DIN Panel Gauges
 

Recently completed a DIN panel and 3 gauge install, hope to post a pdf file once I fugure it out..

Looks good man!

dont have a place to host the file since msn groups requires anyone who wants to view it to sign up anyone interested i can email it (pdf file around 500K)

SnapDrive.net

thanks snapdrive works

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/103405/DIN%20Gauges.pdf

Nice! thats in my next set of mods

That is one hell of a great write up!

I have my water temp gauge in the same spot, and I'll probably put fuel pressure and oil temp in the other two spaces. I have my boost gauge on the steering column for a better line-of-sight.

Yea, its scarry trying to watch the boost go to 10psi WOT, going 70mph and staying in one lane...

Not bad

Ditto! At first I thought this was kind of trivial but that writeup was definitely worthwhile. Fantastic

Nice. I have a two din one but have'nt decided to put it above or below the head unit.

Looks clean. How do they look when driving ?

I put mine under the headunit because its easier to see. Heres an old picture of my setup:

http://home1.gte.net/res00j45/d-gauge.jpg

Like the stock gauges they are hard to read at night but I felt that I would be reaching for the radio so I put the gauges on the bottom. It' would be an easy swap to move them up because of the connectors.

Thanks to alot of info from this forum I took on this project and just wanted to put all the info in one place.

I was looking at DEFI D gauges but the mechanical boost was discontinued and they were a bit out of my price range. Gotta love the Kenwood radios, picked mine up new for $130. Sounds fine.

I like this set up a lot, however, aren't they hard to read when you're actually driving? also where did u get the DIN Panels for the gauges.... now that I think about it, ne1 know if they make pods that are like those pictured here, exept they tilt a little up? or is that a total custom project...

The DIN panel I got was from thompson automotive http://www.thompson-automotive.com/T...tive_Home.html, i believe they actually had some sort of add on you could use with the din panel to give it more of an upward angle, however i don't think that is necessary i can see my gauges fine when mounted underneath the radio. Just my opinion tho.

Here's mine, no problems viewing them.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...%20parts/5.jpg

I prefer having the gauges above the head unit.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...x7interior.jpg

Here's mine

Here is a cloe pic of mine: http://www.silverbulletrx7.com/mods/DIN.jpg I have oil temp, boost control and a turbo timer.

Nice writeup.

Did the Miata DIN plate fit as is?

Also, do you think 2 of them would fit properly to fill the entire space?

I'm going to pull the stock stereo in my car. It never gets used.

TheRxForSpeed.. what type of gauges are those? I like them cuz they look like the stock ones from far away...

they seem like autometers, but i'm not sure, the carbon fiber ones

I though of something and I'm curious to see if anyone has tried it.... ne1 ever mount some gauges where the visor by your head is? not sure how that would look/work...just curious

Just finished the last one

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Picture020.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Picture021.jpg

Very nice setup Novolari!!! Where did you get your DIN plate from and what type of gauges are those?

akiratdk ...aka Sean made the din for me, great work. PM him if you need one made

Gauges , are vintage defi D gauges. They discontinued them , so its was a bitch to get the FP. Greddy has a nice 52mm gauge thas as close to stock looking as these if you cant find any D gauges around .

Thanks for the positive feedback... the car needs it this week.

Thanks for the info Nuvolari http://angolotesti.leonardo.it/L/tes...ari_40823.html

where can we buy some DIN gauge panels? i want to get one and put it above the cd player

The guages i have are autometer cobalts, they look decent during day but dont match stock at all at nite, i am going to switch out all the instrument cluster gauges to match the cobalts eventually

The Miata DIN panel fit fine, it has snap in clips on both sides to hold the panel in without tape so it can be removed with no problem.

Two should fit.

sonix7 makes them out of carbon fibre for 30 bucks or something. he posted a pic of it in this thread and he has a link to his site i believe. im not sure where to get the black plastic looking ones

damn thats a good write up

These may work: http://egauges.com/vdo_acce.asp?Subgroup=Generic_DIN

I'm going to try them, or something local if I can find it this weekend.

^ confirming that those work. I run one in my FD, above the radio (radio in the bottom DIN slot). Can't beat the price either. I can get pictures if anyone wants.

Update on this project:

Two things bothered me:

First - the boost gauge did not read vac so it only moved when I stepped on it. I wanted a boost/vac and ISSPRO only made one with a white pointer. So I got one and took the red pointer out of the boost only gauge and swapped it with the white (very carefully).

Second - My goal was to have the gauges match the stock as close as possible. That meant chrome rings around the gauges. The black gauge bezels just didnt look right. After trial and error (forget paint, silver leaf, etc) I found some replacements on ebay. I removed the black bezels and mounted these chrome ones.

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/103405/IMG_0927.JPG

I have the plain black one from Egauges but other then tape I have no Idea how it would hold. I like the Miata snap in version. I have found a aluminum version that was exteremly nice and posted the link in another thread but I can't find that thread or the saved link in my favorites. I was hoping this was the thread that had it.

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/10340...l%20Gauges.pdf

updated how-to

links to the pdf dont work anymore. anyone still have it to repost plz?

http://sdrv.ms/NdW4bk

see if this works...

as an update: some of the wire taps made a bad connection and I ended up soldering them.

I have been looking through threads about gauges for the past few weeks trying to decide what to do. I discovered this thread and it is awesome. I am going to do a din install and this PDF write up should help me out alot. Thanks.

http://1drv.ms/1kxpF0p

Added a new link to the file as the old links are all dead.
Still working great once I soldered the joints and dumped those wire taps...

Excellent! And perfect timing too, about to install my gauges in the same location ;) Thanks!!!

any updated link for the pdf?

The link still works for me...

RX7 GAUGE INSTALL`

Adding a new link to original file. Replacement of push on connectors with better solder and shrink tube still holding up. Gauges still working after all these years....