Hi guys,

I'm contemplating moding my drivers side air vent to add a 2 1/16 boost gauge and was wondering if anyone has a pic of this. I've searched but have only found pics of the center vent & the cluster mod. I know this has been done before. Any pics/ info would be great... Thanks.


Modified by Boston_George at 10:16 PM 10/24/2005

 

I dont have any pics , but have 2 friends that have done it . Not a perfect fit , but if you surround the gauge with a bit of foam it will fit pretty well . Looks very close to flush too .

 

 

Thanks for the pic.... I'm going to pick up an extra drivers side vent today, and mod that one. I also have a new gauge coming in tomorrow. I'm thinking of gutting out the vent portion and placing the gauge in there, for a clean look.

 

That's a pretty cool idea, seeing as how I don't use my climate control at all (let alone have an airbox in my hatch) I might just do something like this in carbon fiber or fiberglass. Thanks for a sweet idea.

 

do this, its 100 times cooler i redid it with my dohc cam cluster tho, it looks even better in there

 

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I allready did that. I'm running out of places to put gauges where I can see them without looking away from the track too much. And no I do not have 02938490832475908173498570w938475q36q gauges, I just don't put them in spots such as the a-pillar, or on top of the dash.

 

im running 4 gauges, so there is no other choice in a sol but to run then a pillar set up. 3 in there, wideband in the cluster

 

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Center vents?

I took out the entire climate control system in my hatch to reduce weight and then decided to fill the center vent holes with gauges. I also have them where the stock radio was as well.

 

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That sounds lovely. Do you have pictures for us?!

 

You'll find that if the gauge is in the air vent, the steering wheel makes it hard to view without moving your head around.

Replace the clock, seems to be the best solution. But you lose your roof,trunk indicators.

 

because i cant tell when my roof is off

i never plan on putting the roof on anyways

 

The only reason I'm trying to stay away from the cluster idea, is that there's usually a 1/8th gap that surrounds the newly installed gauge allowing light to shine a ring around the gauge. Also there's an opening in the plastic cover. Don't get me wrong, It still looks clean but I rather leave the cluster stock. Someone mentioned that when a gauge is installed in the drivers vent that there's a small gap around it... I thinking that a piece or plastic or thin wood (painted low gloss black) would solve the gap issue, and make for a really clean install.

 

what kind of gauge cluster is this?

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looks like some generic ebay gauge faces. del sol VTEC stock gauges look 300x better IMO

 

better yet putn the gauge where your clock is in you actual cluster

 

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Ding Ding Ding!!!! And I'm really tired of them too, lol I'm taking them out when I get back from Springfield.

 

those are hideous gauges, anyone got a pic of the del sol vtec cluster whats different from the sohc version cluster (ex: s and si models)

 

heres my center vent gauge bezel. pretty easy to do, and it cost about $5 + some labor.

 

hey i was wondering if you can give me any websites that i could find aftermarket parts for a del sol as in engine and just about the hole nine yards and what would be the best thing starting out with. i just got a 94 del sol Vtec the other day and i have had trouble finding stuff on it?

 

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so having a higher redline makes the cluster soo much better? they look identical, correct me if i'm wrong.

 

from another thread

 

thats damn sexy, and you're from solon

 

i am from solon, why does that matter?