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I hate gauge pods, and for the most part I hate interiors littered with gauges. I know they are neccesary and I will need a Boost gauge, oil press., EGT etc but I don't want 6 little autometer gauges all over my a-pillar and dash, It would be nice to have a small LED disply in the coin holder spot that gives all this info, anybody an elec. engineer that can figure that out? Any other ideas? cheap ideas?

D.

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I have the same problem. I don't want a big ass gauge pod on my pillar so everybody sees it and thinks/knows I have ---- done to the motor. I haven't figured out where to mount them so they are still visable and functional. It sucks because the pillar is such a good spot as far as vision. Anywhere else you have to look down or away from the road. :-\

I was thinking about scrapping my entire stock gauge cluster and replacing with a 5" tach, EGT, Boost, oil pressure, and water temperature. The only downfall is I won't have a speedo, but the damn thing doesn't work anyways. :-\
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Eliminating the stock cluster would be cool, but there goes the Stealth look. Besides I NEED a speedo. Although this looks cheesy, it does do what I want, it's just a bit pricey
http://www.egauges.com/images/intell...Pics/ORV-1.jpg

If I could fit this under the stereo, it would be well hidden but still easily read, I like it much more subtle looking though.

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I'm not a fan of digital readouts. With sweep gauges you can train your eye to know where it's at without looking directly at it.
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i'd just buy one of these that holds 2 gauges and mount them on the steering colum of whereever you want.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...p-3289/c-10101

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argh. not really my style. chrome parts don't go near my car.

D.

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Wow, those are pretty gay. If I had a Metro I wanted to pimp out I might go for that, but no.
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put your gauge's in the glovebox duh, then pop it down when you start to drive, plus it wont attract thieves

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Yeah, because the glovebox is in my direct line of sight when I'm driving. :P I thought the point of having gauges was so you could see what was going on?
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no, thats why you spend a lil more money and get a boost gauge with a warning led, then look @ the peeks on the other gauges :P

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Is someone parting out knight-rider ??

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^ Thats what I was thinking.

About the guages in the glovebox, you angle them towards yourself. You have to look over at them which is a bit of a pain in the ass, but definately sleeper. I've seen a few supras done up like that.

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Knight rider, good one. ;D Like I said, it looks like crap but it's closer to what I want then this:
http://img35.exs.cx/img35/9093/MAREA1.jpg

This car is my cars polar opposite
http://img35.exs.cx/img35/5145/marea3.jpg

Yikes. Anyway, maybe I'll build something into the glovebox, that's the easiest way.

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this is what i did with mine, its working out so far,

http://www.customcivics.com/~brandon...l/DSC01138.jpg

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ever heard of paint? i got good deals on my a/f gauge and boost gauge. one had a chrome bezel the other had a gray bezel. i painted both bezels semi gloss black and they look awsome. this is what i used to mount both my gauges, i ordered it in black though and from aem i think it was:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...p-8714/c-10101
i don't know what car you got but they had it for my car. 99'si

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That looks clean, would look even better with black faced gauges, but clean anyway. Unfortunately the EG doesn't have quite as big a spot as that on the dash.

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yeah i wish they were black face but i got them for free for helping a guy with his website! ive thought about putting ricerriffic white fauce overlays to make them match better.

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If you got money to dish out you could go with one of these http://www.defi-shop.com/product/con...ncept_top.html
I think you have to get a bunch of stuff to get it to do what you want.

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Wow! What a sleeper! :D
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I plan on picking up and extra center vent for my ED, trimming the vents and mounting my guages in it, then making a flat black cover OOORRRR you take a really high quality photo of the unhacked vent, attatch it to the cover and if anyone looks in it'll just look like the vents 8)

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A flip up cover would be cool, I was looking at the dash this morning and maybe I can build them behind the vents in the centre and integrate some sort of flip down cover.
The Hi-res pic of the vents would be very funny. 8)