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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 02:08 AM
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For those who do not use thier stock gauges, and probably don't even have them, lol. How do you all have yours setup.

Pictures, suggestions?
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 07:04 AM
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 07:49 AM
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that's my car
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 07:53 AM
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I have mine set up on the left side in a 2-pod. Lights up red like my TA inside guages. Looks pretty bad ***!!
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 08:54 AM
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Autometer ultra lite gauges, 4ea 2 1/16" gauges stock location, 4ea 2 5/16" in the Trans Am A/C vents and a 5 1/2" roll bar mounted tach.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom the roofer
that's my car
Tom, I love that setup. That will be my inspiration for Jen's dash.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Flame Throwing SS
Tom, I love that setup. That will be my inspiration for Jen's dash.
Thanks George Sean Freese did that for me

Spanky, The DVD is awesome dude Your set up is awesome
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 09:59 AM
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that's my car
i like that!!!
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has anyone got a fuel guage to work?

what is needed to get the MPH to work with a t56?

i'm liking this setup ALOT
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 12:34 PM
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Isnt that Seans old car with the DVD player?

Powell, dont run gauges they add weight, just make sure everything is right before you leave!!
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 01:06 PM
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Here's mine - carbon fiber'd

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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom the roofer
Spanky, The DVD is awesome dude Your set up is awesome
Thanks, unfortunately its not mine.

Originally Posted by TApimp
Isnt that Seans old car with the DVD player?
I *think* it was Fastech's shop car, I saved it a LONG time ago.
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I got some pics of stuff, none of these are mine just pics I've collected over the years. A couple of these are for the 93-96 Camaro guys
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 11:51 AM
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The first one posted is Sean's old Fastech car. See how similar the guage bezel is to Tom's setup (that Sean built)?
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Here's mine w/ some of the gauges in place.




I like Tom's setup and how he put the aluminum closer to the driver. I may try that out since I have an almost unlimited supply of 1/8" aluminum plate.
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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I hate you and hyour 1/8" aluminum plate LOL! I had to pay $130 yesterday for a BIG sheet
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Originally Posted by mongse
Here's mine w/ some of the gauges in place.




I like Tom's setup and how he put the aluminum closer to the driver. I may try that out since I have an almost unlimited supply of 1/8" aluminum plate.

all i see is red x's
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 69vette
all i see is red x's
Yeah, I accidently busted my gallery site about 5 minutes ago.

Working on either fixing it or a heart attack. Looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.
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Originally Posted by mongse
Yeah, I accidently busted my gallery site about 5 minutes ago.

Working on either fixing it or a heart attack. Looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.
lol..have fun with fixing it
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Whenever I buy the guages I'm going to mount a tach and few guages where the old guages went and a few more in the A/C vents and radio area. I just drew a template onto a piece of carbon fiber which should work well.



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