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Old 10-12-09, 06:21 AM
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Best Stock-Looking Gauges

post up your pictures of the best stock-looking gauges (ie black face white writing, red illumination) best i have come up with so far is defi dvance cr:


or greddy:


what else have you's got?

ps; i'm preferably looking for 52mm size.
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http://www.vdo.com/products_solution...nstruments.htm
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+1 for VDO, escpecially their Vision & Cockpit series:

http://www.egauges.com/VD2_main.asp
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+1 for stri.
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VDO gauges in din panel. I put orange bulb covers on the gauge bulbs so the lighting matches oem perfectly.

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ISS Pro - black background, red pointer, white letters, visible when car is off, chrome rings, orange backlight.

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http://www.nordskogperformance.net/h...ction=0&page=1 < These guys even have GPS controled Speedometer, pretty neat.

STRI / SAGA / PRO SPORT all those gauges made by same company in Taiwan (i.e all the same gauges). Just FYI
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another example i've found is the Autometer ES series:



here: http://www.egauges.com/vdo_grou.asp?Series=ES

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Very old picture of DEFI 'D' series. Discontinued now, but still available.



Note: Those ISS Pro's that BillM posted look nice. Bill, would you have a little better picture of them...and one at night?
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ill take some shots later today
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Personally I really like the defi's you posted in your original post. Stock, yet updated. Another set of gauges that have really peaked my interest lately are the PLX Gauges. Discussed here recently https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/plx-gauges-install-review-859426/. The backgrounds are able to be designed EXACTLY to how you wish it to look. I.E. you could make it look just like stock, although when they are off, they of coarse would not have any sort of a stock look. Just another option...
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DEFI D-series gauges.

DONE.
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I've got the Prosport Gauges. I think they are really good too, especially for the money.
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more info on the "d-series" from defi? are these also known as just the defi link series? they look similar except the link series has green inllumination...

those isspro ones look really nice, i might have to just learn how to convert Degrees F to Degrees C i think. how deep are they from back of bezel to back of gauge? i've got a flyrx7 pod on its way

also i've found the greddy's for unbelievably cheap but i think theyre discontinued and i'm not sure if they'll even be in stock....
http://www.nolimitmotorsport.com/gre...es.html#elec52
bullshit cheap really... and metric
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Matches the stock FD cluster lighting PERFECT.

Not to mention it looks modern.
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Originally Posted by BillM
Those look great Bill
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surely theres more out there?... im having trouble locating the ISSPRO vaccuum/boost gauge, where can i buy from that will ship O/S?

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I got them from egauges.com
here is the vac/boost gauge: http://egauges.com/vdo_ind.asp?Type=...s=EVA&PN=R5870

Note that it only comes with a white pointer. I originally only had the boost gauge and when I swapped it out I also changed the pointers (not hard to do). You can also get the isspro chrome rings but I found some better looking ones on ebay.
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SPA Dual Gauge Units





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^^Those right there are great!! I love how you installed them into the dash in the stock locations!!
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Here's another option, Innovate Motorsports G3 gauges. With this option, your boost, oil press, & water temp will all look exactly like your wideband A/F gauge.



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