Dakota Digital dash help
 

I just picked up a NIB Dakota Digital instrument setup(all digital) and NIB billet door sills on Craigslist for an amazing price. It was excess from a hot rod shop build and was never installed.

I have 3 instrument bezels and the left side gauges(fuel & volts) on the digital cluster seem to be about 1/4" off to the right. The picture on their site shows a 1970-72 bezel but it also says it fits 1970-78. My bezels are from a 1977 and fit my stock gauge cluster perfectly. Has anyone else had this issue or know how I can correct it?

I do have an email into Dokota Digital's tech support but I doubt I'll hear anything for a couple of days. I'm also going to go over to NPD to see if they have a bezel that will fit. Thanks for any help.

You are correct about the bezel. Heck the gauges will work all the way to 81. The lay out is exact except for the blinkers and eventually the check engine light. Anyhow to your question. I don't know of anyone with a DD dash. To each his own on that one. There new stuff is ok but that old one has a calculator feel to me.

Post up some pics, maybe we can all come up with a solution.

Damon, I wasn't too keen on the all digital instruments either but when I got it and saw it in the bezel I do like it. The price was great. I got the complete NIB dash kit($765 from Dakota Digital) and the NIB billet sill plates($292 from Jegs) for $300.

I'm going to go to NPD tomorrow and see if the 70-72 dash bezel is a fit. The pictures of both the digital and analog clusters are below. The difference is subtle but the digital fuel and volts gauges are just a bit closer to the speedo than are the analog gauges. I hope you can see it from the pictures.

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Hard to see but the left gauges are offset to the right about 1/4"
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It wouldn't by any chance "bend" to conform to the bezel when its all together would it? Maybe have to slice and dice then reassemble with thin sheet metal (aluminum) zip screwed to the housing somehow. I can see it in my head better than explain.

It was a good deal you got. I have a set of NOS plates my ex bought me for Christmas years ago before they got all taken up. They make a difference when added to new carpet for sure.

Well my trip to NPD today was productive in a way. The salesman was great and brought out all the possible parts combos from the catalog. The OER dash bezel fit exactly the same way my 3 stock GM bezels did. I found out that OER has a problem with the dash lens assembly that they're selling. Their rear housing and dash bezel are correct but the lens assembly doesn't fit even their branded bezel. I came home and swapped the lens assembly from my stock cluster and low and behold it fits correctly. Problem solved. Now all I need to do is clean and polish the old lenses and I have a good digital dash setup.

A couple of pictures of the fixed setup and the billet door sills.

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Gauge marks sells the correct lens. Those sill plates are nice. I was thinking stock, I like those more and also think they help tie the gauges to the rest of the car.

The sill plates are really nice. they're thick billet aluminum and look great. My wife's dad was an engineer at Fisher Body for a lot of years so I wasn't sure if I'd get flack for not having the Fisher Carriage Works badge on them. Thankfully she's good with it.....lol.

I'll have to email Gauge Marks to see if they sell just the lens assembly. All I saw was complete packages. Thanks for the sources on that and the epoxy primer!

Its cool. After 15 yrs owning this and that Camaros. I've learned the good spots.

I'm on my third although the prior two were back in the 70s. My first was a 69 that I did extensive mods to and the second was a brand new 77 base model with nice level of options. In between were a bunch of daily driver boring rides, except snowmobiles as I lived in Alaska for 22+ years. This one is taking time but it's fun learning new skills. Next time I'm headed to the west side I'd like to get a hold of you and swap stories.