{"id":1936,"date":"2026-04-12T00:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:21:41","slug":"lcd-dash-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/archives\/1936","title":{"rendered":"0. About The LCD Dash Display"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1936\" class=\"elementor elementor-1936\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb11d3b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb11d3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bda81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36bda81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-1024x391.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1939\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-1024x391.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-768x293.jpg 768w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-1536x587.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-2048x782.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-320x122.jpg 320w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-480x183.jpg 480w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-800x305.jpg 800w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/guges-600x229.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7208339 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7208339\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the LCD Dash Display<\/span><\/h1><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common question regarding the dash display is <\/span><b>\u201cwill it work on a stock Mx6?\u201d the answer is NO.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b><i>Well then what is it and what can it be used on ?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">The dash display was built to be an addition to an 1993-1997 Mx6 ( all engine and trans models) equipped with an aftermarket ECU capable of using Tunerstudio software. It was primarily designed around a megasquirt Ecu but its capable on any ecu using tunerstudio or tunerstudio canbus outputs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The King6fab dash display in the most basic explanation is an elegant way to hold a LCD screen with indicators in the factory gauge cluster position.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">It was designed to look like it could have been a factory option, unlike other displays that look racer inspired with minimalist look often being affixed on top of a dashboard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">The dash display is simply a way to hold a LCD screen, it does not feature any software or tuning capabilities alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">A way of thinking about it is, consider the dash display as comparable to a monitor you would buy for your desktop pc. Once you have the monitor you will need a device such as PC, Streaming stick, phone, gaming station, etc to display what you want on the monitor.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-953d170 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"953d170\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec5e3fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec5e3fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1938\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dsh-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da0364 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7da0364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1940\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dspo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2413d98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2413d98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da2ac4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da2ac4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b><i>So the dash display is basically a computer monitor in my car that displays whatever I plug into it, what do I need for it to show gauges?\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">This is where the versatility comes into play:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>You can utilize a tablet with tunerstudio or shadow dash to mirror to the dash display via HDMI cable.You can display gauges and tune right on the dash.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Pros: Often cheap if you already have a tablet.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Cons: You will need to manually initialize the software every time and set your screen to mirror. The touch screen is not friendly for tuning. Battery life of the tablet may be a concern.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><b><\/b><\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>You can utilize a mini pc with tunerstudio to mirror to the dash display via HDMI cable. You can display gauges and tune right on the dash.<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Pros: Often cheap if you already have a laptop, convenience of mouse and keypad on laptop.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Cons: You will need to manually initialize the software every time and set your screen to mirror. Relying on laptop battery life for your dash.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><b><\/b><\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The best option is you can use a Raspberry PI with TSDASH software that allows you to run the gauges independently.<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Pros:\u00a0 The dash display will boot up with your gauges automatically when the ignition is turned on.. The PI runs off your car battery.\u00a0 You can connect with a laptop wirelessly to the PI simultaneously with the gauges running and tune in the background.\u00a0 You can tune right on dash display by switching it from TSDash to Tunerstudio. You can even trigger and look at datalogs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Cons: Costly, intricate and a little complicated with not that good of documentation.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b><i>You&#8217;re getting excited, but wondering what&#8217;s capable of such a setup?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">With the full paid version of Tunerstudio you can create your own gauge layouts with as many variations and designs of gauges that you can imagine.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">You can connect a GPS and design a layout to display estimated power, mpg and performance.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">If your technically savvy you can create apps on the PI that can be displayed, the TSDash Software runs on PIos.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bc42b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0bc42b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-809d75f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"809d75f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1941\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/king6fab.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/files-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aee8e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aee8e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/king6fab.com\/product\/lcd-dash-display-build-files\/#tab-additional_information\">Interested in building your own LCD Dash Display? Click Here we have build files for sale.<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8802f63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8802f63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-760405b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"760405b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">What the LCD Dash Display Build Files Include\u2019s<\/span><\/h1><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">The build files only contain information to create the dash display.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">It includes:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">3D Print Files to print the Dash display<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">DXF File for the dash display<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Documentation of the print files<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Parts Needed Purchase List<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Assembly Guide\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Pictorial Wiring Diagram of basic wiring (software indicators)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Pictorial Wiring Diagram of advanced wiring ( external indicators)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">In the Print files are variations for the display that offer:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">External LED Indicator options<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Software driven indicator options<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Screen Protector Options<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Features:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">The LCD display is designed to fit into the factory gauge cluster mounting location on a 1993-1997 Mazda Mx6 ( all engine and trans types )<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Robust design accommodates wiring, external indicators, a screen protector and space for options.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Requirements<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Please see the parts purchase list to determine what this may cost you to build<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">To Print the dash display you will need:\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">A printer capable of printing up to 15.50\u201d x 6\u201d (393mm x 153mm).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">A printer capable of printing in materials such as ABS,ABS-GF,ASA or PETG<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Experience with 12 volt electrical<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King6fab dash display in the most basic explanation is an elegant way to hold a LCD screen with indicators in the factory gauge cluster position.<\/p>\n<p>It was designed to look like it could have been a factory option, unlike other displays that look racer inspired with minimalist look often being affixed on top of a dashboard. <\/p>\n<p>The dash display is simply a way to hold a LCD screen, it does not feature any software or tuning capabilities alone. <\/p>\n<p>A way of thinking about it is, consider the dash display as comparable to a monitor you would buy for your desktop pc. 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