Instrumentation

I received the remaining switchgear and dash lighting from CBS Online in the UK. This allowed me to go and sort out the final placement and do the fitting. I fitted the steering wheel (tapered spline so its not coming off anytime soon!), and then was able to slide in and see where everything should go. For the additional warning lights I masked up the carbon fibre, did some set out and then drilled pilot holes in increasing sizes until I could get the step drill in. From here I widened these holes out to 14mm diameter, and I also used the step drill to enlarge the existing holes. For the round switch gear I simply used the Dremel to enlarge the holes to get a snug fit, and the rocker switches just snapped into the rectangular holes with no dramas. 

The gauges are the VDO Cockpit Vision family, and they are easily fitted with screw on backings. These came from Airco in Sydney, who are the distributor for VDO. They are well worth a visit and were very helpful and friendly. My loom was already wired for VDO gauges which made it that much easier to choose them. Visibility of the top of the speedo and tacho is an issue, so I have also purchased a Shift-I light cluster for the top of the scuttle to help with watching revs and shift points.