Just wondering if there is anyone else who has not wanted to drill holes into the a pillar to mount the autometer dual gauge pod and have come up with an alternative? I was thinking of some 2 sided tape or something but.... Any ideas? .......

 

Yeah, get one of Frank's (flyrx7) center-speaker tri-pod gauge holders. Works great and no permanent damage to the interior.

http://hometown.aol.com/flyrx7/Rx7-Gauge-Pod.html

 

When garfinkle had one gage up there he used the 2 sided tape on top. He cut the bottom angle and pushed it inbetween the piller and dash .Now with two gages up there he drilled a hole .

 

Are those pillar pieces expensive to replace? If not you should just go for it.

 

A new A-pillar trim piece will be about $55 from Malloy Mazda or Mazdaformance.

 

I guess that isn't too bad ... makes me feel icky thinking about doing it.... No way in hell I would stick my gauges on the dash.... looks like chit... a pillar is somewhat hidden when looking in the car.

 

Everyone's entitled to their opinion I guess, but there's no way the tri-pod looks like ****. Everyone who has seen the gauges in my car has wanted both the Defi gauges and the center tri-pod. To me, a universal cheap plastic pod mounted on the a-pillar looks like crap.....

 

Autometer has a full a-pillar replacement for the fd. Part # 22674 for the 2 pod and #22675 for the 3 pod. They have to be modified to fit 60 mm gauges if that is what you have, but it isn't hard to do. I haven't installed mine yet, but there is a picture that I posted in one of the forums. Just search under volley1.

 

I fabed mine from a 94 integra gauge pod and you could hardly tell it not meant for the FD...I have my Defis mounted in it...I drilled holes in the stock pilar though. No biggie

 

hey apen and ryn. Are the Defi Gauges the best match for the interior lighting. I was looking at the Omori gauges as they are multicolor and can be adjusted to match the amber lighting.

also ryn - the center channel gauges are total sex. I keep getting tempted by them. However, is that a tape deck! That has to go! The Alpine 7894 has a slick amber mode which matches really well. Looks very nice at night.

 

No, the Defi Link series light up green with red needles. The Omori gauges are not available with amber lighting and english units.

Actually, the pic I posted is from Frank's website and is not my car. But, yes, I still have just the stock tape deck.... I don't listen to the tunes much anyway, I just roll down the window and listen to that unique rotary sound. I was actually looking at the Alpine 7894 (thanks for the tip though) myself. That will come after a few other mods.

 

http://www.omorimeter.com/amco-125-bfc-1.jpg

http://www.omorimeter.com/52mm_boost.htm

In english and in multicolor! Is there a better match to be found? Not sure of the price probably a bit on the expensive side though.

 

Hehe, yeah, that is a tape deck, but it's also a cd changer controller (10 disc in back) so it's not all bad
Plus it is an amber lighted unit.

Regards,
Frank

PS; Tyler, I may just have to hire you on as my PR guy

 

I was going to use double sided tape, when I realized that I had to drill a hole in the A-Pillar for the vacuum hose and electrical connections anyways.

Once I drilled one hole, I thought I might as well drill 4 more. I thought it all mounted up pretty good, except I would like to use real screws instead of those cheap plastic ones that come with the gauge pod.

 

Hehe, I hope I'm not starting to sound like Rikki! j/k Rikki

Actually, from the people who have seen the gauges and pod over the last 2 months, you should be getting a few more orders from the Bay Area....

 

Hey frank, While I'm here I just though I'd say thanks for producing such a sexy, innovative product! It's people like you that make owning an FD so much fun.

I'll snag one for sure at some point, I've just got to get more gauges to stick in that thing first!

 

Actually, I think you have that backwards; "To have such a sexy, innovative car that makes making parts for it so much fun".

Frank

 

Sorry Rynberg, I didn't mean to sound like a dick. your right, we all have our opinion on what looks good. Your Defi gauges look awesome by the way... wish they weren't so much money... doesn't seem feesable to spend that much on a gauge other wise I would own some of that!

 

No no. It's not a replacement. I thought so to, so I called them on it. It's a cover. It does NOT replace the pillar. That's why I didn't buy it. Did you actually pull off the stocker on replace it with theirs? Of so, how'd it fit?

 

The D-gauge series is a dead on to match the stock lighting. I've got the tripod deal with the gauges below. Awesome! If Frank posts those pics on his site, take a look. I'll post pics or links to 'em once I get them to a managable size.

 

By the way apneablue, i dig your 3 pod setup...

 

Here is Railgun69's pics showing the backlight.

 

And Railgun69's day shot.

 

Oops, double post.
BTW, ROTORHP, sorry for hijacking your thread, there was some interest so I thought I'd post some pics, since Railgun69 mentioned the backlight of the D-gauge.
You can carry on with the A-pillar thread now

Frank

 

It's all good... those gauges look nice at night. Look even better on the a pillar! JK