Thread: My SVII project (lots of pictures)

I bought a Shift ViewII back in February of '07 from BackinBlack (BACKINBLACK's Grand Prix electrical mods page...) as a Birthday present to myself. I didn't really start working on the project till August of Last year, and its been on and off as you can guess or see.

So getting down finishing it up, and thought I would post up some of my work showing you where and how I mounted my display, since you kinda have to be on the "creative side" to install it somewhere neat and useful with in view.

I have seen a lot of installs where it was in the factory gauge cluster, or in the DIC display...but never one out board so to say. I thought this would be a cool and useful place to install it for my tastes, so off I went with my project.







Figured since the factory hazard button is always staring me in the face and out of place off centered on the steering column I thought I would mount the SVII display right next to it and give myself two "humps" now centered and aligned next to one and other so its balanced now, and still with in view.






Using the spare hazard button from my RWD turbo Grand Prix donor car, I turned it around backwards from how the factory one sits cause the back side is larger and flatter. I just cut a small window in the front for the display, and cut out a part in the back for the connection and the rest was cut and dry from there.






The only bad thing or mistake I made was instead of setting it by melting the plastic together as a hold while I affixed it with epoxy was it moved on me, and is slightly higher than I would like it to be. Exactly .0665" higher Call me anal LOL.Its too late to cut out and reset it or adjust it, so I will just live with it.





Covered the JB Weld with some POLLY putty for the next step and gave myself a nice smooth transition.




I added some more JB Weld around the bottom of it to insure it does not come loose, or move on me. And here is a couple of bottom shots to show the tight fit it was and how I notched the plastic of the main steering wheel surround so I could get it in there easy and hold tight.



What do you think so far?

The final pictures wont be posted up till after September (after the BGPM '08) cause I am working on something quite unique for my interior for this year.
Lets just say it will be pretty damn ultimate, you'll have to wait and see.

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sweet. make me one.

that's pretty cool!!!!!

More pics now!!!

Thanks for the comments.

As for more pictures...not till after the Branson Meet. You will just have to wait and see the finished product. It will be well worth the wait, trust me.

I'll make a video of the shift view in action once its completed so those that don't have one or know what they do, or look like can see it in working order.

It came out pretty good, though the housing moved on me and dried that way, so its like .0885" higher than how the stock hazard button sits. Not enough for anyone to really see except me, but its going to drive me nuts, I just know it. Too late now to change it. LOL

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I too have seen some various mounting options for the SVII, but that one is by far the best I have seen to date. Im going to have to order me one now that there is such a creative place to mount it so that its in plain view. Very Nice Work!!

Originally Posted by GR8racingfool

Not enough for anyone to really see except me, but its going to drive me nuts, I just know it. Too late now to change it. LOL

Hence the reason your car is so perfect . You must be very annal about the details which is a good thing. That is a great idea for a place to but the shift view, something I would have never thought of.

Ya, I guess I am kinda annal. I got that way because my dads a perfectionist at all he works on...guess I sorta inherited that. That...and dealing with the public at my old job working on, or building their custom bicycles that cost around $4 to $5K. They were pretty picky about everything, but I never let them down.

It took me quite a while to decide myself where to mount it. Thats why I am just now getting around to installing it since I bought it. LOL I didn't want to rush into it and be regretting it later...so just thought about it for a really-really long time.

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