Does Anybody Have Pics Of There Pillar Gauges Installed? Did You Have To Drill Holes In The Pillar? Or Does The Whole Pillar Get Replaced?

 

drill holes... www.cardomain.com/id/superchannelkev i think they are on one of the last pages

 

i want the 3 gauge pillar...the whole pillar replacement....but i cant decide what gauges to get or use....any ideas?

 

I had the Autometer triple guage pillar. It was just a cover for the entire stock pillar. You have to drill a few holes and use the include plastic screws to hold the two pillars together.

www.cardomain.com/id/z28venom - Check page 2 at the very bottom.

 

How much did that entire setup cost you? Where'd you purchase it from? What gauges are you using?

 

i just bought a 2 gauge pillar

wonder if you could use double sided tape, since thats not really going to hurt the pillar underneath...just to beable to keep it stock?

 

The only thing is you would still need to tap holes for your wiring to go in.

 

crap lol

well i guess one hole is better than a bunch

thats gotta be a bitch to run that wire!! how do you do it?

 

Well rather than having to drill another hole in the firewall, I know there's a rubber grommet you can go through on the passenger side by the PCM.

 

cool thanks

 

I think that total was around $250 for everything including shipping to Hawaii at the time.

I had Phantom water and oil temp guages. I also ran the Cobalt C-2 a/f guage. I purchased everything from Jegs.

 

Here is a shot of mt setup, runing fuel prs, boos/vac, and wide band o2. With a Raptor shift light installed in the defroster vent.
Bought my pod from Jegs about 65.00.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65...install093.jpg

 

sweet

so should i try the double sided tape or just drill some holes?

 

You could try the double sided tape, but like I stated earlier you will still have to drill holes for the wires to go through the pillar to connect to the guages. Otherwise you would see the wires.

 

I was able to route my wires and boost line just by making a small notch at the bottom of the orignal cover just were it meets the dash. So if I remove my pod the dash mat will cover the notch. And as for the 4 holes for the plastic rivets they can be reinstalled in the cover as well and that is all that would tell that there was ever a pod installed.

I to was worried about cutting my orginal cover up as well so I bought a used set off of e-bay, just incase things dont work out.

 

how do you guys run your wires?

A-pillar straight down to where the pedals are? i haven't looked yet where they would run

 

I haven't actually looked yet to see if there's a spot where the pedals are. I'm just going to run my wires through the rubber grommet on the firewall behind the PCM and across under the dash.

 

Pics in sig, after taking it on and off a few times I just went to rivets cuz the little christmas tree fastners wore out a bit, just hit them with a little interior paint like the pod. Dont worry about drilling holes, its not like your ever going to take it off once you spend the money and go through all the bull to get it in. Besides a new a plr from the dealer or junkyard or one of the 10pt cage guys wont cost much. Also drilling a hole in the fire wall and installing a grommet in it was a piece of cake. Just my $.02

 

are you supposed to paint the pod? mine is black...i was just going to leave it alone?

 

If you have a black interior I guess it would be ok to leave it but if you paint it with black interior paint then the gloss level will match all the other polypro plastic in the interior. No big deal really, some people do it and some dont. I had to do mine because I have dark grey interior although I havent touched up my rivets yet. Most important thing is make sure all the connections are good and that the gages work before you install the pod to the a plr. Its a bitch to pull those fastners out without messing them up. They get wore out after a few removals.