got some pics of what im doin with my gauges, got auto meter sport comps. taken a lot of cutting so far, pretty much hacked the vents apart and cut away whatever, had a sheet of thin aluminum, cut to fit, used hole saw to drill 2 1/4 holes for gauges, and got angle rings from autometer to make them fit better. wiring is pretty simple, ganna wire all positive negative wires to the cigerette lighter, 2 gauges and three gauge bulbs, idont think it will be too much, 12v switched power, then a wire to the oil pressure sensor and a wire to the water temp sensor. i ordered a block adapter from stealthmode performance(if they are still open, they havent gotten back to me) and have a hose kit to mount oil sensor on firewall, not sure what im ganna do with the temp sensor yet, and boost line im ganna tee on fpr line i believe.. thanks for checkin it out, let me know what you think,


i didnt want to put them on the pillar, and didnt feel like cutting the whole dash apart to mount behind the black screen.. so i was drivin one day and was like .. put them there, plus my center vent wasnt working, which i could have fixed.. the little flaps just werent opening, but i think this will look pretty damn nice when im done, uses the factory screws and clips that hold the vents in...








glued the angle rings in, top coat, primer,primer, primer, looks decent.. spray bombed satin black.. will do wiring soon, waiting on block fitting still..



little blurry...





Modified by bburtonsk8r2 at 1:39 PM 3/21/2007


Modified by bburtonsk8r2 at 1:45 PM 3/21/2007

 

yeah, umm dont know what to say.
nice work?

 

Push them gauges back some more ... paint that plate to match your dash ... and tint the gauge faces ... you should then be lookin' clean

 

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agreed!! pretty nice work bro!

 

yea man, it will be painted to match, i have to do some more work... they arent even wired yet

 

Props. Lookin good so far.

 

Good job so far.

 

Looks alright so far.

 

That looks good. I think you should take street_ride14's advice as well. I would consider doing that to mine but I'm in Florida. Those vents are like gold in the summer.

 

no a/c, and heat is hot, ill be alright with defrost and the side vents, its nice to drive around with sunroof open and windows down...

 

Yeah son, looks nice so far Buddy This car has been a work in progress, soon to be one of the fastest street preludes in MD

 

Move boost over to far left side ?

 

yeah water temp would be the farthest away in my car, i would rather see if my oil pump blew or if i had a huuuge boost spike.

 

Nice work.

 

I am going to do that.

Looks awsome.

 

Looks nice, where did you get those gauges?

 

all the gauges are clearly visible from the drivers seat, i had to cut more of the original vent out for the vacuum line for the boost, so i prob wont move it, plus im not even boostin till next year, ganna be ready to rip soon though, i got all the gauges at summit, i think it was like 150 with the angle rings. been on vacation for a week, should be wiring these up in the next week, will post pics of the complete install asap.