auxillary gauges

[captainluigi]

im considering installing a group of 3 gauges on the A pillar just above the speaker. i think H2o temp, trans temp & oil press. my question is has any one added gauges to there Q? where did you place them? any pics?

[qship96]

I often ponder adding oil temp & pressure,trans. temp,diff. temp,and amps& volts-now the question always has been how to integrate them so they look good,and not like some old racer!

[maxnix]

Usually done in a custom panel in the ashtray.

I think the most recent pictures are Sijoko.

[chinaonnitrous]

I used one out of a 300zx, sanded molded and yet to be re-covered in vynl.

[captainluigi]

molded? as in shaped to fit a certain place? where will it fit? what gauges are you using?

[Q45denver]

Here a shot of some transmission temp and oil pressure guages I put in mine.

[chinaonnitrous]

the contour of the pillar was similar, so i just sanded down the part where the gauge pod mated with the pillar, used some bondo and what not...and smoothed it down.

[sijoko]

Here's some custom gauges I installed. They are trans temp, coolant temp, air intake temp and fuel pressure.

[litlchi]

Wow, that looks really nice. Too bad you had to use the cup holders though.

[elwesso]

Personally if I was considering doing that I would use a single din head unit and then get a din sized unit to go below that to hold 3 gauges..... Theyre in easy view and not in the way.

[sijoko]

Wow, that looks really nice. Too bad you had to use the cup holders though.

I don't really use the cup holders. The gauges are electonic (air intake & fuel pressure) and have memory recall so that I can look at them later.

[maxnix]

Personally if I was considering doing that I would use a single din head unit and then get a din sized unit to go below that to hold 3 gauges..... Theyre in easy view and not in the way.

That's a great idea, and angle them up for ease in viewing since they are low.

[ddrumman]

Wow, that looks really nice. Too bad you had to use the cup holders though.

You know those "cup holders" are a waste. I almost never use them. I only use them if I can close the arm rest over the drink.Why would anyone want to drive around with the arm rest open like that. That was one of the bonehead plays of the design team.

[louiegz]

You know those "cup holders" are a waste. I almost never use them. I only use them if I can close the arm rest over the drink.Why would anyone want to drive around with the arm rest open like that. That was one of the bonehead plays of the design team.

Yea! they should have made the armrest shorter and leave the cupholder expossed. That's what happend when they designed a car before it waship to have cupholders.

By the way, I like the shifter sijoko. Where did you get that?

[sijoko]

By the way, I like the shifter sijoko. Where did you get that?

The shifter is made by Levoc. I picked it up on eBay from a seller in Italy.

[maxnix]

That's what happend when they designed a car before it waship to have cupholders.

My favorite cars don't have them.

If they are so boring to drive you can sip a soda at the same time, who cares?

[PoorManQ45]

You can fit a 3-gauge pod in the ash tray. I believe 1.5" will work.

All you have to do is take the gauges out of the pod(Autozone one) and then take a flat piece of plastic and cut it to size. Then cut out the holes.

[Rex]

Here's a pretty nice sinlge DIN, but would require you swapping to a single DIN head unit.

http://www.tein.com/defi/din_top.html

Very nice looking pieces BTW, but those (with gauges) are near $500.