Group - a nice trick for Nitro Z8/Z9 owners (2010+) if you need a little additional space to flush mount or surface mount (as I did) your electronics - you can remove the sunshade bezels on the Speed/Tach gauges to gain additional space left/right on the console.
Originally I considered removing the Speedo to gain more room on the console (it only worked the first trip and I use GPS anyway). This was going to open another can of worms - trying to figure out how to cover the hole once it was removed so this was a last resort - luckily when removing it found that the bezel was made up of two parts and removing the outside ring (sunshade) gave me the additional room I needed for the HDS 12 mount. I haven't put a ruler/caliper on the bezel/sunshade but it has to be worth about .50-.75" of space (for each gauge).
The Tach is very simple as it only has a single connector (wire bundle) - so just remove/loose two small brass nuts on the back of the gauge/backing plate - loosen the gauge, disconnect the connector - remove the gauge/bezel - then reinstall - literally takes about 3-5 mins. The Speedo is a little more complex as it has several push-on connectors but isn't too bad to get them on back in order (just note how you pulled them off).
My boat is a 2011 but I am guessing this would probably work with any Z8/Z9 boats from 2010+ as the gauges look to be the same.
Bezel-Sunshade-2.jpgSpeedo-MinusBezel-3.jpgHDS12-Surface-Mount-4.jpgHDS12-Surface-Mount-3.jpgHDS12-Surface-Mount-2.jpg
I posted this trick on the Lowrance forum - but figured this would mean more to Nitro folks.
http://www.bbcboards.net/lowrance-ga...ea-5025-a.html
Good Luck.
-Jonathan