Anyone done this before to their Toyota?

My dash is looking a lil ĊĊĊĊty (plus it's brown) so I was thinking about doing an aluminum dash with aftermarket gauges once I get it driving. I figure I can do it in a weekend.

 

might look cool but a human face will not take the impact too well

 

true but a perminate diamond plate scar across the forehead is a great converstaion starter

 

82s didn't have air bags and in imo hitting a dash is the least of your worries.
Plus it's a trail rig.

 

on a honest note it would look good if you did it right a lot of rigs run aluminum dashs...

 

Yea, I can easily pull it off. I thinking of engine turning the aluminum.

I'm just wondering if anyone has done it and can help me either the wiring.

 

Been surfing around and got some ideas.

I'll post up what I got when I get home tonight.

 

Now here's a question, is the factory speedo electronic or mechanical?

 

I'm pretty sure if your Truck is a 82 Hilux, it would be Mechanical!!

 

Hmmm...now I'm not sure on how to do an aftermarket speedo.

 

They make mechanical aftermarket speedos. They also make mechanical to electrical gizmo's that work too.

 

Yea, I've found that.
I need to pull it apart and find out for sure. Autometer does make sensors.

I'm trying to get a sort of idea going in my head.
I'll have a 5" speedo and tach plus water temp, oil pressure and fuel gauges.

I found a switch panel from 12vguy which I'll use to control fuel and inginition, I'll then place a flip cover and lock over it so it'll be secure.

 

Getting ideas: http://www.12voltguy.com/catalog.0.html78.0.html

I'm starting to do some ghetto drawings in paint.

 

Here's a picture of an aluminum dash that I found a while back. They look cool but Autometer charges SOOOOO much for their products.




Props to the guy's insanely nice truck too.

 

Very sweet. Gives me too many ideas seeing that engine in their.

Here's what I've come up for switch panels:

 

I uploaded the wrong dash design, will fix later.


And there's the dash design. I'm liking it personally.
The center console will come back and around the shifters then into an arm rest with maybe a lil cubby hole in the top for storage.

 

Thanks to Slacker for providing me with a wiring diagram, I can get this thing under way. I'm thinking about getting the aluminum in about a week or so depending, then I can start on it.

I'm going to toss the factory heater and use a Flex-a-lite Mojave heater in it's place.
I've got other stuff to do on the truck but it's too damned cold.

 

I realized yesterday that I posted the wrong dash layout, here's the real one.

 

Thanks Tony!

That weblink provided some real inspiration...
Now, if I can just talk the ol' lady into waiting on the kitchen remodel!
Hmmmm.....

 

Did you ever get this dash in? did you or has anyone installed an autometer speedo into the SR5 truck? Curious what you had to do to to the cable to plug in? I just bought one on ebay and will be building a dash soon since my truck won't really have much of an option to put the stock one back in...

Thanks,
Khris