Re: Gauge Mounting

[Ilias Glavinas <elias@tesla.wustl.edu>]

On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Cox, Wiley wrote:

> 	Yay!  Sometimes the wife is kind to me.  I just ordered the
> 3-gauge mounting kit from Neuspeed for the Ashtray mount.  Now, comes
> the dilemna.  I've got 3 gauge spots and 5 gauges.  Hmm.  How about Oil
> Pressure, Oil Temp and Water Temp?  What do you guys have for your three
> gauges?  And has anyone found anywhere else good to mount the remaining
> gauges (if you have them) elsewhere in the car?  Somewhere unobtrusive?


You haven't been paying attention, have you? It is my crowning 
Scirocco-related achievement :-) that I have managed to have 6 gauges in my 
center console. Suggestion: get rid of that stupid "face-straight" 
Neuspeed kit, and go to your friendly junkyard for two Audi GT or two Audi 
Quattro 3-gauge panels (both will cost you less combined than the 
Neuspeed stuff) that have nice, angled, slots, so it is a lot easier for 
you to view your gauges. Then, get rid of your cassette holder, and at 
the top of that empty space, just below your radio, make a proper 
contraption to mount the extra three gauges. Requires butchering your 
console a bit to make that third angled gauge clear the console. Looks 
nice and clean (I could scan a picture if you remind me soon). My extra 
three gauges are vacuum, water temp (need a mod to put an extra temp. 
sensor at the side of your engine, Shawn Meze told me a trick for that if 
you are interested), and ammeter. 


Ilias
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