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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 12:01 PM
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I am wondering if anyone has some gauges that are NOT in the vents and NOT on the pillar I hate the pillar and want to use my vents. any ideas?
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 01:21 PM
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Uh....really not many other places to put them. Down in front of the shifter or bolted onto the dash is about the only other places to mount gauges and be visible to the driver.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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I've seen some custom plates set up to block off the Radio/CD player and then are fitted with gauges.. You could probably mount some on our steering column, but I wouldn't imagine it would look very clean..
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I've seen a pic on here somewhere of a guy who molded some housing on the inside of the gauge bezel. Two on each side around where the warning lights are. Looked really factory.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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how about mounted on the hood. like the old gto judge
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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How about no Scott....





JK. Interested in ideas as well
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You can put two where the TCS button is.

You can put one in place of where your speaker is in the door.
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I've always wanted to see like 3-4 pods molded into the top of a firebird gauge bezel. I think that would look pretty cool and put them in very visable sight!
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
I've always wanted to see like 3-4 pods molded into the top of a firebird gauge bezel. I think that would look pretty cool and put them in very visable sight!
Voila!



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^^anymore pics???
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^^anymore pics???
That's all I've got
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That was the bezel I was trying to describe!! I wish I would have saved the thread where I saw it. It looks really good.
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Not quite what I had in mind. I was thinkin of pods ABOVE the cluster.. Like on top kinda like the 04-06 GTOs



Still, pretty freakin sweet dude!
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Originally Posted by Sabaktes
How did you remove the graphic from the switches and change the color of the light. I have a similar setup using all four switches.
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
Not quite what I had in mind. I was thinkin of pods ABOVE the cluster.. Like on top kinda like the 04-06 GTOs



Still, pretty freakin sweet dude!
Just get a Mustang gauge pod and mount it there. Theres a few of us around here who did that.
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Originally Posted by squee
Just get a Mustang gauge pod and mount it there. Theres a few of us around here who did that.
pics or lol
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
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This will have to do. Its dark, raining, and my battery was disconnected.
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I think the gauges in the gauge surround look really good. More pics
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This will have to do. Its dark, raining, and my battery was disconnected.
Yea, those are ok. Not what I had in mind though. I think I'm gonna have to just fab up what I'm thinkin of myself since no one has done it lol
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