Hey guys,

I got the Gruppe-s Panel for Christmas.. Its for 52mm gauges but then i put the gauge in, its really loose.. for those who have th panel how did you attach the gauges?? any help would be great!

Thanks,

 

Sure you weren't sent the 60mm version, instead?

 

Yea im pretty sure they are only slighlty bigger but big enough for the gauge to basically fall out

I measured the opening and its 2 1/16" wich translates to 52mm I have the AutoMeter panel in there now and its made for 52mm as well but those openings were Tight as hell.

 

Wrap the guage in duct tape and shove it in there haha. Only kidding

 

haha.. lol.. Im pretty pissed about this haha.. i might give them a call tomorrow

 

subscribed... i wanna see how its done too.

 

I have the 60mm panel w/ defi gauges. While the gauges weren't loose, they would probably have come out if I stoped hard enough. I just used some double sided 3M tape on the back and taped the gauges to the panel. I haven't had any trouble since I installed them

 

I have the 52mm panel with AEM guages, and it was pretty tight. The AEMs also have a bracket that bolts to the back of them to hold them in place. Does your gauge(s) have the same thing?

 

Yea.. unfortunatly its just the gauge.. I was thinking putting a Ziptie on the gauge and pressing that against the panel..

 

Does your gauge have provisions for a bracket, like two threaded rods coming out of the back of it?

 

no they didnt i think the were just supossed to be pressed in.. they are the STRI X line gauges..

 

That sucks. Cool gauges though.

 

I used a hot glue gun to keep my gauges from popping out of my gauge panel. Works great and if I want to remove them for any reason the glue is easy to peel off.

 

i took black tape and wrapped it around the gauges to increase the diameter and then pushed them in. worked perfectly.

 

Honestly the tape trick does work, but I would use electrical tape. If they aren't 60mm pods and you don't have the brackets for the gauges, you are running out of ideas. 2 of my gauges fit in my pillar pod and one was loose. 1 wrap with electrical tape and its nice and snug now.