FOONIN Donating Members 678 Member For: 15y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: CHCH NZ Posted 04/03/11 08:48 PM Share Posted 04/03/11 08:48 PM Just interested to see if anyone has put 2-3 gauges in where the tissue box is? I thought I could "best" utilise this and use the top half of the tissue box to house 3 gauges...only problem is I need a gauge holder for it... so any info or pics would be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterBrain Donating Members 316 Member For: 15y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 04/03/11 10:38 PM Share Posted 04/03/11 10:38 PM This is what I have there. Left is trans oil temp, middle Engine oil temp and right is boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOONIN Donating Members 678 Member For: 15y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: CHCH NZ Posted 04/03/11 11:18 PM Author Share Posted 04/03/11 11:18 PM did you make that holder yourself?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterBrain Donating Members 316 Member For: 15y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 04/03/11 11:43 PM Share Posted 04/03/11 11:43 PM yeah Its just a sheet of alloy, bent and trimmed to size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 15y 2m Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 04/03/11 11:55 PM Share Posted 04/03/11 11:55 PM What about buying the Single DIN fascia then buying gauge set that fits a Single DIN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeofFGXR6T Member 7 Member For: 15y 9m 7d Posted 04/03/11 11:59 PM Share Posted 04/03/11 11:59 PM Similar to approach above but I retained the tissue box and fabricated an insert to hold the digital gauges. Boost on the left, oil pressure on the right.I am not one to watch the boost gauge too much but I was interested just to make sure maximum boost was achieved so this digital meter has a "Peak hold" (similar to analogue gauges) function which you can call up and reset as required. I note these are now available in a Blue LED which might look a bit better than the red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudiger All round good guy! Lifetime Members 1,122 Member For: 16y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Greenvale, Victoria Posted 05/03/11 12:10 AM Share Posted 05/03/11 12:10 AM I toyed with it and had them resting down there while I evaluated options.To tell you the truth if you are interested in staying alive, dont do it.Reason, with the guages above the ICC you can quickly look at them, With them down so low you have to take your eyes off the road to look. I'm serious when I say that this was a MAJOR issue for me and a massive safety concern.But it can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOONIN Donating Members 678 Member For: 15y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: CHCH NZ Posted 05/03/11 04:37 AM Author Share Posted 05/03/11 04:37 AM explain more stazza firstly what is a single DIN? it would be dangerous but so is looking at changing air con or ipod... I only want to put a volt gauge, aeroforce scan gauge and exhaust temp down there but want to keep the bottom tray so I can store my stuff there lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 15y 2m Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 05/03/11 05:02 AM Share Posted 05/03/11 05:02 AM Single DIN is the standard of cd player sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6turboman Donating Members 588 Member For: 16y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand, Palmerston North Posted 05/03/11 08:32 AM Share Posted 05/03/11 08:32 AM I toyed with it and had them resting down there while I evaluated options.To tell you the truth if you are interested in staying alive, dont do it.Reason, with the guages above the ICC you can quickly look at them, With them down so low you have to take your eyes off the road to look. I'm serious when I say that this was a MAJOR issue for me and a massive safety concern.But it can be done. I have a Temporary boost guage there as well and find it very hard to look at when I'm giving it sh*t and trying to keep the thing on the road and being manual I can't see sh*t when I'm in higher gears... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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