where to find gauges that matches the stock ones?
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where to find gauges that matches the stock ones?
anyone knows where i can find a boost gauge and a rev gauge
to match the stock ones? like black back with orange numbers.
thanks
to match the stock ones? like black back with orange numbers.
thanks
The only ones I'm familiar with are DEFI 'D' Series. They match the stock gauges pretty well and were relatively inexpensive. But they've been discontinued for a couple of years. They still come up for sale now and then though.
And why do you need a "rev gauge"?
And why do you need a "rev gauge"?
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. a friend is gonna check it out.but sometimes it's reading wrong. still need to check it before i buy a new one.
yesterday i was around 6000 and them the car gave me the BEEP that it gives
when we are in the redzone.
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Maybe this will also help........
More info here....
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...light=tach+fix
FD dashboards are prone to "cold solder joints" this is when the circuit board components become loose where they are supposed to be soldered. I don't have a pic but if you look at the circuit board and move things you will see a small crack appear around the solder point. They are very temperature dependant as well as shock and vibration. If you have any guage jumping or on/off/on behavior first rule out the sender if its easier and you only have one symptom. If you have multiple things take out the cluster and inspect or better yet, use a small solder pencil and remelt all the solder points applying new solder where needed. IMHO.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...light=tach+fix
Defi D-gauge
if you wanna go cheap my autometer boost gauge matches the stock gauges near perfect. if you want i can take a picture tonight that way you can see. also i forgot which exact gauge model it is but i can look it up if you are interested.
An inexpensive alternative would be the Stewart Warner gauges. They're not an exact match, but still work okay. Needles are kinda more orange-y than red and the bezel is silver not chrome. Backlighting is white, green or red depending on what condom you put on the bulb.
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STRI X-line gauges:
http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/s...5518_5521.html
ProPlus gauges:
http://www.proplus.com.tw/download/big/22.gif
I've personaly seen quite a lot of the STRI gauges fail after some use, 90% of the time the A/F model.
The shop where I used to work stopped selling them because of that and for the last 2 years they have only sold the ProPlus gauges, there have been a few DOA's (I prefer to think they were killed by mistakes during installation) and even fewer warranty claims, it's a cheap Taiwanese manufacturer but to me they have proven themselves, I have had 2 (watertemp+boost) in my FD for about a year now and they still function without flaws.
The backlight is bright red or bright white, I am going to try and get my hands on a broken one to see if I can mix the red and white LEDs inside to make an amber colored gauge.
http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/s...5518_5521.html
ProPlus gauges:
http://www.proplus.com.tw/download/big/22.gif
I've personaly seen quite a lot of the STRI gauges fail after some use, 90% of the time the A/F model.
The shop where I used to work stopped selling them because of that and for the last 2 years they have only sold the ProPlus gauges, there have been a few DOA's (I prefer to think they were killed by mistakes during installation) and even fewer warranty claims, it's a cheap Taiwanese manufacturer but to me they have proven themselves, I have had 2 (watertemp+boost) in my FD for about a year now and they still function without flaws.
The backlight is bright red or bright white, I am going to try and get my hands on a broken one to see if I can mix the red and white LEDs inside to make an amber colored gauge.
I have the VDO gauges and they are dead on to the stock gauges. DEFIs are nice if you have the cash but if you need a reliable(porsche uses them) and fairly inexpensive then I recommend the VDO gauges.
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_grou.asp?Series=Vision
they offer a TON so just pick the category you need. I'll try to find pics of my setup
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_grou.asp?Series=Vision
they offer a TON so just pick the category you need. I'll try to find pics of my setup
used Defi D or Greddy with the amber backlight. I think those are the best stock match but still look modern. Some of the others look a little too old/generic for my taste.
first pic I found was temp but the color and style is the same for boost, i think it looks nice, i use that same gauge for water temp and a defi for boost in a column mount.
first pic I found was temp but the color and style is the same for boost, i think it looks nice, i use that same gauge for water temp and a defi for boost in a column mount.
look at the VDO 'vision chrome' (3 rows down) and the Auto Meter 'pro comp' (7 up from bottom). what do you think?
http://www.egauges.com/vd2_main.asp
http://www.egauges.com/vd2_main.asp
