transam69230

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I need to get a tranny temp gauage for sure, and i can't make up my mind. I have 3 gauage pillar pod but i really don't want to put it in the car. I was thinking of putting the gauge in the dash vent because i have a trans am. If i use the pod i have to buy two other gauges, and i don't know what gauges i would get. The hard part is deciding on what style of gauage i want. I want it to match with the red lights, and i want it to match the black interior.

sobaka79

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get oil pressure and coolant temp or oil temp, the gauges in the cluster arent really that good.

5PONT7

Sometimes people put them in place of the 3 air vents on the dash. It can come out really cool looking, But ofcourse u lose the A/C part of the equation

ls1chris

i will puttin my three guages in the ac vents above the cd player.i think they look good their and are out of your way and site compared to a triple pod even thaugh the pods look good too

01pewterbird

I have two in the vents, one on each side of the cluster.

6LITEREATER

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IMO here's your best two options if you're only installing one gauge:

1) Get a SINGLE pod for the a-pillar:





2) Put one gauge in the center console area (just cut a 2 1/16" hole in your TCS plate or get a TCS plate from a Trans-Am or convertible switch plate from a Camaro):





In my car I obviously did both and I used the Cobalt gauges (I then converted my stock lighting to match the Blue LED's) so I ended up with a Black/Blue/Chrome theme to my interior:













(My back seats are now matching black leather and I'm re-covering the doorpanels in black leather this weekend...)

I think the Cobalts blue LED would make a nice contrast to the red lighting in your car but here's a couple of other options:

1) Get a black faced normal gauge and add a red bulb (or red bulb cover which the gauges come with) to get red lighting... I would most recommend this gauge (It's black, has chrome and is FULL SWEEP which most tranny gauges are NOT):



Guage Style: Auto Meter Traditional Chrome
Gauge Type: Transmission temperature


or if you don't like the chrome...



Gauge Style: Auto Meter Sport-Comp
Gauge Type: Transmission temperature

or if you want ALL black...



Gauge Style: Auto Meter Z
Gauge Type: Transmission temperature

Here's and idea of how they would look lit:




2) Finally, and this is what I would do if I had a Trans-Am, you could buy one of Auto-Meter's II Series gauges, they light the NUMBERS up (like the factory style does but with LED's) instead of just a crappy back light and then try to make it red (take it apart, and add a red film or change the leds to red):



Gauge Style: Auto Meter Sport-Comp II
Gauge Type: Transmission temperature

Here's a pic of how it lights up:



Hopefully this helps...

mycamaroSS

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put it on your pillar!!!

WhiteStripes

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So Demonbird, how do you turn on your head-lights?

And to the OP, if you have a ton of money to spend, you could get a dual pod and throw 2 Aeroforce Interceptors in there, that'll cover your tranny temp, and 3 other things and you'll only have 2 guages. Or you could just do as Demonbird said and get a single pod or put it down in the TCS plate.

6LITEREATER

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I don't, the car does it for me when it gets dark !

TA4EVR

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i put mine in my a/c vents and i loved it! even had the smaller one and had to make a spacer and it still looked great.

lethal93ta

transam69230

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That last one is a sweet setup

6LITEREATER

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Anytime I see someone with a BOOST gauge it makes me happy in my special place !

Superman09

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Vents FTW, just got done with my install and love it. However, the size for guages that fit in vents is the 2 5/8, you can fit the 2 1/16 like above but you'll have to match something to hold them in there. here are some pics of mine, Boost, Fuel press, Trans Temp.. Autometer Phantom, 2 5/8"



Red to match other lighting