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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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...

 

put it on your pillar!!!

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

 

That last one is a sweet setup

 

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

 

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