On 2003 lightning the top part of dash just right of center looks to be about 8" wide and about 24" long how do i remove this piece is it held on by clips or do i have to remove radio to get it off thanks ????

 

If your talking about the surfboard looking thing,,it just pops off.
Just get something under it and pull it up so you can get your hand in there and pull straight up.
It has clips that just snap down.

Phil

 

Thanks Phil, what i had in mind was using a triple universal pod to mount gauges have someone who can work with fiberglass blend this into the surfboard and repaint of course they will have to be a hole cut in surfboard for my wires to go thru mabey my body shop can do this TOM

 

HI!... I did something similiar but molded it into the hard plastic of the dash.

 

Neal that is one nice piece of workmanship, i wish i could buy something like this at a reasonable price, nice man nice

 

Here ya go.
This guy makes them custom!
http://www.lightningrodder.com/forum...tom+gauge+pods

Phil

 

Thanks phil, for the info i checked out the site little out of my price range but good looking mods. :o TOM

 

Yeah,,,there not cheap!!!
That's why I don't have one...lol
I like Neal's better anyway.

Phil

 

HI!... Ya mine was pretty cheap. SVTSTEVE2 here gave me the dash top for free. I then bought a 05 WRX STI Autometer triple gauge pod, and trimmed it to fit. A buddy of mine that does custom sub boxes and stuff did the rest. I think total was like $250(CAN).

 

I would rather have them built in,,but for now I just stuck them up there.

Phil

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...8-100-0204.jpg

 

HI!... Hey, your trucks interior matches yours houses exterior. lol!

 

Where is our automatic head light eye, located on 2003 lightning thanks

 

I plan to do something similar to neals when i get time, and figure out what gauges i want to do. I already bought that dash piece for about 50 bucks from ebay.

 

I have read somewhere that lo-tec might start making the surfboard for F-150 and lightnings two and three gauge pods i plan on emailing them on monday. Anyone have a Fomoco part # for the surfboard. Thanks Thier e-mail is admin@gaugepods.com

 

That surfboard you are going to try to fiberglass to is actually very bendable rubber. If you were to remove this part after the truck sat in the sun you could bend the part in half like a noodle. Bonding anything to it and thinking it won't crack down the road is almost impossible.

You will also learn once you apply fiberglass over the rubber surfboard it will warp from the heat as it cures. There is zero rigidity to the part.

I hope they make it with clips if they plan on making it thin like there pillar pods. Once you install gauges, it will be top heavy and be a nice flying object in your passenger's face during a collision. Mine was heavy urethane and over 1/2" thick in parts with the oem mounting tabs molded into the pod. I'm actually done making these so really don't care either way. But, will be interesting to see how they solved several issues I had to deal with.