Or plan I guess.

I did a rough mount of the dashboard and gauges today, and of course, I drilled holes in the frame for the mounting brackets too soon. Two of them interfere with the gauges, so I have to relocate them. But anyway, here's how things are looking right now:

Dash.jpg

You're probably saying to yourself: Mladen, that just looks like the standard pre-cut layout plus a hole for the hazard switch. And you'd be right. Here's what I'm thinking of doing:

Dash Plan.jpg

These are the changes I intend to make, from left to right:

- At the top, a switch for the air intake fan for DS footbox. Bellow, a cable pull (same size knob as light switch) to to close the air vent
- DS seat heater button
- New location for light switch knob (current one will be blank)
- Location for heater knob. Thinking with these two is that I'd like to keep them together. By moving both to side it will preserve some symmetry, but not be too close to the ignition switch so you hit it with your knuckles
- PS seat heater button
- Same as DS, but air controls for the PS footbox

As I mentioned in my build thread, I like keeping the controls visible and accessible, plus I'm using custom billet buttons for everything so want to show them off as well. The leftmost controls are the biggest concern of being too close to the door or cowling. I'll keep them tight to the speedo. Most of the speedo isn't visible from the steering wheel anyway.

What are your thoughts on the vertical positioning of my dash? I have the edges aligned with the 1/4" loop, but that way the middle is drooped down a bit. Also, thoughts on the space between the dash and steering wheel?

DashWide.jpgSteeringSide.jpg