Silverbullet951

Hey guys, I've recently been involved in a new project to set up new gauges on my car. They are all separate gauges, and they are lightweight carbon fiber. It was a HUGE amount of work. The gauges are water temp, oil pressure, speed, and rpms. The gauges down in the console are boost and air fuel. They are all carbon fiber. Let me know what you guys think.

JDeitz951

The dash gauges look great! Are you going to make a kit available for sale? I don't like the fact that the radio space is gone. I'd rather have the radio than the cubby. But he dash gauges and a pillar pod would be awesome. Great work!

J Chen

Yes me thinks too, nice. What sort of wiring mods
are required to convert to aftermarket gauges &
what about the check lights ?

mark944turbo

Looks like he still has some lights. Impressive work.

What motivated you to do it?

Ian Carr

Just installing a boost gauge and oil temp was a pain. I can't think about all that work! Looks good man

-Ian

Silverbullet951

Well I guess you guys can see the pics.

Well I've been thinking about doing my own custom work on the gauge panel. I'm also removing the stock front and rear seats, installing race seats, roll cage, momo steering wheel, suspension, etc. then I'll go to engine upgrades. I wanted my car to be unique. The wiring is very complicated, expecially the oil pressure. It was a hell of a lot of work. All in all, it took about 3 and a half days, straight through. Only breaks to eat and sleep. The lights are the fuel reserve light, voltage, and shift light which is routed through the RPM gauge. We had to calibrate the speedo, and we had to calibrate the water temp gauge which was a serious pain in the a**. My radio is going to go under my gauges. I like the fact that my gauges are higher, because they are easier to see. I'm going to be purchasing a radio soon. Thanks for the comments guys..

Jakerx

great work!

but a few questions...how did you calibrate the speedometer? and what about odometer functions for inspection, registration, etc?

Silverbullet951

THe odometer has a built in mileage indicator. So there are no worries there.

MichelleJD

Looks great, but, ummmmm, how do you know how much gas you have?

DDP

He wired a light up for the reserve on the fuel tank.

docwyte

Besides just getting a different look, what's the point? The dash gauges work well and are very easy to read... Just seems like alot of effort for very little benefit unless you're building a show car...

MichelleJD

Cool Glad to see you made it home okay.

Porsche-O-Phile

Interesting idea! Very clean install no matter how you look at it so your craftsmanship is to be commended.

Just out of curiousity (this is something I've considered doing myself) have you looked into providing recessed floodlighting of the entire cluster rather than relying exclusively on backlighting? I imagine that would look very nice as an additional touch. . .

TRWright

IMO, the factory gauges are not the best. No way they are as accurate as the newer stuff. I love how under hard acceleration a hard shift will send the tach needle bouncing back and forth, then by the time it settles, you are about ready to shift again. . . .

Very clean install, it looks great!!

Silverbullet951

I've always hated how the factory gauges are not accurate at all. There is no way to tell an actual numerical water temperature, and that goes far all the other gauges. I also never liked the actual look of the 944 gauges. This setup looks more race inspired, as some 911's are. But the main reason is because I want my car to be custom. It has it's own character now, and i'll continue to make it one of a kind. I love having custom work that only few if any people very people have on their cars. Seems crazy i know, but I love it...lol..

As far as the lighting goes, each gauge has it's own lighting, and they are perfectly sufficient. The gauges light very nicely. The recessed floodlighting would be a nice touch, I'm going to look into it. Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Take care,