carbon fiber gauges
Dec 2, 2006, 05:51 PM
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carbon fiber gauges
hey guys has anyone used rrm's carbon fiber three gauge center dash piece with autometer carbon fiber gauges? I was thinking that might be overkill. maybe i should go with cobalt instead
i'm also going to be changing the climate lights led red to match my normal gauge cluster. what gauges look best with a red interior theme? will the cobalts look cool with the red? I'm such a noob when it comes to this style stuff
also, are short seep gauges useless? i would like to save a ton of money and get short sweeps if they do the job well enough. i'm thinking possibly oil pressure, trans temp, oil temp, maybe a/f (just eye candy), i'm not sure. when i get into serious tuning and stuff later on i know i'll need egt and wideband but not worried about those now
thanks as always!
i'm also going to be changing the climate lights led red to match my normal gauge cluster. what gauges look best with a red interior theme? will the cobalts look cool with the red? I'm such a noob when it comes to this style stuff
also, are short seep gauges useless? i would like to save a ton of money and get short sweeps if they do the job well enough. i'm thinking possibly oil pressure, trans temp, oil temp, maybe a/f (just eye candy), i'm not sure. when i get into serious tuning and stuff later on i know i'll need egt and wideband but not worried about those now
thanks as always!
Dec 2, 2006, 05:55 PM
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I would say oil pressure, oil temp, water temp (engine temp) for usefull starter gauges. I personally think the fake cf gauges look like crap. I think it will ruin the awsomeness of the cf pod.
Cobalts will look ok. I was gonna do this exact thing until I started looking at the gauges I want, defi. $200 a gauge so im holding off. lol
Cobalts will look ok. I was gonna do this exact thing until I started looking at the gauges I want, defi. $200 a gauge so im holding off. lol
Dec 2, 2006, 05:59 PM
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yep thats what i'm thinking. i don't want to do it and then regret it. i'm not a super serious car tuner god though, i just want something functional that looks nice
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i figure that when the time comes i'm going to need a nice wideband and egt anyway. these will at least dress up the dash and serve a purpose once the car is actually being stressed a good deal.
so the short sweep gauges for oil pressure, oil temp etc will work well enough?
so the short sweep gauges for oil pressure, oil temp etc will work well enough?
Dec 3, 2006, 07:17 PM
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They will work well enough now but as soon as you start doing some serious modding then your going to need wideband and egt, so might as well spend the money now then later. I presonally like to buy something once and get the best then get something cheap and regret it later.
