I'm glad I came upon this post! I have a 1978 D150 with a very dim dashboard... I have been trying to find a template to change my gauges to something more modern!
Thanks for watching! I've had my set of NVU gauges in daily driving for about 8 months and I've had zero issues with them so feel free to check them out 👍
The gauge vendors originally asked to see if the gauges fit the panel. The correct answer is some do and some don't. Butchering hard to come by dash panels is a very high school way of replacing gauges. There are companies that can restore the original gauges. Anyone that feels the need to hack and trash these original panels should get a piece of aluminum or stainless plate and build one from scratch.
As Nightwrencher mentioned, using a hole saw on a pre-existing hole can be dangerous, especially to fingers. I did use hole saws on the left and right wings of the dash panel. On the small pre-existing dash holes, I used a 2 inch round grinding wheel on a power drill. It widened the holes and removed the tapered tunnel behind the holes.. So, the 2-1/16 gauges fit perfectly.
Have you tried to install the loaded bezel into the dash? Im curious to see how much you have to wrestle it in. Also, is there an actual link to these gauges? I looked at their site and not sure what setup would work correctly in a late bezel.
Hey man, so all of their 2-1/16"(52mm) gauges use the back housing so as long as they are the right size, it should work the same. Just pick a style that you like and get the right gauges. They only offee 3 sizes and the speedo size is the 4-3/8 one.
Do what I did and buy a dash out of a salvage yard. My stock dash is stored in pristine condition in case I would ever want to go back to stock. The one I bought will be modified just like Nightwrencher did. ps.: thanks for the video. I was trying to figure out how to do this, but now I don't have to recreate the wheel, so to speak.
I'm glad I came upon this post! I have a 1978 D150 with a very dim dashboard... I have been trying to find a template to change my gauges to something more modern!
Thanks for watching! I've had my set of NVU gauges in daily driving for about 8 months and I've had zero issues with them so feel free to check them out 👍
Working on a 78 D200 myself. Very helpful, I'm trying to find parts and stuff to restore it.
It gets very difficult because theres not a lot of reproduced parts for these trucks so we have to retrofit a lot of stuff.
The gauge vendors originally asked to see if the gauges fit the panel. The correct answer is some do and some don't. Butchering hard to come by dash panels is a very high school way of replacing gauges. There are companies that can restore the original gauges. Anyone that feels the need to hack and trash these original panels should get a piece of aluminum or stainless plate and build one from scratch.
Defintely upgrade from the factory setup!
It sure is!
This is great and exactly what I'm looking to do with my 77. How difficult is the actual wiring up of the gauges?
Not hard at all since they come with their own senders. I'll have videos on that soon too
Cool nice job
Thank you!
Wouldn't it be cool if all the New Vintage USA gauge cups were actually made to fit the bezel holes without modifications ?
In an ideal world that would be cool but the truck bezel is one of the rare exceptions where the gauges actually dont fit right in.
As Nightwrencher mentioned, using a hole saw on a pre-existing hole can be dangerous, especially to fingers. I did use hole saws on the left and right wings of the dash panel. On the small pre-existing dash holes, I used a 2 inch round grinding wheel on a power drill. It widened the holes and removed the tapered tunnel behind the holes.. So, the 2-1/16 gauges fit perfectly.
Very nice 👍
Have you tried to install the loaded bezel into the dash? Im curious to see how much you have to wrestle it in. Also, is there an actual link to these gauges? I looked at their site and not sure what setup would work correctly in a late bezel.
Hey man, so all of their 2-1/16"(52mm) gauges use the back housing so as long as they are the right size, it should work the same. Just pick a style that you like and get the right gauges. They only offee 3 sizes and the speedo size is the 4-3/8 one.
Can you get the link to those gauges for me?
newvintageusallc.mybigcommerce.com/72-80-dodge-fullsize-truck/
@@NightWrencher thank you
It won’t let me add them to my cart to purchase them
Ya right destroy my dash,your not too bright
OK, keep you stock gauges. I don't really care what you do.
Do what I did and buy a dash out of a salvage yard. My stock dash is stored in pristine condition in case I would ever want to go back to stock. The one I bought will be modified just like Nightwrencher did. ps.: thanks for the video. I was trying to figure out how to do this, but now I don't have to recreate the wheel, so to speak.
What is wrong with you