F100 Custom Dash Panel from Intellitronix

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I just received my cool dash panel from Intellitronix. 
It is one of their new products.
This is the Artic White. They also come in red, blue etc. For $795.00 you get everything you need from adjustable gas gauge to a programmable speedo, sending units, turn signals, high beam indicator, auto dimming for night time, and ebrake warning light in the middle. As a bonus it has a built in clock/odometer/trip screen (bottom middle) which is real cool too.  Comes complete and uses your stock or aftermarket gas gauge. The idea is to place this in the modified stock dash.
I removed my stock dash, cut out the center, epoxied in a 1/4 wood panel and covered it with Flannel.

I Glued the flannel down with 3m glue and then added fiberglass resin to make a smooth dash. See the video below to see how you can do it.

Here is where I got the idea to modify my dash.




Here is the dash after all smoothed out . I created a template from the dash and placed it .



 Took a hole saw and made quick work of the dash, then followed up with a cutoff wheel.



 Ready to Test 


Fits yeah!

 So I thought it would be great to create a textured dash panel so I used Duplicolor truck bed coating in the tall spray can. You can find it at your favorite parts store for around $9.99. The can still may be blue in your area. This is the newest can style.

Here it is with several thin coats. I sprayed about 2 feet away so it would give that grainy appearance. Experiment with distances on cardboard before your final piece.






Fits!





Dry enough to test fit the panel... Nice



Bought a 18 gauge 12 pin pigtail from Vetco in Washington state. $7.99 plus $7.00 shipping.  The gauge has 13 wires and I am not going to use the Ebrake warning light so 12 pin should be fine. I guess you could use the ebrake warning light for a 700/L460-E lockup verification light or electric fan or whatever.  



On to soldering and heat shrinking.

Now Mounted



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