like the ones in the Bimoto TT that would be pretty cool to watch your friends try to start it with the key and when they look at you and say wtf you just tap the button and stare at them like there retarded

 

I would definitely pick up one Mantis style ....What period of the time are we talking about

 

A month maybe. Gotta dig around the shop and see if we have any scrap aluminum I could use, if not, order it. Cut time on the jet, weld time, potentially anodizing or powdercoating (the latter is easier for me to get done) unless you'd want it bare/brushed aluminum.

 

A month , **** yes i can wait ..... I like to have the OEM look so anodizing , powdercoating should be fine maybe brushed aluminum too , i need to see it
I thing you will find meny people happy to buy it .

 

that would be sick. The mantis is by far the best looking gauge pod. If you made a replica and have the gauges angle up a little bit it would be perfect. If i ever sell my damn tiburon and get a tt i would buy one... alot of ifs... but it gets my vote.

 

I did the 12v supply mod. I need to go back and work in it a little bit. The spring popped off so it won't close correctly, but other than that, it's a pretty neat little mod.

The RS Designs pod was a limited run from a few years ago. He made them with Coupe or Roadster etched into the design. I can't find any record of it any longer.

 

i wouldnt mind the a-piller thing, like with most on here just dont like the visibility on the manits

 

The 'first draft' I made tonight was just a cardboard mockup. Looks like it'll be a little more involved than I'd like for production, but I'm going to go ahead anyway. It'd be totally sweet if I had a die and could stamp them as one piece, but it looks more like I'll be welding a total of 6 pieces to make one gauge pod. There will also need to be a bracket to attach it to the locations of the ashtray. Doubt there will be any welding there, but its still another part with some assembly.

Celebrated Cinco de Mayo tonight, aka, ate mexican food and drank corona at my buddys place, so no camera tonight, and no pics of a cardboard pod w/ gauge installed. That was an odd sight.

Think Im gonna need a name for this thing, any suggestions? At this point, its just 'MKO', or mantis knock-off, although it isn't really, since I'd consider it an improved design, at least I hope it'll be improved.

 

sounds cool man! im excited to see what you come up with.

 

Me too .............

achTTung gauge pod - sounds cool