Okay, its Saturday night and I'm going crazy studying about NMR Spectroscopy (don't ask)!

So here's the survey: Where do you have your aftermarket gauges mounted or where you would perfer to have them...

(You can reference Mach V for pictures: http://www.machv.com/gaugmounsol.html if you have no clue.)

So do you perfer:

1) Dash Top
2) A-Pillar
3) Vent Panel (1G)
4) Dash Bezel

I've just picked up a couple of new gauges and can't decide to mount them on the A-pillar or dash... (it's a 2G).

Let's see how this goes!

-Anton

I have 2 and 3. Triple a pillar...boost,egt,af and vents are oil pressure and water temp. I guess it depends what you like. The Egt and oil are the one's i most watch.

I have 2 and 3. Triple a pillar...boost,egt,af and vents are oil pressure and water temp. I guess it depends what you like. The Egt and oil are the one's i most watch.

Ive got water temp and boost in mounting cups, on top of the gauge bezel to the left of the steering wheel. I bought an oil pressure gauge the other day along with a cup, probably gonna mount it on top of the steering column, so its essentially gonna cover up the stock oil pressure gauge.

The cluster bezels are nice and stealthy (i.e. less likely to have your car broken into because of your bling bling gauges), but the gauges are harder to see there than if they're mounted on the A-pillar.

I have the pillar mount, but if I get anymore gauges they're going in a cluster bezel.

Just out of curiousity, what do you 1G guys do for A/C & ventilation when the vents are used to hold guages? - Especially in the summer.

I have three bling-bling gauges (GReddy whiteface 60mm boost, EGT and fuel pressure), mounted on the a-pillar. Future gauge additions will be dash bezel mounted.

Single boost gauge in a cup on the left instrument cluster pod.

Palm datalogger on center console w/ custom bracket.

I have A/F,Boost,EGT on the A-Pilar and water temp,oil temp,fuel pressure,oil pressure in the middle vent in a custom fibreglass pod. who needs A/C vents when you have gauges..

I will be rocking a dual dashtop on the angled part of the dash (to the left above the instrumentation)... I figure it's right at a glance and it fits so well there.

I've got number 2 in my 2G and I'm very happy with it. Highly visible.

Im part of Gheto Racing when it comes to mounting stuff in the interior. My boost gauge is mounted at the base of the A-pillar and the winshield. I took some of that metal straping they use to hold pipes etc. doubled it over for rigidity and made an "L" bracket that punches up through the mini speaker cover on the dash. I put all the lines and wiring through the speaker as well. I works great, sits in a good spot and looks like crap. I get alot of people (mostly people who don't know much about cars) looking in at it wondering what it is or does. I even had a cop at a ride program ask about it out of curiousity. Now that I have some big Hella FF1000 driving lights out front I get all kinds of weird looks.

My cars and ugly b!tch but I love her .

I plan to install 2-3 gauges in the spot under my stereo. (I have asingle DIN stereo replacing my double din one). I figure between the single din and the trim piece around the stereo I sould have enough room for a 52mm. I think it will look good there but I never seen any pictures of this. Has anyone done this and have pictures they could post or send me?

Center vent for boost and egt.

Do you guys find it a bit annoying to have to take your eyes so far off the road to read gauges in the center-vent location? Im just wondering, because I'll be running out of spots to mount my gauges in eye-sight and might consider putting a few in the center vent.

Darko, the one on the driver's side is not too bad. Just a little below eye-level and to the right. However, the one on the passenger side is a little bit of a pain to monitor.

Do you guys think that you are more likely to get harassed by cops or targeted by theives if your gauges are mounted on the A-pillar? Do you think there is the same concern with a dash or centre vent install or less because it's a little more stealthy? I really like the A-pillar but I'm a little worried about being a target... even a target for civics that want to race ALL THE TIME! :rolleyes:

Anton, mine are mounted on the A-Pillar and I've never had problems, even at night when they have the lights on. Then again, I think my wing and my exhaust would draw the attention first before they ever got to my gauges.

6 gauges in the center vent and controls. Mostly concentrating on Boost and tranny temp. Had it on the A-pillar but cops would give it a good stare.

I have 2 guages on the A-pillar. I think that's the best spot personally. I'll eventually add another 2 in the dash bezel. The vents would be awkward for me, and the dashtop is ugly IMHO.

A little late, but I finally have a picture of my gauge install <a href="http://members.shaw.ca/costall/AFC/AFC4.jpg">here</a>.

Can you still reach behind and turn the heat on with that setup?

There are 2 photos there. THe stereo doesn't overlap the HVAC controls. I have a triple a-pillar and the fourth gauge is going to be mounted similar the picture above next to an S-AFC, under the deck.

Sean that's a really nice looking setup!

I like the A-pillar look...target for cops and break in though. looks cool though

Ive always liked the insert they make that goes around the stock gauge cluster that holds. One gauge on the 2 bottom corners.The vent look is cool on 1gs. Does anyone have any good places to put a turbo timer. At the moment mine has been mounted on top of the steering columb i dont mind th elook but any ideas would be cool.

The instrument bezel that holds aftermarket gauges only exists for 2G AFAIK.

Yes, there are two photos spliced together there for space reasons. The HVAC controls have not been altered.

You could put the timer in:

• the A/C vent
  
• underneath the deck (where my S-AFC is)
  
• inside the joint between the center console (with the gearshift) and the center cluster (with the stereo)
  
• On the bottom of the dashboard, in the driver's footwell
  
• Mounted inside the bottom of the dashboard in the driver's footwell (the knee panel)
  
• Inside/underneath the little compartment in front of the gearshift (1Gs only, maybe?)
  
• Vertically behind the joint between the instrument cluster and the HVAC controls
  

Some of these will be easier than others. Depends how much cutting you're willing to do.

I have 2 and 4...

here is a link to the interior of my 2G... you can see what they look like.

My 2G Gallery

Sean - Very nice and clean set up

Tim - Very nice and clean car. All that and still a stock cd player? Jokes

Me - A Pillar Dual Pod, easy to read, looks clean like its meant to be there. One day, I'll have a boost guage, one day.....

OK I have two ways of mounting gauges; weird but I've done the first one on one and the second method on two DSMs now and BOTH have a real WOW effect at a great pirce (free with the right tools). Thing is, might not be helpful b/c it's for a 1G

First of all, if you are running an aftermarket deck, the second DIN slot would be super nice to throw on a piece of black plastic dremmel cut to fit with 2" holes made by a circle saw. You just need to grind down a bit of the bezel to fit th egauges flush (not a big deal)

The second way, very sleeperish (which I recommend myself)... Ever open the center glovebox to see the cupholder and wonder? Yes that is what I did once. My gauges have been mounted there ever since. I realize this may not be the safest place to read the gauges on the highway, but as I said earlier, it has a real wow effect. I just drilled holes for the fittings, used the round screw-on washers, made a little "bracket" and voila... gauges in the cupholder!

-J