
03-25-2003, 11:12 AM
thanks for all the comments!
countless hours adding filler, smoothing, more filler, more smoothing..... but, it was worth it.
it's a little strange driving with it. I've never had anything on my a-pillar like that. I keep wanting to hold it up while I'm driving. :goofy:
Rikenbomb
03-25-2003, 06:59 PM
It looks freaking awesome man. A nice touch to the car for sure.
What color and brand of paint did you use and how well does it match?
Pinebox
03-26-2003, 11:12 AM
I had a body shop paint it. So I don't know what brand they used. But the color and texture are almost a perfect match. You'd have to look real close to see any difference.
Babybluz
03-26-2003, 02:31 PM
Sweet setup....that CF really pops out against that tan A-pillar. very nice work. congrats.