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Old 02-12-05, 12:43 AM
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My new Gauges (Not EBAY cluster covers)

Here they are all new guages to scatter across the car.... All i need now is the oil TEMP and the A/F one and I'll be set.. until I boost....

These are IeQuus guages. I hope they aren't total crap.

Can be found here.... www.iequus.com
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They look nice. But no oil Temp guage.
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forgot to post pics..
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^^^ when you get these can you tell me how close they are to a stereo din size... I would love to mount some guages like that above/below my cd player I think they look awesome... The problem would just be getting them all wired up properly, I suck at most wiring....
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sure how about this.....3 of them will fit side by side in a standard din plate. I am mounting them up top and , moving the air controls....

Anyways the trim lips are very thin. so they fit side by side...
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I was thinking about mounting my guages there too, i find that sticking them all the way at the bottom makes it harder to read when driving fast and you need to watch them, if you do decide to do that, send some more pictures on how you relocate your heating/cooling switches.
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I am only relocating the two temp controls into the glove box, (this is primarily a track car) You can't read the guages without breaking your neck if they are down by the cd player....
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Here they are installed.

I think they look great, and they will be really easy to read.
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Originally Posted by RRTEC
Here they are all new guages to scatter across the car.... All i need now is the oil TEMP and the A/F one and I'll be set.. until I boost....

These are IeQuus guages. I hope they aren't total crap.

Can be found here.... www.iequus.com

My bro's partshouse sells those iequus triple gauges for less than $50.
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Nice looking gauges... are they accurate like Autometers????
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I paid $39.99. Oh well hope it all works out.
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Originally Posted by RRTEC
I paid $39.99. Oh well hope it all works out.
Each or for all 3?
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the only one that I havent tried is the water temp gauge. It has a sealed probe lines...much better that the cheap *** autogage. The oil pressure is able to handle high pressure using a FD ROPR
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Originally Posted by RRTEC
I paid $39.99. Oh well hope it all works out.
where did you buy the gauges for this price??? I went to my local crappy tire store and they wanted 60 dollars Canadian per gauge...
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Yeah I am installing the water temp into the "plug" in the side of the s4 13B....

I bought them at Oreillys auto parts..
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That's where I put my Auto Meter gauges for Fuel/volts--I still need to get an oil temp gauge to go in there. The only thing is you have to get used to them being set straight back (not facing you) so until you're used to that at first glance you may read the gauge wrong... I guess I explained that right.
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Nice lookin gauges. No Oriellys down here that I know of. Oh well.
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Why would you install additional water temp, fuel, and volts--gauges already in the stock cluster? Did you replace the stock instruments with something else or are they redundant?
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Originally Posted by kleinke
Why would you install additional water temp, fuel, and volts--gauges already in the stock cluster? Did you replace the stock instruments with something else or are they redundant?
Never trust 20 yr old gauge. mechanical gauges are great for a second opinion.
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My main reason is the lack of detail in the OEM gauges, It's like.."oh my car is reading in between the C and the H just below the middle" WTF? And "oh right now she's running about oh... 1/4 inch above 40psi on her oil pressure.... Plus as stated these guages are 20+ years old now....

I guess I am a retard I also put an oil pressure guage under the hood so during tuning I can see and catostrophic drops in oil pressure.

I like them.. Hope they work well.. will know here in a week or so.
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Nice install,they look great!
Its a good way to keep an *acurate* eye on what the engine is doing!

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White faces...doesnt match my stock black face gauge. thats why I havent installed them. other than that, its reasonable and as I said, the water temp is much better than Sunpro, autogage and such, AND the triple gauge cost less than the autometer.
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Originally Posted by Rx7carl
Nice lookin gauges. No Oriellys down here that I know of. Oh well.
Schucks/Kragen/Checker auto parts stores sell them too, as I found these on their website (www.partsamerica.com). I dunno what chain owns the southeast, but they may have them too. Or you can just order them online.
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Ok, finally got the 3 gauge panels from my bro and it turned out that he had those gauges as damaged item (damaged box), he just gave it to me. anyways, here's the pics. left to right...water temp, volt meter (which i didnt hook up since i will be installing a/f ratio) and oil pressure. oil pressure seem high as the engine is cold.





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