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 Posted:Jan 23 2003, 10:09 PM |
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I dont know what mazda were thinking with they designed the center console on our cars. The stereo area is actually a couple of centimeter's bigger than a single DIN.. so of course i have an aftermarket clarion deck in and an aweful damn gap which is a hassle to cover up...
Show us wat you did to yours, i came across 2Rusty's great gauge setup, i'll probably do something like that with an air/fuel, egt and perhaps volt or oil pressure gauge...
as you can see looks pretty damn neat.. any1 else came up with something different... i was going to get a led air/fuel meter and hook it up on a panel but after the install i wasnt happy so i pulled it out... bleh anywayz.. show us what you've done 
btw 2Rusty.. how long did that take you? i pressume putting the sender wires thru the firewall would of been a pain  i had to pull out the grommet to make the hole bigger how did you attach the panel? |
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| Posted:Jan 24 2003, 04:47 AM |
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 Now I am embarrassed because the backing for those gauges in that pic is actually just temporarily pinched in there. It was a bad install to begin with that I always meant to do a little more professionally. It did look better but when I installed the new stereo I had to tear it out and right now I'm waiting for some new center console parts before I jump back on the project.
Glad you like it anyway. I like the gauges there because they almost have a stock appearance like in a BMW Z3. You are right, the center console is a little strange because of the double din stereo and other garbage that came stock. You should not have to deal with a gaping hole, however. There's a very simple aftermarket stereo install kit for these cars which covers it up with a blank panel. Still the negative space that left is what prompted me to put in some gauges there.
Going through the firewall wasn't too big of a deal. I stuck my head underneath the dash and saw a hole where sunlight was coming through so I just used that and fortunately it was big enough.
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| Posted:Jan 24 2003, 05:59 PM |
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2 rusty...nice leg there lol jk
frank i cant even remember seeing a gap in urs....i must be really stoned whenever im in ur car lol
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| Posted:Feb 4 2003, 11:16 PM |
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Well I had the full factory unit with Graphic Equalizer and Ihad to use a double DIN unit with tape DVD control and single CD player to fill it up but it still left a small area of about 1 cm in space then I used a boost quage and stuff now I am waiting to get something new to fill it up with.
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| Posted:Mar 7 2004, 11:50 AM |
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how about this? its the crutchfield install kit for the cd player with the Blitz DTT and air/fuel guage and boost guage from a mustang saleen.
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| Posted:Mar 27 2004, 03:41 PM |
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machine, just curious how you had that metal backing plate made. I would like to do something like that only black in color.
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| Posted:Mar 27 2004, 11:44 PM |
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| I made that cover out of the original cup that was there(sun glasses holder) and a sheet of aluminum. First i cut a hole in the plastic cup for the wires to run out the back, then cut 2 holes in the uluminum for the guages and 4 screw holes. I lined the aluminum up with the cup to get the correct placement and then drilled 4 pilot holes for the screws. The screws are from what you would see in a bathroom in say a retail store(very cheap but look great) After that i brushed the aluminum and clipped it in. thats all |
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| Posted:May 11 2004, 11:06 AM |
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ok i know i might sound like a newb but ignore that, i recently bought a 1st gen mx6 turbo, and am having difficulty removing the center console so i can install my headset, are there any tricks to removing the console??
any help would b great |
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| Posted:May 20 2004, 11:05 AM |
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| my standars 1 is fine, i will try to get a pic for ya's soon but it's just this big plastic square and the cd player fits nicely above it. |
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| Posted:Mar 6 2005, 12:37 AM |
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this is how mine was... and all other up here in norway got that litle plate above the player, and the player fits perfectly there... its orginal stuff up here 
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| Posted:Aug 14 2005, 11:35 PM |
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Well mine isn't as creative as the others but thought I would throw it up anyway, the holey metal came with the headunit so I used it to give a bit better support to the unit and bought the little headunit sized neon when I was getting some speaker cable, I'll come up with something better eventually. But for now...
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