Boost Gauge on steering wheel
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Boost Gauge on steering wheel
Alright...last night I drobe my boy's EVO IX and he had a boost gauge mounted on his steering wheel cover with a sick ___ CF piece that had a single pod for it. Infact mostly all the tuners are going this route...which is pretty sweet
Does a company make a piece like that for ours, or has everyone just been putting a pod on their wheel?
I saw ONE pic of it and it was at night time.
Day/Night pics and different angles would be helpful!
Does a company make a piece like that for ours, or has everyone just been putting a pod on their wheel?
I saw ONE pic of it and it was at night time.
Day/Night pics and different angles would be helpful!
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Ehh, not sure how that would work in the tC. The way the gauges are setup in the dash and the way the wheel sits doesn't leave a whole lot of room for an aesthetically pleasing fab-job without getting in the way of things.
Maybe look into digital gauges :D
The only gauge pods I know of are either center-dash mounted, a-pillar mounted, or custom fab'd into the cubby/stereo holes or in a console inside the glove compartment.
Maybe look into digital gauges :D
The only gauge pods I know of are either center-dash mounted, a-pillar mounted, or custom fab'd into the cubby/stereo holes or in a console inside the glove compartment.
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I have gauges...i posted a pic of my boost
now i just need to mount these sons of a beeaches!
my a-pillar is consumed by my tach,...so i dunno LOL
im going to lose my mind on this car
now i just need to mount these sons of a beeaches!
my a-pillar is consumed by my tach,...so i dunno LOL
im going to lose my mind on this car
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Originally Posted by mattvs
that's pretty slick. never heard of one for the tc though. why do you need a disturbingly large tach on your a-pillar
i dont wanna hear it
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i haven't ripped anything yet. the tc already haaasssss a tach, thus my question.
edit: which gives me an idea. since you have the tach on the a-pillar, you could swap out the oem tach for your boost guage. simple, effective, and unique :p
edit: which gives me an idea. since you have the tach on the a-pillar, you could swap out the oem tach for your boost guage. simple, effective, and unique :p
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Originally Posted by mattvs
i haven't ripped anything yet. the tc already haaasssss a tach, thus my question.
edit: which gives me an idea. since you have the tach on the a-pillar, you could swap out the oem tach for your boost guage. simple, effective, and unique :p
edit: which gives me an idea. since you have the tach on the a-pillar, you could swap out the oem tach for your boost guage. simple, effective, and unique :p
as for cutting out the stock tach and puttin in the boost gauge...holy cow...
im gonna have to sit down and think about that one.....it seems cool, but that seems scary
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Yea, it does kinda :p
A replacement gauge cluster is only like $150 if I remember right, so that's not TOO bad. It would look slick as hell though.
But if you're going to be doing something like that, you may as well spring for a completely custom cluster :D Make everything match!
A replacement gauge cluster is only like $150 if I remember right, so that's not TOO bad. It would look slick as hell though.
But if you're going to be doing something like that, you may as well spring for a completely custom cluster :D Make everything match!
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hey dont knock the tach, they are very useful and come in handy ESPECIALLY on the race track. Everyone hates on them cause of F&F but the fact of the matter is 99% race cars use them, plus the stock tach is really hard to see
good luck with the gauges, oh and epod or something like that makes a steering column pod for the tc with mounts for two gauges
good luck with the gauges, oh and epod or something like that makes a steering column pod for the tc with mounts for two gauges
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$129.99 yikes..and no pic of it.. I dunno I think 2 would be streching it, it seems like those are just completely out there and sticking out like a sore thumb. I think 2 would just hinder my view completely. I can see just a single...
I dunno Im gonna give them a call tomorrow to see if I can get a pic or something
Its either that or window tint ...and right now window tint is greater than that. hehe
thanks for the link!
I dunno Im gonna give them a call tomorrow to see if I can get a pic or something
Its either that or window tint ...and right now window tint is greater than that. hehe
thanks for the link!
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Originally Posted by mattvs
Yea, it does kinda :p
A replacement gauge cluster is only like $150 if I remember right, so that's not TOO bad. It would look slick as hell though.
But if you're going to be doing something like that, you may as well spring for a completely custom cluster :D Make everything match!
A replacement gauge cluster is only like $150 if I remember right, so that's not TOO bad. It would look slick as hell though.
But if you're going to be doing something like that, you may as well spring for a completely custom cluster :D Make everything match!
But you could get one from a salvage.
Actually, I think making it fit in place of the stock tach would be fairly easy.. An overlay would be needed, but nothing huge there...
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Originally Posted by engifineer
Originally Posted by mattvs
Yea, it does kinda :p
A replacement gauge cluster is only like $150 if I remember right, so that's not TOO bad. It would look slick as hell though.
But if you're going to be doing something like that, you may as well spring for a completely custom cluster :D Make everything match!
A replacement gauge cluster is only like $150 if I remember right, so that's not TOO bad. It would look slick as hell though.
But if you're going to be doing something like that, you may as well spring for a completely custom cluster :D Make everything match!
But you could get one from a salvage.
Actually, I think making it fit in place of the stock tach would be fairly easy.. An overlay would be needed, but nothing huge there...