First thing was to remove the door, measure a bit more and drill some holes. I covered the door when I was going to drill with duct tape and this actually came in handy for 'measuring' because I could count the perforations in the duct tape.
It's a pretty tight fit, I probably cut the holes just a bit too 'high'
You can see how it gets some of the inner lip at the top.
I was a bit concerned at first that cutting out this much material would make the door flimsy but it's not a problem, the door is double walled. I was curious as to how much weight I was adding. Looks like just under 20 ounces.
The door itself weighs just under 30oz.
Here it is installed (but not all of the gauges are hooked up yet). I would note that the farthest right gauge is a bit difficult to see. I am going to put the volt meter there. Also, the far left gauge gets blocked a bit by the steering wheel. That's going to get the fuel pressure gauge.
The guages fit very snug in the holes, in fact I used a files to open a few of them up a bit ore. So I am not going to bother with the mounting hardware. (I had two gauges already and they have been fine for the past few years).
You can see I got rid of the glove box a while ago but I think this would work with glove box still in place (although it takes up most of the space).
Next step is to wire up the gauges. When I am done from left to right:
Fuel pressure, oil pressure, oil temp, trans temp, AFR and volts. I am also going to add an 'idiot light' (led) for low oil pressure.
I picked up one of these and test fit it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P ... UTF8&psc=1
This will be used for pressure, temp, idiot light and also fuel pump shutoff switch.
great idea
