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Old 06-16-2008, 08:28 PM
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In the next week or so, a friend of mine is going to be able to provide me with a free gauge setup for my car for a two gauge a pillar setup. He is going to be able to provide me with any gauge I pretty much choose for it within the size of 2 1/6". My question is, I have no idea on what gauges to pick for it. I',m not supercharged or anything. I am going to be trying to in the near future, but I would like some input on what type of gauges I should have him get for me. Thanks.
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Old 06-16-2008, 08:48 PM
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You should probably get a air/fuel ratio gauge. Wish I could come up on a hook up like that
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Old 06-16-2008, 09:06 PM
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A/F guage and if you have a autoI'd get a trans temp guage.
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Old 06-16-2008, 10:42 PM
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Are these hard to install?
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Old 06-17-2008, 10:20 AM
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not if someone knows what they are doing. I got water temp cuz it tells you what temp you running at and what temp not to push it. boost/vaccum, and im getting oil pressure next.
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Old 06-17-2008, 11:40 AM
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If your going to get s/c then save one for boost
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Old 06-17-2008, 11:21 PM
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Thank you all for your help. I did have one additional question about connecting for the backlight of it. Where is the best place to connect power cable to for the power supply? Some instructions specify to connect it to the light switch itself so when the lights are powered on, the backglow will come on. Is this the best method to doing it? Or is it better to find a fuse that gets power when the lights are turned on and connect the power cable to that.
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Old 06-18-2008, 01:56 AM
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you can connect the back light like i did. i did it to the **** for your lights so when i turn on my parking lights it lights up with everything else.
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Old 06-18-2008, 05:05 AM
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I hooked my 12v power to the convert able fuse slot in the fese box under the dash, the dimmer to the white wire off of the light **** and ground on one of the screws that holds the fuse box. Took about an hour to install all 3 of my gauges not including painting time of the pillar.
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Old 06-19-2008, 10:00 AM
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i got mine connected to the ignition switch. but i wish i connected them to the light switch so i could dim them at night
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