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Old 07-05-2005, 07:04 PM   #1
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I bought a 2 inch oil pressure gauge for the NC and am just wondering were would be a good spot to mount it? Any suggestions? Pics?

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Old 07-05-2005, 07:20 PM   #2
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A-pillar, side of steering column, pocket infront of gear lever, above glovebox facing driver (although a trio of gauges would look better here....VL-T styles ;)

I made a custom panel for 3 gauges in the pocket infront of the gear stick.

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Old 08-05-2005, 02:09 AM   #3
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is it illegal to mount gauges above the dashboard?

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Old 08-05-2005, 02:20 AM   #4
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I made a custom panel for 3 gauges in the pocket infront of the gear stick.

That looks Sweet as! how did you make that pod up?
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Old 08-05-2005, 10:56 PM   #5
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bit of 3mm MDF and some bog and lots of sanding!
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Old 08-05-2005, 11:13 PM   #6
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sphell: Nice setup- is the air-fuel gauge difficult to setup?
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Old 08-05-2005, 11:21 PM   #7
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that style air fuel guage is damn easy to setup.
just uses the factory oxy sensor as input.
then it only needs the usual illumination etc.
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Old 09-05-2005, 09:29 AM   #8
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Sphell that looks great.

I just put a flat panel in.

My gauges
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Old 09-05-2005, 01:01 PM   #9
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my best mate has an NC and he has done similar to you sphell, however its just a flat'ish panel, with 3 guages.

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Old 09-05-2005, 06:38 PM   #10
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Both those setups look great. I am going to attempt something a little different. My dash is apart at the moment and I will post pics once i'm finished.
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Old 10-05-2005, 07:26 PM   #11
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Well here is my gauge finally mounted. I never used this spot for anything so though it would be a good spot. The surround around the gauge is black leather and matches my shifter boot.
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