pillar gauge holders?? worth it??

[amoore]

hey ive got an r32 an i love the twin gauge pillar holders but i know there illegal so i dont wanna get one and then get pulled over and get defected but i havent been pulled over yet so i was wondering what peoples experiences are with these and if cops really pick at em???? so are they worth it???

[P1E]

If you have other obvious defects like a BOV or a loud exhaust, then go for it. They only take a couple of minutes to remove...

[croat]

Is there a fine for having these pillar gauges or just a defect notice you have to get cleared?

[INASNT]

They are only defectable if the cop that pulls you over has nothing else to defect you for.

They are not in your line of sight or will cause you to bang your head on it in an accident as the seat belt tention will kick in before you get close to head butting it, and if you have an airbag the airbag will also kick in.

If they are defectable then every taxi in Australia is defectable as they all have that LCD display communication thing in the same spot, and if you look in a cop car they have a whole heap of shit in that same location!!

[paulr33]

yeah insasnt is right, vic roads website says you can guages on the bonnet as long as they are secured and wont come into contact should you hit a pedestrian and they are secured oil/pressure lines etc... but i honestly couldnt see the use of pillar guages

how often would u actually look at it and effectively use it? i really only look at revs and nothing else, of course you would check boost if you had just changed it or fitted something new but how often would u look at it, once its set at 13psi or whatever why would u wanna keep watching it? you floor it, it goes to the max level set by controller (assuming its all working ok) and then it will stay there

just my 2 cents

[INASNT]

You might not look at the boot gauge if its on there alot, but you will look alot if you had oil pressure/temp gauges on there

[P1E]

What are the benefits of using aftermarket oil pressue and temperature gauges? Is it just for looks, or are the factory gauges lacking?

[INASNT]

do you trust the stock boost gauge??

[P1E]

I trust the oil pressure and temperature gauges.

[Jimbo2000]

what temp gauge?

[Jimbo2000]

nevermind figured you were talking bout the water temp gauge, i want an oil temp gauge that would be the one of the only useful aftermarket gauges

[INASNT]

I trust the oil pressure and temperature gauges.

Only the gtr has a oil temp gauge.

The oil pressure gauge is not very accurate at all, if you ever hook up another oil pressure gauge you will see that the stock gauge is very slow to react and hardly ever moves when oil pressure changes greatly.

I would really worry about it with a stockish line but when your pushing big power 250+rwkw oil temp and prssure are very important to keep an eye on.

[predator]

stock water guage is meant to be shithouse anyhow... well on the gts-t..

reads "all fine" then shoots up to red hot in a matter of a minute, by which time your engine could be cooked.

[INASNT]

pfc gives very accurate water temp readings