If you end up having to weld each piece 6 times, your production costs and adding in your time are going to make this more expensive than the Mantis. Hopefully that's only on the prototype. As you know, I also manufacture a product, and every day I try and find better ways to cut down on production costs. Keep working on it and good luck. Did you get the pics I sent?
Was the original Mantis stamped as one piece? That's why it was so expensive and went away.

 

original mantis was machined from a solid piece.

These will most likely be a limited run, like the mantis was, so I'm not too concerned about my time. I can pretty much set the price where I want it, and do alright I think.

 

Ya know, I was sitting in my car the other day trying to come up with a solution for gauges in the car also and I found a location that I would like. Some of you may not like the idea but I think it would be pretty cool to mount the gauges right behind the sun visor some how. If something could be molded to where it looked factory it would be awesome. The reason why I like this idea is because it doesn't get in the way of anything else in the car such as the AC vent, or the ashtray, and you don't have to worry as much about matching the interior if you made an A-pillar pod. The only problem this poses that I can see is being able to see wires and etc through the windshield and also when the sun visor is down you wouldn't be able to see the gauges.

 

yeah, that may not be as widely accepted. I've heard a few complaints from taller guys that they have a hard time seeing stop lights w/o leaning forward pretty far. Gauges there would only make that worse. I'd like to see it done though, give it a shot.

 

If you can make one just like the mantis for 50.00 i will buy one tomorrow .... I dont know anyone that doesnt like them ....but what they charge is
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nobodys making them, thats the thing. hell, mantis isn't even making them now.

I COULD make one just like the Mantis, gauges sticking straight out, and that'd be easy as hell. What I'm trying to do is more involved, and I really really hope it doesn't look weird when its done. Biggest issue with angling them is that you need to keep a flat face to mount them against, so I'm dealing with multiple surfaces. I dunno, hard to explain. You'll see when I get a pic I guess.

 

Hi ..
Any progres or pic . ??