Are your Gauges perfectly Centered in the Cluster holes?
08-31-13, 10:08 PM
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Are your Gauges perfectly Centered in the Cluster holes?
I was driving around one day and noticed that my gauges aren't exactly center in the cluster trim...
I took everything out and tried adjusting the gauges behind the cluster. There's some room for adjustment, but not much. In the end, I'm able to get the speedometer and tachometer centered, but all the smaller gauges are still off.
Here's a picture
Are all RX-7s like this, or is there something I'm missing here??
I took everything out and tried adjusting the gauges behind the cluster. There's some room for adjustment, but not much. In the end, I'm able to get the speedometer and tachometer centered, but all the smaller gauges are still off.
Here's a picture
Are all RX-7s like this, or is there something I'm missing here??
09-01-13, 11:12 PM
#2
Mine looks the same. 1992 JDM RHD car, all original.
I wondered this myself, but it looks to be a silly oversight on Mazda's behalf, as all the FD's I've ever seen have this problem. It only bugs me when I notice it. Still, for a car that cost $90,000 Aussie dollars when new, I would have expected better fit and finish in an area you look at very often.. :s
I wondered this myself, but it looks to be a silly oversight on Mazda's behalf, as all the FD's I've ever seen have this problem. It only bugs me when I notice it. Still, for a car that cost $90,000 Aussie dollars when new, I would have expected better fit and finish in an area you look at very often.. :s
09-02-13, 01:40 AM
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It looks like the holes in the cluster are too big to conform exactly over the gauges... The larger gauges fit fine though. It took me a while to notice it in the first place. You're right though, you'd at least expect the fitment to be better coming out of the factory.
I wonder if the Series 7 & 8 cars have better tolerances?
I wonder if the Series 7 & 8 cars have better tolerances?
09-02-13, 01:44 AM
#4
Mine aren't, but they are not that far off. I just took my cluster out to replace the leaky cap and I didn't adjust it, just bolt it back up and snap it back on the car. Right now if I look at it directly is it off center, but they look center if I sit back like how I would sit when I drive.
09-02-13, 07:16 AM
#5
I'm pretty sure the Series 7/8 cars (1996-2001) are the same. Because I'm using the clear plastic gauge lense plate out of a 1999 car in my car and it fits no better. In fact, the fit was still very average in the silver 99 car I removed it from.
Unless its some sort of crazy attempt to 'make it "look" centered to the driver when he is in his position in the drivers seat- IE they made it off center to account for the seating and viewing angle.. But I'm probably over thinking it. Simplest explanation is the fitment of it is just sh!tty..
Unless its some sort of crazy attempt to 'make it "look" centered to the driver when he is in his position in the drivers seat- IE they made it off center to account for the seating and viewing angle.. But I'm probably over thinking it. Simplest explanation is the fitment of it is just sh!tty..
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