Actually, this should reduce the "breakage" issues. Other than the relays (intention is to mount under hood), control switches will be replaced with microcontroller logic. Guages will be moved from mechanical to digital. LED bar graphs for or 7 segment numericals, and in the case of performance data like throttle position, air flow, o2 reading, error codes, etc, these will be stored on an SSD with time stamp and GPS data that will be displayable on both the on board LCD and readable in a text editor on a computer. Engine data will be retrieved from the OBD2 port (pass through for external readers) and can be disconnected with a tug.
So I'm fixing the broken fan controls, busted light switches, flaky speedo, tach, and temp guages, busted ignition switch and preventing the continued draining of the battery by an idiot leaving the lights on, in the most complicated way possible.
And admit it, you'd take a digital HUD over a stock dash... Once I get my up and running you'll know who to talk to.