the few people who actually read this thread have probably already seen this, i wanted to document my stereo delete pocket mod.
i'm not sure of the brand, but this stereo delete pocket has a removable face making this mod very easy and very clean.
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i cut out a filler panel from 1/8th" raw ABS and shaved off 1/8th" off the delete pocket (so it would snap back together with this panel in place)
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i posted on "Fabrication Nation" on facebook asking the best way to cut perfect circles in 1/8" ABS and most replies involved using a CNC machine or router. Since i have neither one i began to investigate using a hole saw bit. I got a private message from a member of the facebook group i had posted in and he owns a CNC machine and does custom panels for switches, gauges etc. and offered to cut a panel for me. He showed me some of this work and said he'd cut a panel for me at no charge if it'd pay shipping..... of course i agreed.
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i think it turned out pretty neat... i've never been one to have good luck with plastic in the past.
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i cut the back off the delete pocket to be able to mount the gauges and run wires etc.
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at first i wanted only the air ride gauge.. but then my OCD kicked in and i thought a round gauge in a rectangular housing would look odd... so i decided on two gauges to break it up a bit. I had already given Alan (the CNC guy) the go ahead on dual holes... and after he had cut them, i found out that matching the gauges was going to be really expensive... since the dakota digital air ride gauge kit was already $350, it would have been $300 MORE for a matching tachometer... so i purchased a cheaper brand but has different color lighting to pick from and one of the colors matches the dakota digital gauge.. so that was my move. I picked a tach as the second gauge because i have the moonie cluster and my current tach is mounted under the dash... and i rarely use it anyway.
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as dark as my tint is, when lit up, these gauges hopefully won't look so mis-matched inside the truck. either way, it'll work for now.