Where can i get a cheap white faced 5" tach. I dont want to do a console swap because of my white faced gauges and the carbon fiber that i have around there. (Yes i do like it and dont want a 100% JDM car)

i have been looking around and it seems that the white faced tachs are about 100 bux more...WTF!!!


[Modified by fifthgearonline, 1:05 PM 12/31/2001]

 

any ideas!?!?!?!?!

 

I've looked too and thats the cheapest I ever see. Not even ebay is a good source on this one.

 

You are going to have to bite the bullet on this one and shell out the loot.

 

What's wrong with your factory unit?

 

$100 bucks is not alot for a 5" tach. I got mine from summit for $89, it is a 5" with shift lite but it has a black face. I believe Nopi sells them fairly cheap as well, but you aren't gonna find one for less than $80 if you want a 5". They usually run about $200+ for the really nice ones with all the fancy equipment, and I think the white faces run a little bit more expensive.
But like I said, you can get an autometer tach for about 90 dollars, and that's a great price


[Modified by CivicGirl114, 11:56 AM 1/2/2002]

 

I dont think DX's came with a tachometer from the factory! Not sure though.

 

just bite the bullet and spend the around 100 for it.
Go: --> http://www.autometer.com/

 

mine didn't that's why I got the tach for my car......
a gauge cluster from an SI would look nice too, but they cost just as much as a tach, if not more!

I agree, you should just bite the bullet and get a tach......it made a world a difference in my car. I wasn't revving it out at all, and it wasn't easy to go by the speed. My car was .5 seconds faster at the dragstrip after I got my tach, b/c I actaully knew how far I could take each gear. I wasn't just relying on engine sound.

 

i have a 98 dx and i didnt really like the 5" monster tachs so i did this...
<u>before</u>

<u>after</u>

 

bahh i wish i could get that si cluster into my car.
and ~100 is the lowest ive seen

 

yeah...that's what I said! get an si cluster

but beware of the redline

 

I heard it was a tottal bitch to get the si cluster in? Because I love how it looks and would love to swap it into the civic.

 

unless u get swap


is that a joke? um it took me 2 minutes to put it in...3 plugs from civic go in same spot on si cluster...2 min installation

maybe its diff for diff year into diff year..like eg si cluster into ek or vise versa


[Modified by tr4il, 5:22 PM 1/2/2002]

 

Really?? Damn Straight! Im gonna start lookin for one then

 

yeah....its not a hard installation!

and you don't have to me.....tr4il!
I didn't know you had a swap, but for all us little dx engine owners, the redlines won't match up! duh! gosh lol

 

i didnt mean the the way u did...sorry!!

 

ok.....I was just messing with ya!

 

i got an SI cluster...heheheheheeeee

 

hey tr4il i love that people are finally getting factory tachs that show up to 9K instead of ugly monster tach's

but since this is the EG forum.. anyone know what model car the 9K tach comes in?

 

yea no tach, and call me a ricer but i dont care, i have carbon fiber around the cluster right now, and my white faced gauges would not fit if I did a console swap. I also would not get an SI cluster, since my cars not an SI...if anything the LX, or HX cluster would be better since they are closer to my cars engine


PS. i said that they are about 100 dollars MORE
i have found 5" tachs that i liked for 114 bux, but the white faced veraions are around 200 bux. IM probably going to end up fixing my computer first since this POS is about to die. so the tachs going to wait a little bit


[Modified by fifthgearonline, 8:12 PM 1/2/2002]

 

I agree, getting Si stuff all over an Ex/Dx is a little...............

 

tachs dont come cheap,..autometer is probably the most popular brand out,...but they dont come cheap either,..most people have autometer tachs so i got a pivot tach,..but the pivots cost more then autometer,..look around for a used autometer,..you might find one cheap,..try http://www.theparstrader.com ,...heres a picture of my tach