Am I missing something here?? 52mm gauges surely means the diameter of the gauge housing, not the facia and bezel I cut all my hols to 52mm and they fit perfectly first time ...

Also, you'll need to have sufficient space between the holes to get the bezels in.

Edited to add 'Also...'

[Edited by mook - 9/6/2002 6:32:44 PM]

 

I have a SM Centre Pod.

I want to cut three holes for the 52mm gauges.

Does anybody know which size hole cutter I need and any guidelines in marking/cutting the holes?

 

errrrrrrrr......about 50 mm?

 

Any advice in marking the holes?

 

Draw a square of the same width as the diameter you want to drill and draw lines across each diagonal. That's the centre point.

 

Cheers mate.

 

A pair of compasses ? Not the thing that shows you Norf !

 

what about a 50mm hole saw from your local diy store just mark the centre and away you go

 

Did mine with a 50 mm hole saw to fit 52mm Defi's. Tiny bit of filing needed with a half-round file afterwards to get everything perfect.

Word of caution if you've not used a hole saw before - go very light with the pressure on the drill, use a low drill speed and make sure that someone's holding the pod down. Lots of teeth = lots of grip = SM pod doing a 180 on the workbench in my case. That'll learn me!

 

And here's a pic of mine fitted