I finally went to the Rons Performance and bought another pack of Autometer ring gauges. I absolutely love these things. There are so many neat things you can do with them. After epoxying my other ring to the Expedition console piece I was left with this:

After the epoxy dried it was time to fit the gauges:

I had to trim on the corner of one of the gauges due to them being mounted at an angle. After I was satisfied with how the gauges fit it was time to get down to the dirty work. I applied small coats of Bondo due to this stuff drying so fast in the high 80 degree temperature we have right now. Here's what it looked like after a couple of coats:

Here's another picture after a several more coats of Bondo:

I still have to do more coats of Bondo and then sand everything down. I'm sure I'll have more filling to do after that. After I'm happy with everything the console piece will be painted gloss black. More pictures to follow....

 

Use plastic weld under the bondo and the peice will have alot more strength.

 

I wish I would have thought about that earlier! Oh well, she already has a good bead around the rings. It's pretty sturdy the way it sits.

 

If it flexes at all when installed it will separate from the plastic. I have ruined several custom parts this way. Using the plastic weld as a base has solved this problem. Just make sure to hit both parts being bonded with 36 grit sandpaper, the rougher the bettter. Hell my filled mirrors have no cracks in them after 2 yrs of use.

Bondo is great if used on a sturdy no-flexing part. If used on a flexable part its crap.

I need to find a wide mouth console insert like you have so I can finish this project.

 

I'll send you my console insert if you send me the gauge pod.

 

Tampa, thats going to look incredible when you're done, make sure you post pics when its finished.