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hi, if you want to do it the cheap way and have a couple of hours spare - heres how.

goto bunnings etc and buy a 50mm pvc pipe with a 45 degree bend- take your gauge with you to check for good fit.

cut a wavy curve into one end that fits the profile of the a pillar - its a little tricky and takes a bit of filing

take a pice of metal about 100mm long, 15 mm wide and 1 mm thick, the piece out of the expansion slots in the back of your computer works good.

bend each end of metal 90 deg and up about 15 mm and fit your new bracket inside the pipe

drill a hole either side of pipe and countersink it, rivet the bracket to the pipe.

fit pipe and bracket to car, drill a hole through pipe at 90 deg to bracket - so you can drill through it (making pilot hole in pillar) and also to put the screwdriver into so you can screw gauge hole(pipe & bracket) to a pillar.

get your mum or missus to sew a leather sock that is the same diameter as the pipe and 230-40 mm longer than pipe. it will be sewn with seam on the outside. turn it inside out so that the seam is hidden.

fit sock to gauge holder , tuck in near edges that is against a pillar and glue it.

there should be be some over hang at the end where you will fit the gauge.

push the sock over hang into gauge holder then fit gauge into it, gauge should be a snug fit and hold sock in place, if not wind some tape(e.g. insulation tape) around gauge to increase diameter until it makes a snug fit.

then if you've done a good job you will have a leather gauge holder that looks really good.

P.S. you need to be careful or you will end up buying a plastic gauge holder to cover up any mistakes. oh yeh, std disclaimer if anything goes wrong, do it at your own risk ....

I will post up some pics of mine sometime ... it cost me about $5 to do,for pipe and leather offcut.

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