S13 A-Pillar Gauges?

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fiznat
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Anyone here using a-pillar gauges? I was thinking about doing this for my KA-T, but I was looking at the pillar today and I was thinking, wont the track for the automatic seatbelts run into whatever pods you put there? ...or are the pods manufactured in a way so that the seatbelt can still run down it's track?

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i just put mine in a few days ago, the seatbelt comes no where near the gauges. The gauges go sortof downward. they look pretty nice too if you ask me, but i kindof had to ghetto mine up a little bit. Ill try to post some pics

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the autometer pods are designed specifically for your car, so i know they wont hit. also, the gauges arent that big to even come close to the belts.

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the dual gauge pods are only like 10" high or so. from what i remember from the s13 i fixed the seat belt stops where the a-pillar starts. the gauge pods have fastners that hold it to the a-pillar trim. so u get to position it how u want

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i have no problems

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same here, no issues

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yeah but how many gauges do you guys have in there? I was thinking about doing 3... I was a little worried that they would be too low, like down near the window instead of at eye level (cause thats where the seatbelt is)

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look at pics of daveEEE's car or ask him. he has 3 on his a-pillar

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They make a triple gauge pod for the s13? I don't see one listed @ autometer.

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take a dual pod and a single pod and stack them up

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ah, i would have to do spmething about the seam ... thats why I have another plan for my gauges, but GTK.


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