My Prosport water temp gauge mod and install
10-08-08, 04:26 AM
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My Prosport water temp gauge mod and install
I've had a dual center speaker pod gauge holder sitting around a while, so I finally decided to do a permanent install on my prosport water temp gauge.
This pic shows a gauge powered up out of the box.
There were a few things I thought I could improve on aesthetically, so I cracked it open. I replaced my Defi gauges with this, and these allow light around the gauge face for a light ring effect. I thought it was kind of cheesy, so I used some tape to block the light. I also thought the prosport logo looked kind of cheesy, so i used black touchup paint over it, but tape would work also. Since the lens of the gauge is tinted, only what is lit up is visible, so the tape cannot be seen. This is how it turned out: (bad camera phone pix, wouldnt focus very well)
The colors in the pic don't really capture the true colors. The brightness is perfect and is easy to focus on at a glance.
Right now I have the sensor placed in a tapped hole in the filler neck, but I think I am going to move it into the stock gauge's sensor position.
Next, is probably a matching peak/warning oil temp gauge and I'll replace this water temp gauge with a peak/warning one. Or I'll move this water temp gauge over to the next slot, and fit a 60mm boost gauge in that slot. Or I'll put those 3 in Prosports triple center speaker holder. Hmmm.. decisions.
My original plan was to put water and oil temp gauges in place of the stock gauges, but tinted lense gauges would look funny in that position as they would always have to be lit. And my mods wouldnt work for their clear lens gauges either. I still need to figure out where I'm going to put a wideband gauge and dual EGT.
This pic shows a gauge powered up out of the box.
There were a few things I thought I could improve on aesthetically, so I cracked it open. I replaced my Defi gauges with this, and these allow light around the gauge face for a light ring effect. I thought it was kind of cheesy, so I used some tape to block the light. I also thought the prosport logo looked kind of cheesy, so i used black touchup paint over it, but tape would work also. Since the lens of the gauge is tinted, only what is lit up is visible, so the tape cannot be seen. This is how it turned out: (bad camera phone pix, wouldnt focus very well)
The colors in the pic don't really capture the true colors. The brightness is perfect and is easy to focus on at a glance.
Right now I have the sensor placed in a tapped hole in the filler neck, but I think I am going to move it into the stock gauge's sensor position.
Next, is probably a matching peak/warning oil temp gauge and I'll replace this water temp gauge with a peak/warning one. Or I'll move this water temp gauge over to the next slot, and fit a 60mm boost gauge in that slot. Or I'll put those 3 in Prosports triple center speaker holder. Hmmm.. decisions.
My original plan was to put water and oil temp gauges in place of the stock gauges, but tinted lense gauges would look funny in that position as they would always have to be lit. And my mods wouldnt work for their clear lens gauges either. I still need to figure out where I'm going to put a wideband gauge and dual EGT.
Last edited by AHarada; 10-08-08 at 04:29 AM.
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