i searched, theres been a few in the past, alot of them are pretty old.

I want to get some feedback from people who mounted their gauges off the pillar. Also if you can state how visability is? Thanks.

Any really creative mountings out there?

 

on the pillar the visibility is fine.. I've been inside a turbo eg and you can see (he has) all 3 gauges fine. You can custom fit gauges around your radio/cd player area.. I know a few ppl that will do it for some $$ on H-T.com

 

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Ya im trying to keep them off the pillar, thats the thing. I can do the radio section install myself but im just looking for some different ideas and how they look.

 

what kinda gauges are you planning on installing

 

I have a Old pic of inside my car

 

thats....alot of guages...

 

I am really happy with the autometer 3-gauge pod that mounts on the dash.
see previous post for installed pic..


1 for the tach, 1 for the oil pressure and 1 for the oil temp.


THe way it mounts REALLY SUCKS..

I ended up screwing it directly into the dash...

but I like it

 

its a del sol but some good ideas, one is mounted pretty creatively in place of the driver side air vent
https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mitsuman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i searched, theres been a few in the past, alot of them are pretty old.

I want to get some feedback from people who mounted their gauges off the pillar. Also if you can state how visability is? Thanks.

Any really creative mountings out there?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Im guessing from the pic in your avatar that you have a CX hatch?...

If thats the case, you can mount them where the passenger airbag would be. My friend has them mounted there in his hatch, and it actually looks pretty sweet.

Im not too sure how well he can see them all though

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1995Civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im guessing from the pic in your avatar that you have a CX hatch?...

If thats the case, you can mount them where the passenger airbag would be. My friend has them mounted there in his hatch, and it actually looks pretty sweet.

Im not too sure how well he can see them all though </TD></TR></TABLE>

ya i mean i can mount them behind my seat too but will i be able to see them?

lol

im not too fond of that autometer pod that goes across the dash. specially if the fitting is not good. hmm ima have to think of something and post up....

 

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ya i mean i can mount them behind my seat too but will i be able to see them?

lol

im not too fond of that autometer pod that goes across the dash. specially if the fitting is not good. hmm ima have to think of something and post up....</TD></TR></TABLE>

First of all, its not a "gauge pod" that goes across/on his dash. They are mounted IN the dash...

And second of all...behind the seat and on/across/in the dash are a LITTLE different....just a tad. You can still see them, but its not like right up on you like a triple gauge pod across the pillar would be.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1995Civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">First of all, its not a "gauge pod" that goes across/on his dash. They are mounted IN the dash...

And second of all...behind the seat and on/across/in the dash are a LITTLE different....just a tad. You can still see them, but its not like right up on you like a triple gauge pod across the pillar would be.

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i was talking about this...




ya im sure you can SEE them if there put directly into the dash where the airbag was, but its pretty out of the way for my taste. although they look pretty cool mounted there i think.

hmm i need to sit in my car for a while.

 

This is how my ek is setup...yes, its kinda artsy-fartsy, but you get the idea
Visibility is great, its no different than if I wanted to check the time.
Also...its a lot better looking than silly pillar pods


You could do the same, if you moved your radio to another din (as with the optional audio console, for example)

 

^clean set up

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pdiggitydogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is how my ek is setup...yes, its kinda artsy-fartsy, but you get the idea
Visibility is great, its no different than if I wanted to check the time.
Also...its a lot better looking than silly pillar pods


You could do the same, if you moved your radio to another din (as with the optional audio console, for example)</TD></TR></TABLE>

wat kind of gauges are those?

 

vdo vision

 

what are some good gauges that won't cost you and arm and a leg and a nut like autometer?

Btw sorry to hijack your thread but I am curious to know too about other creative idea others have!

 

those vdo's look pretty compact. are they smaller than 52mm?

 

no, 52mm

 

well heres what i came up wth..... i dont have a blower motor/heater core and this is not my daily so.....

Looks WAY better in person, its not finished yet.

Started like this....


Layed some CF over it....


And got this....





Need to do the finishing touched like actual mounting and cleaning up the edges, o and the lights are for some switches i will be wiring up. they go on if the switch is on (duh)

??

 

^^^That is clean as hell! I like!

 

for someone using their head....... and some c/f....

 

thanks guys, n sitty cell phone camera. ill get a nice pic with my digi cam when its done

 

mail me ur template lol...

 

lol for a smalllll fee