rednuts81 Get on the end of it..... Member 578 Member For: 19y 5d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 13/05/06 12:23 PM Share Posted 13/05/06 12:23 PM Need some help I put the holder in and some cheap sh*t gauges to see what it would look like but the holder over laps onto the dash, do u have to trim it to fit because I have tryed to force it but this is as good as I could do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 28d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/05/06 12:27 PM Share Posted 13/05/06 12:27 PM I had to trim aprox 15mm off the front on my gauge pod to get it to sit properly.....i wasnt happy either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 6m 1d Location: Canberra Posted 13/05/06 12:47 PM Share Posted 13/05/06 12:47 PM try and source an FPV pod. you won't be disappointed. Perfect fit, clips straight in and looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednuts81 Get on the end of it..... Member 578 Member For: 19y 5d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 13/05/06 01:00 PM Author Share Posted 13/05/06 01:00 PM I had to trim aprox 15mm off the front on my gauge pod to get it to sit properly.....I wasnt happy either... ←Cheers mate ill try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 28d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/05/06 07:07 PM Share Posted 13/05/06 07:07 PM Dont trim 15mm off it one hit take it in stages to make sure you get the perfect fit, i used a dremel with a cut off wheel. I dont know if its ford or ss inductions quality contol thats up to sh*t but they all seem to fit differently.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 13/05/06 09:41 PM Share Posted 13/05/06 09:41 PM you should not have to trip it you have to push it back abit to make it fit right I have done 10 of these and everyone fitts right if you push it in right.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoon Member 284 Member For: 18y 11m 23d Gender: Male Posted 14/05/06 12:37 AM Share Posted 14/05/06 12:37 AM (edited) Heres the difference. Original FPV guage holders are injection moulded, so they come out of an injection moulding machine exactly the same every time. Aftermarket holders are Vacuum Formed, which means that every single one is moulded from a sheet of plastic. Each one then has to be indivdually trimmed to the required size to get rid of excess plastic that is part of this process. This involves a human input, hence the variations in each one. The tooling for injection moulding to make these would be around $30-$35k. The tooling for a vacuum formed unit would be no more than $5k. The reason the aftermarket guys do not use an injection moulded tool is because it would take alot of sales to recoup there return on investment. I know this because I have spent 27 years in the engineering plastics industry and have been involved in all forms of plastics processing,design and setup. Hope this helps answer your questions. By the way, I'd be interested in knowing if people are interested in an injection moulded 3 pod guage holder, identical to the FPV one but with a 3rd pod to allow for afr gauge or any other gauge to fit, this would be identical fit to the original gauge holder, ie no trimming and no ugly press studs, simply clip in as per the OEM unit. If I had enough interest, I may consider tooling up for it.CheersJeff Edited 14/05/06 12:44 AM by Phoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 14/05/06 12:56 AM Share Posted 14/05/06 12:56 AM By the way, I'd be interested in knowing if people are interested in an injection moulded 3 pod guage holder, identical to the FPV one but with a 3rd pod to allow for afr gauge or any other gauge to fit, this would be identical fit to the original gauge holder, ←Does a bear in the woods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goobz Member 746 Member For: 20y 2m 10d Location: Sutherland Shire, Sydney Posted 14/05/06 01:26 AM Share Posted 14/05/06 01:26 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Daddy Member 103 Member For: 19y 4m 27d Location: brisvegas Posted 14/05/06 01:28 AM Share Posted 14/05/06 01:28 AM put me in for a definate on the three gauge holder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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