might b a stupid question...
i have an aftermarket tach in the car right now...i just ordered a new one offline an i was wondering if i would be able to jus cut the wires from the new one leaving like 6 inches of wire an cut the old tach off of its wires n just connect the new wires to the old tachs wires..i really wuld rather do that then go all the way through the process of wiring a tach again

 

compare the two wiring diagrams. if there the same then yes you can just splice the new one into the old wires.

 

it will look stupid and kill resale value

 

how wuld it be stupid? all i want to do it use the wires from the old tach and put them to the new one...how will this even be seen? to look stupid?

 

i think recaroem2 was refering to having an aftermarket tach. but you said you already have one so i dunno the point of his post.

 

its stupid to have an after market tach? i have a VP and my car doesnt even come with a tach to begin with

 

some ppl consider them ricey. i think if done right it would look fine. where are you mounting it? i have an ex so i have one factory and it is nice to have.

 

yeah i kno...its sumthin good to have and thats the only thing that disappointed me about my car..lol..i never saw a 2005 witout a tach ...an on top of it..its manual

 

it used to be pretty common for manuals not to have tachs but it is rather suprising on an 05. a shift light would work nicely as well.

 

yeah i know..its wierd...but i bought a 2 1/16 tach...a small one to fit in the pod that i bought..i ordered that and the volt gauge cause i have alot of electronics

 

did you get autometer? that will look better then one of the 5" tachs. i have the autometer voltmeter in my car to. its on the top of the dash in one of hte chrome gauge cups.

 

i decided to go with defi.. i personally dont like the big 5 inch tachs but thats just my preference..i wanted the small one that fits into the gauge pod...and i checked the wiring...the sunpro tach has red,blak,white,green wires. whereas the new tach has red,black,yellow,green..should this still be ok?