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hey all,

In regards to aftermarket boost gauges, are they a defect?

I'm going to be attending the street cover 2nd anniversary meet tomorrow, and have heard that aftermarket boost gauges are defective items?

could someone (or people) please confirm or deny.

cheers

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I have an aftermarket one installed and set up on my dash next to my cluster because to replace one of the stock would mean to replace them all. Is it a defect to set it up there even though it comes stock with gauges?

Depends on the cop i guess, anything on the dash is deemed dangerous as far as i know which is a silly rule as if you or your passanger hits their head on that, it is the least of your problems LOL

Ive been pulled over many times and the cops never said anything about my aftermarket boost gauge, as I recall the law is that the top of the gauge must sit lower than the highest point of your dash, so I have customised my guage cup to sit pretty flush with the highest point which is the instrument cluster part, also no flashing lights eg. a bright flashing warning light or a shift light.

Ive been pulled over many times and the cops never said anything about my aftermarket boost gauge, as I recall the law is that the top of the gauge must sit lower than the highest point of your dash, so I have customised my guage cup to sit pretty flush with the highest point which is the instrument cluster part, also no flashing lights eg. a bright flashing warning light or a shift light.

Once again it depends on the cop! I dont think its something OP should be overly worried about though!

thanks guys,

yeh i was just curious because the amount of people attending this meet may be the same as the megameet last month (that i didn't attend) and therefore will undoubtedly attract the po-po to set up defect stations.

don't want to be done for anything like a silly aftermarket boost gauge if it comes to it :\

I have 2 gauges in my A Piller case are these legal in QLD?

I dont think pillar gauges are legal at all as you can damage your head on them in case of an accident! I am sure there have been stories of S15 owners getting defected for the stock boost gauge location :wacko:

this is my two cents -

i have a bunch of gauges in my passanger side dash and one on the pillar and a dvd screen yeah yeah bit over the top i was young and having fun with my car - i like it thats main thing -

main point is i have been through a few RTA set ups and police pulling me over - not once have i had anything said about the gaues - only exhaust and ride hight -

this is in ACT by the way and in regards to the passanger side i check with RTA before doing this and it was ok because there was no air bag and is not higher then the dash - i have now got a race pack dash in as well and that is ok long as it shows all the basics and speed is calibrated -

rules may have changed in regards to the gaues but i was pulled up about 6 weeks ago and nothing said - so might still depend on the police -

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