What struck me first is that this whole thing is being given away. The maker built a custom multi-screen digital instrument cluster around an ESP32, fitted it into an actual vehicle dashboard, and then released the code as open source along with a set of how-to videos. For a project with this level of finish, that generosity deserves a spotlight.
On the hardware side, the console has an upper housing and sits behind an NRG aftermarket steering wheel, with two aftermarket gauges mounted in the air vents alongside it. The maker coded the dash to accept either canbus data or analog feeds from a non-canbus vehicle, and in my view that is the detail that makes this genuinely reusable in other people's cars.
The screens themselves carry customized graphics and layout, with orange and blue lighting to match. The left display covers fuel level and coolant temperature, while the centre screen shows the gear selection, currently reading N. The main tachometer sweeps from 0 to 9, marked x1000r/min, and the readouts on show include an odometer at 4510.4, boost at -1.2 PSI and an AFR of 16.4.
The open question for me is how discreet the whole setup appears from outside the car; I would be curious whether it reads as factory or clearly custom at a glance. Even so, between the dual data input support and the documented build path, this looks like one of the more complete dash projects I have come across.
Project by traviscea. Watch it on their YouTube channel: