CON2R Featured in F-100 Builder's Guide

CON2R was recently featured in not one, but 2 articles in the Fall 2019 issue of the F-100 Builder’s Guide Magazine. Be sure to pick up a copy here for the whole articles, including step-by-step installation instructions for both CON2R steering wheels and our F-100 Direct Replacement Instrument Set.

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CON2R is a family run operation of of Beaverton, Oregon. It makes some of the highest quality and most customizable steering wheels on the market. Its wheels offer the most design choices and options for your build with more than 1,500,000 variations available on the custom wheel builder.

We have been big fans of the guys over at CON2R for years now and when building ‘Ol Red, our 1961 Ford F-100 Unibody, we thought running one of the CON2R steering wheels would be a perfect match, which also lead us to create our own set of custom gauges.

CON2R Gauge Install

CON2R wants to bring custom instruments to the masses and the company does so with a high-end quality product. For example, the designers mold the rear faces of their housings to capture the texture present in factory designs and replicate the layers and windows found in the originals. When they add functions, such as tachometers, and replace idiot lights with gauges, it is always guided by the “make them look like they are supposed to be there” mantra.

: The coolest part is custom designing your own gauge set – here’s a look at what they came up with for ‘Ol Red, designed on the CON2R Instrument Builder

: And there she is, the completed instrument set. How cool is that?

: Here’s the factory instruments and bezel that will be replaced with some new hotness.

: Next, we removed the screws securing the bezel and factory instruments.

: Next, we removed the screws securing the bezel and factory instruments.

: The new CON2R gauges will pair quite nicely with factory bezel.

: We used a 3 1/4-inch hole saw to drill out the two side gauge pockets on the factory bezel.

: Here’s the factory bezel drilled out and ready for assembly.

: Next, we applied E6000 multi-purpose adhesive to the back side of the bezel and installed the supplied mounting hardware on the adhesive and let it set.

: Next, we applied E6000 multi-purpose adhesive to the back side of the bezel and installed the supplied mounting hardware on the adhesive and let it set.

: Once set, we could install the supplied glass to protect the gauges with more E6000 adhesive.

: Next up we installed the gauges starting with one side and working our way to the left.

: We screwed down the two side gauges but don’t fully tighten just yet.

: There is some movement which allowed us to clock the gauges and get them straightened out..

: Once the two side gauges were clocked, we went through and tightened down for final assembly.

: Next, we went back to the center for the main cluster and did the same process as before with a snug fit then adjusted before final tightening.

: There she is! Man, what a cool set of custom gauges.

: With the bezel and instrumentation completed we could move on to wiring. When we removed the factory cluster, we made sure to mark everything out.

: We started the wiring process by soldering all of the LED lights together to make it a cleaner install.

: All wired up, nice and clean for a quality install.

: Here’s what we were working with before starting the wiring on the truck itself.

: We installed a new temp sending unit since the factory one wasn’t working before.

: Since our truck only had an oil dummy light but not a full gauge, we installed a T-line for the oil pressure sending unit.

: Once wired, we plugged the new gauge harness to the truck harness.

: Once wired, we plugged the new gauge harness to the truck harness.

: With everything plugged in and double checked we could reinstall the bezel.

: With everything plugged in and double checked we could reinstall the bezel.

: With everything plugged in and double checked we could reinstall the bezel.

: Dang, she looks good!

: Dang, she looks good!

CON2R Featured in F-100 Builder’s Guide

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