Formula Dash Panels
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I have a older 302 ... old guage set-up was just mounted to plexiglass , I used that as a pattern and built a model raising the guage base ( angled more twards driver ) and incorperating raised and angled bezels for each gauge ! Then made a mold of it !
Took me a week of playing with gel-coats to deside what color I wanted , but laminated the part Friday , will pull it tomorrow ! I think it will be kick-ass !
Took me a week of playing with gel-coats to deside what color I wanted , but laminated the part Friday , will pull it tomorrow ! I think it will be kick-ass !
#163
Last year Steve at Innotech did the 2 top panels over for my 1999 353 so I could fit in my gps. We went with the silver carbon weave as there was no white option at the time. He did a very nice job.
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Gpsmap 565 - there was no factory gps so i had a new dah panel made moving some gauges around and the gps fits as flush mount in middle. i eliminated my speedo which didnt work anyway. There is very limited room on the 353 dash as you know
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After downloading a dozen different templates of GPS's and finding nothing that would fit nicely, I did a litte surgery on the dash. I really didn't want to get involved in a major dash project in June, so I removed the factory bezels from the guages to make some room and was able to use the original panel. Here is before and after. I guess the next step is to hook up the Merc Monitor interface.
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A few years ago I called Formula and was able to get the name of the company that makes the dash panel for them. I ordered a blank one and put the holes in it the way I wanted so I could fit a charter plotter. Sorry, no pics because the boat was ripped off. When it was found it was stripped, including the dash.