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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster7 View Post
    Looks fantastic! Gauges should look right at home.
    Thank you! If Summit's tracking info
    Is correct they should be here tomorrow. Guess it helps that they have a warehouse in Ohio.

    Instal will have to wait for my fathers's help. I can do most things but i really really dislike wiring.

    Also have a set of 949Racing lugs nuts. Noticed my cheapo Autozone lugs have began to rust. Cant have that.


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    "Gauges" have arrived. Now to find time to install them.










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    Love the clock. Now get Adam to make some custom faces!

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    This is quickly turning into one of my favorite builds. I love the simplicity and the few shiny touches. Sometimes less is more. Keep it up!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster7 View Post
    Love the clock. Now get Adam to make some custom faces!

    Thanks!

    Already ahead of you....I messaged Adam before making the gauge decision. He said that unfortunately the Autometers cannot be taken apart and re-faced. IIRC only AEM gauges can be refaced. And I wasn't a fan of the price of those or the look. I prefer the analog classic loo

    I chose the Autometer traditional chrome series because the trim ring and the faces seem like theyll blend will with the interior. Numbers and markings arent too modern nor too vintage. The orange needles have me thinking about painting my OEM needles to match. Someone here had the Stirling gauge set with orange needles; ill have tk see how it looks. Ill get the Autometers mounted and installed and go from there.

    This particular design has a very large line so eventually Ill be able to get matching boost gauge etc.


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    Quote Originally Posted by RustRat View Post
    This is quickly turning into one of my favorite builds. I love the simplicity and the few shiny touches. Sometimes less is more. Keep it up!


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    Thank you so much!! Humbled and honored.

    This car is becoming my dream car. Trying to do everything right to make it a nice classy driver.

    After these gauges are wired in, next interior projects is the head Unit -less music setup and to re-do my door panels and finally mount the LE speaker panels. Interior will be "done". Then to start on new suspension.


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    Set them in place just to see how they'd look.

    Photos are awful but you get the idea. Gloomy day here so car is in my poorly lit garage.

    It looks amazing seeing the gauges in there while looking into the car from rear quarter view without a roof on.






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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul B View Post
    Autometers cannot be taken apart and re-faced.
    Send them to me, I'll take them apart.


    Seriously though, surely they can be disassembled somehow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster7 View Post
    Send them to me, I'll take them apart.


    Seriously though, surely they can be disassembled somehow.
    haha I believe what was said to me is that disassembling makes it so that they cannot be put back together properly. Im not too worried about matching the gauge faces perfectly. Just excited to be getting the interior where I have always wanted it.

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    The other day I was checking tire pressure and washing the car and noticed my cheapo slotted Autozone lug nuts were chipping and getting rusty.





    Ordered up a set of 949 Racing lugs. Had a set on my old car with these same wheels. Figured they were a great option.



    Security was not an issue for me. Car is always garaged at home at night. Parking at work is in secure lots. Any other place car goes, it is rarely out of my sight, ie: ice cream stand, car meets.

    Damn these lugs are soooo light. One of the cheapos is much heavier than four 949 lugs. Many weight savings. Such bonus.







    They're pretty too and match the 949 6ul wheels and the 949 valves.

    The seat on them is much wider than the cheapo lugs. I like.








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    Nice! I was always a bit worried about durability in alloy wheel nuts, but a lot of guys seem to vouch for those!

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    Quote Originally Posted by HarryB View Post
    Nice! I was always a bit worried about durability in alloy wheel nuts, but a lot of guys seem to vouch for those!
    I imagine over time and many on - off cycles from wheel changes and extensive track abuse may take a toll on them but for what this car is used for there should not be any issues.

    Emilio seems to know his stuff when it comes to wheels and things that touch wheels. Ill trust him.

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    I have these and they are top notch - definitely an improvement from your old lug nuts!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster7 View Post
    I have these and they are top notch - definitely an improvement from your old lug nuts!
    For sure! Im going to have to pick up a scale one day and weigh the old lug nuts. 16 949 nuts were soooooo light.

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    That's what surprised me too, the weight. They feel uncomfortably light, but have been great for ~50k miles so far.

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