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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 04:58 PM
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Project completed already....

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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 01:50 AM
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I guess Top Speed is the only place here in Chicago where I can get this stuff installed....just have to pony up the extra $500-$600 to get it done!
Old Apr 22, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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Call AutoWerks in northbrook, ask for ron or ERIK
Old Apr 27, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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i had a local shop down here do mine for volt, water temp and oil pressure and only paid 75
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Sweet! Where are you located? I wonder how much more it would be to add from what you got installed the Oil Temp, Air/Fuel Ratio, Trans Temp Guages.....
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im located down in central illinois
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That would be a little to far for me to go just to get my pods and gauges installed! Thanks for looking out though....much appreciated!
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My cousin helped me install the pods and guages this weekend! It was a pita and I can see why shops charge $500-700 to do the job....takes forever!
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That would be a little to far for me to go just to get my pods and gauges installed! Thanks for looking out though....much appreciated!
understandable. i was jut giving you an idea as to that not all shops charge that much. glad you got them installed. yea they're definately a pita especially trying to keep the wiring clean and trying to get through to some of the parts. (or in my case trying to get the connector for oil pressure since had to go through a few shops to find the connector)
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You can say that again! I actually had to rig the A Pillar Pod to fit because of so many wires being ran behind it! We installed the A Pillar Pod and a Universal Center Dash pod with 6 gauges so you can imagine the amount of trouble it was hidding all those wires!
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yea that would've been fun to do lol
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The real kicker is that we spent 7 hours installing the coilovers on my car that day before we installed the pods & gauges which was another 7 hour process!
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i'll make sure next fall/winter when i finally swap my suspension to coils i call you since you should be an expert then lol
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Lol, I think I should get an honorary degree after all that hard work! When you do change your suspension let me know....I'll definitely give you all the info you need.




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