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palmer

By palmer,
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palmer

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Hi Guys/Gals,

I'm just after some pictures of some gauges that are mounted on top of the dash in a mounting cup.

I have 3 gauges I'm looking at putting there (As on the pillar is detectable and the "In Dash" gauges are impractical to read the gauges)

Something like the following:

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I'm basically just trying to figure out where I would run the wires so that it doesn't look messy.

Different variations of the mounting would be good too (E.g Individual cups etc.)

Any help would be great :P

Thanks,

Elliott

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ill take pics for you in the morning but ive got a similar setup to the pic u gave...but i like mine better :P

Looks great the wiring is nice its just one straight cable running to the front window and my gaugue holder sort of contours down the dash so the exposed wire is actually minimal...will make more sense with pics

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Tyson 1990

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Just out of curiosity, what do these gauges do? I'm always wanting to add modifications to my car but since i'm on P plater laws theres jack all i can do performance wise. Also i have a non turbo skyline so if they have anything to do with turbo i wouldn't be able to use them. They look cool and fancy so it'd be great if someone could tell me what they actually do hahah, i don't want them if they are no use to me.

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It sucks that pillar gauges are defectable, even though taxi's have a massive electronic unit on top of their dash, and most have a Sat-Nav stuck to the windscreen too.

I was under the impression that gauges where allowed to be mounted anywhere on the dash or pillar as long the highest point of the gauge or bracket doesnt sit higher than the top of your steering wheel....

I was once defected for a gauge on my pillar being to high, mounted it a couple of cms down on the pillar and got passed for blueslip and never got questioned about it again, even after being defected for other things on the car.

Thats my understanding, in NSW anyways.

In saying that cops can technically defect you for anything not standard (and not engineered) it just depends on the pig...

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BJV

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I was under the impression that gauges where allowed to be mounted anywhere on the dash or pillar as long the highest point of the gauge or bracket doesnt sit higher than the top of your steering wheel....

I was once defected for a gauge on my pillar being to high, mounted it a couple of cms down on the pillar and got passed for blueslip and never got questioned about it again, even after being defected for other things on the car.

Thats my understanding, in NSW anyways.

In saying that cops can technically defect you for anything not standard (and not engineered) it just depends on the pig...

How long ago was that mate? I want to mount a boost guage on my pillar and i thought as long as it is low enough it's sweet? Can you get an engineering cert. for something like that?

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