NE1 have custom or aftermarket dashes, gauge clusters? Idea?

[LAWFISH]

I want something different for the 67 Post dart 340-6 Dart. I was wondering if anyone here has made a nice custom dash, guage assembly or is there a decent one out there/aftermarket.
I know Rocky mountain dashes builds one but I think they are high priced and i AHVE read too much negative about them

Thanks

Dave

[moparrr07]

i have never heard anything bad about them and would absolutly buy it again, he custom did a couple things on mine for free and was very easy to talk to, i bought mine before the price went up but they are very nice pieces

[rjsjea]

I bought mine from RockyMountain and thought it was resonably priced and looked awesome when arrived.  Custom fabbed aluminum ain't cheap

[LAWFISH]

i have never heard anything bad about them and would absolutly buy it again, he custom did a couple things on mine for free and was very easy to talk to, i bought mine before the price went up but they are very nice pieces

I have heard several people who were very disappointed but they involved the E body ones.  Can I see some pics of the two who have posted thus far?

LAWFISH

[sycboi]

Here's my RMD and gauges...

[abodyjoe]

i have never heard anything bad about them and would absolutly buy it again, he custom did a couple things on mine for free and was very easy to talk to, i bought mine before the price went up but they are very nice pieces

I have heard several people who were very disappointed but they involved the E body ones. Can I see some pics of the two who have posted thus far?

LAWFISH

  there was a couple guy on moparts bitching about the sanding marks and how long it took to sand them out for paint....   i have one and really don't see what they were complaining about...  then again we are talking about moparts here.. they have to be the biggest bunch od complainers out there...

  it was funny the one guy said for the money you shouldn't have to sand it in order to paint it...  i asked him how many magnumforce front ends did you go through before you got one to fit? and i'm sure they are allot more money then the dash.      it took him three...

[moparrr07]

this picture does not do it justice at all

[Bakaruda]

Here is mine.

[west]

It's not as nice as the rmd dash but for $20 in aluminum and a couple of afternoons I'm happy with it.
i cut it in three pieces to make it easier to work on the car.

[rjsjea]

    I dont have the cut-out for the column because I use an ididit steering column

[moparrr07]

west, it looks like our nees have a pretty good view of those gauges

[mopowers]

West:  I like what you did.  It's nice having the custom look without spending a bunch of money.  What did you paint it with?

[west]

i have some offset bezels i will put in to reangle the gauges but i can still read them now,it just looks funny.
the grey paint was done by a painter friend who has one of those big mixing machines.the code was #327.I am going to paint all of the interior panels this color.

[flyboy01]

I think the RM dashes look great, but I dont like the recessed bezels, I prefer a flat panel to mount the gauges on.

I made a cardboard mockup of how I want my dash to look, originally I was going to make it out of aluminum, but I decided to make it out of steel and blend it in with filler. I also wanted to make sure I could see the gauges through the wheel.

[Duster440]

Here's my RMD. A coat of primer and a little sanding was all the prep needed for paint. They could probably do without sanding them - which is just to clean up their tool marks. But it didn't create a problem either for paint. Powercoat might be different story.

[MikeR]

I sand them here, 80 grit DA sander and we get them powder coated and they turn out great.  The E-Body deal is that the dash pad has to come out for the dash to fit, then the pad can be reinstalled.  Ours is a one piece and the factory piece is two piece.  We think the one piece is a cleaner look.  We've had customers upset because the dash isn't ready to have anodized, I think we'd have to polish them to be ready for that... we don't polish them.

I built one similar to what Flyboy is building before we started RMD, it's was fine, worked great.  There's also redline's plastic gauge pod.

[moparsky]

MikeR, that is one great looking Dart in your post. Any more photos ?

Do you still build & offer the dash you made before beginning RMD product line, like FlyBoy01's ?

Thanks!

[fstbackfish]

I really like RMD'S work.I plan on gettin one for the cuda sometime.

[MikeR]

The dash I made originally was just for my car, never "produced" them.  Here are more pics of my dart.

[Duster440]

We've had customers upset because the dash isn't ready to have anodized, I think we'd have to polish them to be ready for that... we don't polish them.

Yeah, the surface prep for annodizing has got to be perfect. The labor would add a ton to the cost. I love my RMD. Love your Dart too Mike!

[MikeR]

As far as the E-bodies go, I think we're fine, we're supplying the dashes to the XV Motorsports guys.  For the A's we're working with the Barton guys on 50 Hemi Cars with A/C.  I try (although it's not always easy) not to let a few guys, that seem unable to be pleased, get me down.




Thanks guy for the compliments on the car, it's pretty dang fun to drive!

[moparsky]

Mike, thanks for the extra pics, that Dart is a beauty !

[Jim_Lusk]

While not cheap these days, the 67 Barracuda dash is a nice swap.......

[Think3205]

this picture does not do it justice at all

Is that a RMD piece? if it is, i didn't know they sold inserts like that...

['73Dusta]

Great pictures guys. Now I really want one.

[68dodge]

I want something different for the 67 Post dart 340-6 Dart. I was wondering if anyone here has made a nice custom dash, guage assembly or is there a decent one out there/aftermarket.
I know Rocky mountain dashes builds one but I think they are high priced and i AHVE read too much negative about them

Thanks

Dave

Dave, made this one myself.

['73Dusta]

68dodge. Nice work.  That looks really clean!

[demon340v]

i got mine for my demon ebfore the price jump and i really did nto do any sanding whatsoever. All i did was lay down some self etching primer then hit it with some flat black and she was done!

[75Dart440]

this picture does not do it justice at all

OOOOOhhhhhhhhh.......ME LIKE!  Who makes that instrument cluster??  That's a very nice looking piece of Mopar Bling!!

[6469mopar]

 HERE'S MY RMD ,POWER COATED BLACK CHROME

[PureGTS]

  With all these dashes being replaced, I don't suppose anybody has the radio/climate control section for a non-A/C 68 Dart? (I sold the car with the original radio and a perfect dash. I bought it back with that piece hacked out for a DIN mounted radio.  Some people have no respect...) I had to ask... 

[norwaycharger]

I made this simple dash using thin steel plate and some exhaust tubing

[68dodge]

Norwaycharger that looks very nice!!