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Old 10-22-11, 11:09 AM
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Default In dash custom gauge cluster

Well i have already made a cutout of abs plastic to fit in the oem cluster housing. I plan on having Autometer in dash tach, speedo, boost,water temp, aem wideband, I was wondering what configuration i should do these in.

from left to right: tach speedo then a triangle of the other three. or water temp , tach ,wideband,speedo,boost.

im just looking for opinions. i also plan on doing fuel level and oil pressure. i might put oil pressure in the main cluster and put fuel and water temp below my radio. not sure about that just yet.
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I'm not sure whats possible or not but I think (from left to right) temp, tach, boost top middle, wideband bottom middle, speedo, fuel. Post pics of your progress, I'm really interested to see how this turns out. Good luck.
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Forget what looks pretty, do what is useful. This isn't lighting up a stock cluster on a stock car, this is putting a serious setup in what I hope is a serious car. Useful is what matters, where you put the "other gauges" on the sides and the two you need to know right dead in front of you.
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I would do tach dead center, speedo to the left, other gauges to the right all pretty tightly clustered.
Old 10-23-11, 06:10 AM
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I'd be interested on the turn out as I have been planning to fit an analogue dash in my turbo Soarer for ages.

The set up I'm thinking of doing is a three dial, similar to an S15 Silvia. Speedo on the left, tacho in the middle and (if I can find one) a temperature/fuel level combi meter.
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I agree with Tach centered. Are you going to have turn signals and all that jazz also?
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basically my favorite dash is how i would do it if i went 'custom'

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so far i do like mattstars's idea. i plan on doing something for the turn signals. hey OLT, what voltage does the stock turn signal bulbs see?
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S13 Coupe with HUD is pretty nice. I just don't like the temp and fuel gauge
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Originally Posted by BigManne
so far i do like mattstars's idea. i plan on doing something for the turn signals. hey OLT, what voltage does the stock turn signal bulbs see?
Never had to deal with them, might be on the diagrams in my gallery, but never looked to see.
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cool i will just get a volt meter out and find out.
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