Seicento Vauxsei Turbo 2013...

[sei16v]

Looks like a clean install and how long until police stop you about windows as for eqiptment put them under seats ?

The police aint too bad around here, and its not that dark really... so fingers crossed...

As for the gauges, i need to have them on the dash somewhere... But also somewhere that doesnt make the car look like its driven through halfords...

 

[BlueDan]

Those windows look around as dark as the rears on my Panda 100HP... which is, actually not that dark from the inside.

 

[centoproject]

As for the gauges, i need to have them on the dash somewhere... But also somewhere that doesnt make the car look like its driven through halfords...

thats a bit of a hard one unless you get some sort of lcd ones and put the in sun blind thing but im all for clean installs how about a digital dash fabricated into the original pod ? then you can return it to stock if needed without holes all over the place one idea i had was to put them in the speaker grills and tuck speakers under the dash

 

[BlueDan]

Replace the middle vents?

At the right level too.

 

[blu73]

i used the centre vent in my sei for 3 gauges, needs finishing properly as they are kinda just haphazardly chucked in atm. You can use the flap that moves open and closed for the vents to block off the hole behind the gauges.

edit: heres a pic, as you can see, thrown in atm, but some effort could have it looking like they are meant to be there.

 

[BlueDan]

Maybe fashion a binnacle too, to cut some of the glare.

 

[blu73]

yes thats one of the realisations since doing it, they are impossible to see in sunlight as they are.. There is some video's of a polish turbo sei on youtube with what i want it to look like when finished.. i'll try find it

 

[blu73]

like these but with more of a overhang at the top of the gauge.


as a random side point, found this one whilst looking, i really like it apart from the yellow.

 

[sei16v]

Cheers Blu for the pic/ vids... Think that might be a viable option for me... Although with my tint i wont need a binnacle haha...

 

[sei16v]

thats a bit of a hard one unless you get some sort of lcd ones and put the in sun blind thing but im all for clean installs how about a digital dash fabricated into the original pod ? then you can return it to stock if needed without holes all over the place one idea i had was to put them in the speaker grills and tuck speakers under the dash

haha ive already got the gauges sadly... Think il look at the central heater vent option, if i can have the pods deep so its flush with the rest of the dash.

 

[Honeymonster]

Couple of PLX multi gauges would have been the obvious answer here. One gauge can be used to display multiple sensors and alarm when any of them exceed preset limits. I was considering these but decided to fit my multifunction monster tac instead. It's not exactly subtle but has most of the information I need in one gauge. Still had to mount the egt and wideband under the stereo though. Also my knock gauge lives on the centre console to the side of the gear stick. I was originaly planning to try and integrate it like you have your wideband but it was just too hooj. LOL

 

[sei16v]

Well... who would have thought making a gauge pod from the centre vents would be easy...

It has been an epic (insert naughty word)....

I started with removing the vent, trimming up the plastic and then making a fit in piece of pine wood as the base to drill the gauge holes into.... This was hot glued & grip filled into place and left to set... When i drilled into it a good few hours later, it all moved, crumbled and made a right mess...

I'm trying to get the pod minimal, so it doesn't have sticky out gauges all over the place that make you look straight at it on the dash and nothing else.

Ive cleaned it all up, and this time cut out some plexi from a spare blank number plate (as its thin but strong)... This has been glued, then shaped into the panel with a carbide burr bit... and then skimmed over with some p40 both sides to keep it all hopefully in place. Its no where near done yet, im just leaving it a good 24 hours to set before attempting to drill and then fill/smooth with filler.

I really cant be done with a 3rd attempt lol....

At least the main clock seems to have turned out okay

 

[sei16v]

Now for the part that went ok... lol.. If anyone remembers the last XE dash, then you will know why im not building another haha!!

The main clocks...

I picked up a low mileage set of clocks on eBay for £9.99 posted (66k)

They came this morning, so i thought i would compare them next to the vauxhall clocks il be using... As you can see, there is literally no chance in mating the two...

So again, out came some supplies i had knocking around, and the dremmel....

Few bits of hot glue, 3m carbon wrap and a TV screen, i have a remote speedo set up!!

The vauxhall dash is all wires, including the speedo... so now i need to run the wiring to the boot of the car, and into a box in the boot with my speedo & camera set up... Ive got an old mini ATX case ready to cut up for this

The pics are hard to take as my iphone gets glare from the speedo screen.. In real life the display quality is great (CCD Camera)

Stealth dash FTW!!

 

[sei16v]

Had a quick go again with the gauge pods... I can re-wrap as it was quickly done to see what it looks like... Not sure i like it to be honest lol... might be binned, and il look at other options...

 

[centoproject]

All looking nifty to me howmuch nidoc do you have ?

 

[sei16v]

All looking nifty to me howmuch nidoc do you have ?

haha a fair bit of it... its not very good though, needs to be a bit more sticky

 

[centoproject]

I love the stuff but I used a different one on my punto imported from Poland its got better adhesive

 

[sei16v]

Well had an early wake up call this morning thanks to the postman.... Opened up my parcel to find my broken digi dash has arrived!!

Working ones are going for around £100 nowadays, some without wiring, and some without the transducers (speedo pick up).]

This beast cost me £40 inc postage, and a spare dash was £10 inc postage.... The dearer one out of the two came with wiring and transducer, so these alone are worth more than i paid....

Took a look at the wiring, gulp... toooo many scotch connectors, choco blocks for me, so these were all cut out, and the wires tidied.

Both clocks were stripped down, and working parts transferred between the two. At this point i removed the original light bulbs, and installed SMD lighting strips behind the circuit boards, to give a better output, which should be much better for my remote display.

All in all im pretty happy with it, and saved about £70-80...

Cutting back as much as possible at the min, after spending a fortune on brand new FK coilovers, and some pretty tasty 13 Inch wheels with new rubber... Just the cost of wobble bolts, hubcentric spacers and some next to impossible to find spigot rings... 68-58.1

For anyone who has never seen a vaux digi dash start up..... (gives a retro knight rider feel lol)...

http://youtu.be/gLnyBpPkHBM

 

[blu73]

My mum used to have an astra gte with digi clocks.. I loved that car just for the dash lol.

 

[arc]

My mum used to have an astra gte with digi clocks.. I loved that car just for the dash lol.

They do look awesome. I remember when I was a kid, a friend of mine's mum (also) had an Astra GTE with those clocks.