R34 Factory Boost Gauage...

[FULOCK]

Hi all,

I want to get an after market boost gauge for my car but i dont want to mount it anywhere on the dash nor the pillar.....

so i was wondering if it is possible to take out the factory boost gauge and put an after market one in there..??

anyone done this??

i'd love to see some pics.......

Cheers.

[R34NRG]

yeh u can defiantly do that, theres a DIY article in a recent auto salon mag.........or was it HPI.....i dunno.

basically u just rip out the old one and stick in the new one, and run leads through ur car.

ull properly notice that after market gauges are alot bigger aswell so u might have to carve ur existing gauge pillar a lil

[FULOCK]

Interesting...... thanks dude.

I'd still love to see some pics if anyone has done this....

also, how recently was it in a magazine??

If anyone knows which one, if its still out so i can buy it, or if anyone has it and can scan it and pop it on here somehow i'd really appreciate it....

cheers!!

[satanic]

It's in this month's Hot4s... we did it for the editor Look for the mag with the Mirage on the front I think

[R34NRG]

here ya go buddy, hope this helps!!!!

It's in this month's Hot4s... we did it for the editor Look for the mag with the Mirage on the front I think

its issue 152, the cover is of the pink R34 with 20" cromies (its actually a 33 but u cant tell from the front cover)

nice work satanic good joB!

[SMOKE'M]

here ya go buddy, hope this helps!!!!

its issue 152, the cover is of the pink R34 with 20" cromies (its actually a 33 but u cant tell from the front cover)

nice work satanic good joB!

so is that hot 4s like u thought or something ells

[R34NRG]

hot 4s issue 152

[SS8_Gohan]

hard to see from those scans, but are those guages not quite the flushest of fits?

[FULOCK]

Thanks for all your posts dudes....

might pull it apart one day and see how hard it'll be to do myself....

i'll let ya's know how i go....

Cheers!

[so_tred]

I think I've seen somewhere on here that 52mm gauges sit alot neater than the 60mm ones.

Edited May 29, 2007 by so_tred

[Bass Junky]

Man, Ive been looking for something like this for ages.

I've pulled mine apart and 60mm gauges will fit spot on.

Just gotta find teh $800 fro the Defis that I want

[Bass Junky]

PS. I found that if you make up a bracket to hold all three gauges BEHIND the plastic cover that you should be able to keep them inside the cover, and hence still very stelth.

[Bass Junky]

Some pictures I've found over the years.

[eMsta]

Some pictures I've found over the years.

just to add to bass's post

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...mp;hl=gauge+r34

[SS8_Gohan]

i like the sitting in look, as opposed to the sitting out look

that dude's guage changes completely to red when there is a warning!!!!!??!!!

[so_tred]

Those Blitz gauges look so good..

[Suj]

Those Blitz gauges look so good..

Damn they look hot! Would they be 52mm or 60mm gauges? Hard to tell if they are flush or sitting out from the pics (a bit dark).

Getting a 34GT-T this week, thinking I might try this as one of my first projects over the next month

[KISIN]

ill eventually be looking at DEFI gauges to replace the 3 stock 34 ones. just need some engine work done first so i actually have something to monitor

[Yo-Yo]

I went with a stock like fitting.

52 mm guages bought from just jap.

The guys that installed them for me made a custom backing plate to fit the guages to the guage pod properly.

If I could do it again I wouldn't have chosen a smoked face guage as they are a little hard to see during the day, but at night they look so good

[Suj]

Thanks Yo-Yo, they look pretty good. I was keen on getting the 60mm saber gauges but just not sure how they would look fitted in there as compared to the 52mm ones. Anyone got pics of 60mm gauges fitted in the cluster?

EDIT: My bad saw some of the pics above of the DEFIs installed and im guessing they are 60mm ones. They look a bit funny sticking out of the cluster though...

Edited June 5, 2007 by Suj