I'm specifically looking for a gage that blends in VERY closely to the standard instruments, including at night (i.e. amber glow). As long as it's accurate then other considerations/ features are not a concern.

Cheers

Sam

 

DEFI D series gauges

They light up almost exactly like stock, i think they are the same.

Affordable and looks awesome.

 

I have Apexi EL2 boost gauge, it's mechanical and it shows readings in PSI. It blends very nicely with factory gauges during the day, at night it's illuminated blue..
some pictures of similar setup to mine, you get the idea.

 

Im rolling with autometer, red back light(same as stock) and black faced..i dont care enough bout the looks of a boost gauge to spend 2-4x as much for something that looks a little better.

 

defi d guage or autometer. but defi is a better quality guage, i think. dont flame me for my opinion.

 

Does anyone have the Nexus gauge lol.

 

peter ferrell .. exact same

 

there are a lot of good threads on gauges, search

 

i have the autometer as well, it is cheapest and looks the same in day and with the red backlight matches very good at night, tho seems a little dimmer to me. (i do have it wired so it changes with the dimmer switch along with the rest of the stuff)
but i dont believe its quite as acurate as some of the others, tho it does a fine job.

 

As mentioned above, Defi D, or Omori:

 

Which were made by SPI if anyone wants to know. The only difference between the ones made for Peter are that those only come with the red illumination where as the standard SPI guage lights either green or red dependent on which 12v wire you hook up.

 

I have the SPI gauge. I recently swapped it out to a Autometer C2 gauge for a change of scenery.

Again this one lights up red ( matches stock lights) or green (shown) but SPI went out of business a while ago so I think these gauges are hard to come by now.

 

Autometer makes a chrome-ringed gauge that blends nicely when you use the red backlighting. Problem is, the autometer mechanical is prone to losing its zero. It will still function, but the gauge might read -2"Hg when it's zero, and 9psi instead of 10psi.

Any of the electrical gauges (including the Autometers) don't have that problem.

Dave

 

It's not the best pic but you get the idea. It's very very close to what the stock ones look like. Even when it lights up looks just like stock.

 

VDO gauges match very nicely with stock. With an orange bulb cover (about $2) the lighting will match perfectly with stock. Very reasonably priced, and good quality.

PM me with your e-mail address if you would like a pic of my in-dash installation.

http://www.egauges.com/vdo_mult.asp?...s=Vision&Cart=

 

I'd have to go outside and look, but I think the RE Amemiya gauge is pretty close. Been a while since I've driven it though, so I'm not real sure.

 

Defi 'D' Series

 

edit: sorry, hit the wrong button

 

I've been using a VDO boost gauge and am happy with it. It resembles the stock gauges. I didn't bother to put a tinted lamp in it - it looks kind of orange at night because of the face colors, even with a white lamp. It is accurate on pressure but under-represents vacuum a little. It only cost about $35.

This model (VDO 150-061) goes to 15 psi maximum, but may not be available any more. There is a similar VDO version available that has a higher psi max.