Gauge barely doesn’t fit

[grumpy356]

60mm gauge and it just barely doesn’t fit in the hole in the panel. Does anybody have a source for a grommet or a doughnut?

I can try to cut one, but because it needs to be kind of tight, I don’t think it’s going to be real easy.

I tried to just caulk it in place and there’s too much wobble and it gets too messy to get an acceptable result.

A lot of times I post these threads and y’all have a real simple solution that I’ve just overlooked, and I’m hoping this is the case.

 

[grumpy356]

 

[posford]

Time for a new hole saw

Gotta be some sort of trim ring you can add

Find someone here with a 3d printer to print something

 

[grumpy356]

Time for a new hole saw

Gotta be some sort of trim ring you can add

Current plan is the holesaw a piece of tin about 2 3/4 and then come inside that and cut the 60 mm pole, just keeping everything held in place and not twisting it up. It’s a great concern of mine, and I want it to be halfway aesthetically pleasing.

 

[chaplinfj60]

maybe these

 

[grumpy356]

maybe these

For $5.00 I'll give it a try

 

[chaplinfj60]

For $5.00 I'll give it a try

and iff it a little sloppy leave the backing in there and fill with clear silicone or what ever works. the outside should be able cover the hole and look the look.

 

[Clb]

Boat welting?
Thinking of edge treatment

 

[ZSK]

Something like this might work also, or just run a slit down some small fuel/vacuum line. Edge the hole, pop in the gauge, snug up the bracket.

Door Edge Guard

 

[pennsylvaniaboy]

split hose? like vaccum line?

 

[Fishbone333]

Duct tape

 

[87manche]

3d printer

make a nice black ASA bezel that reduces the ID of the hole down.
probably find a bezel someone's already designed and then just resize it because I'm super lazy

Seven Gauge Bezel by hoff70

It's a bezel for the Seven Gauge here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:243236

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Speedhut 4" and 2-1/16" Bezel Adapter for Celica by CNCentury

4" and 2-1/16" Bezel adapter for Speedhut gauges to evenly mount gauges that lock into the first gen Celica gauge cluster. Threads are modeled in the 3D file and can be printed. 4" Gauge bezel threads = 20TPI 2-1/16" Gauge bezel threads = 24TPI Most gauge panels may have warped cluster holes...

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AEM UEGO AFR Gauge, Custom Bezel by blixten100

Custom bezel with a lower profile than the one that is included with the gauge. Threads onto your gauge just like the original one. Use supports if you print it with threads towards bed. (Nicer looking front) FYI thread is M57x1.5 (Took a while for me to figure that out) Finer layer height makes...

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[AKnate]

Weld the hole smaller?. Just a few tacks in 5 or 6 spots.

 

[TTMotorsports]

I had to open up the hole a bit bigger and used some door edge guard. Once all installed you didn't even notice it.

 

[NOODLES]

Hole saws are sloppy. Make a bezel. Next time use a hole cutter.

 

[grumpy356]

Hole saws are sloppy. Make a bezel. Next time use a hole cutter.

I ordered a ring from the guy who cuts my labels.

I was replacing an existing gauge, and it was cut by Honda. If I cut it, it would be right

 

[NOODLES]

Nice. Looks good.