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My new Gauges (Not EBAY cluster covers)

Old Feb 12, 2005 | 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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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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They look nice. But no oil Temp guage.
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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forgot to post pics..
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 06:09 PM
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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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Old Feb 13, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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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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Old Feb 13, 2005 | 10:18 AM
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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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Old Feb 13, 2005 | 10:24 AM
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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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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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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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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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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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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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Nice looking gauges... are they accurate like Autometers????
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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I paid $39.99. Oh well hope it all works out.
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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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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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:33 AM
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all three
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 07:32 AM
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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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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 08:50 AM
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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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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 10:27 AM
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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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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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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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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 05:28 PM
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Nice lookin gauges. No Oriellys down here that I know of. Oh well.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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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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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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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 01:39 AM
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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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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 02:14 AM
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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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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 06:50 AM
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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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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 10:54 AM
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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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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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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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