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Old Dec 12, 2005 | 07:56 AM
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Hey everybody. I spent Sunday installing my new gauges. I ran out of sunlight and did not get a chance to hook them up to the sending units, but the wires have been pulled so I can do that next weekend.

It is a custom bezel with Autometer carbon fiber cups.

The gauges are Autometer Carbon Fiber gauges.

Vacuum / Boost with peak recall
Volt
Water Temp
Oil Temp
Oil Pressure
Pyrometer

They have red leds.

Here are some install pics:





Old Dec 12, 2005 | 08:13 AM
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damn thats alot of gauges......spaceship? jk
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 12:09 PM
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lol...
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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Pretty nice from the front. How does it handle the wires from the rear?
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 01:14 PM
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looks good
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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Its different, but nice. gj.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 03:43 PM
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Pretty nice from the front. How does it handle the wires from the rear?
The wires go underneath the cups. You can not see them unless you look closely from the side.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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Now you just need to put in a joystick instead of a steering wheel and swap your head unit with a radar screen. Looks sweet though.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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lol...
Hehe yeah, but whatever works man, if you feel you need to monitor all that ____ than more power to you.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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I am sponsored by Autometer. That is what they sent me when I asked for the the Carbon Fiber Gauges.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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What's teh bezel made from? That looks good, I was just thinking the other day that the two dips would be good places to add gauges to.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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The bezel is aluminum and powdercoated flat black. It was made by a buddy of mine that owns a machine shop. It was laser cut out.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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Awesome.

I wish I had buddies with industrial lasers.

Ho Hum.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tcholic
damn thats alot of gauges......spaceship? jk
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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thats not bad. im impressed

does it distracvt you from driving??/

-taek
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by taek
thats not bad. im impressed

does it distracvt you from driving??/

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Not so far. But I have not driven it at night yet so we will see.
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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pretty crazy tho......dang does it get in the way of your view? cause its pretty high.....
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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man

ur jus asking to run over something.... or crash for that matter...

i admire your style but isnt that jus a lil to much? especially in the middle about teh speedo...

i tink you shoud move those 2 some where else so taht will give you al il more looking space
Old Dec 12, 2005 | 11:20 PM
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Wow... Only issue I see is if you can sit where you can see the guages and the dash at the same time without the wheel getting in the way....

Not clean enough for me though...
Old Dec 13, 2005 | 03:45 AM
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wow... thats alot of gauges...
don't you think that is a little bit overkill??



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