New guages(aL inspired) and illuminated shift ****...

 

nice setup, what gauge setup did you get? any more pictures of the pod and gauge on your driver side vent?

 

where did yu get the gauge pod over the ac vent

 

Looks sweet how hard was it wire up?

 

WOW....When my 8 grow up i wont it to be just like yours LOL

 

water temp, oil temp, oil press, volt(for my future music system lol). I'll take a picture of the vent pod tomorrow for ya.

I got it from a local forum member when he sold his car. He got it from a guy on the MS6 forum who custom made them, but it looks factory. It's great quality.

Not hard at all. I have the Racing Beat sending units. I ran the wires through a hole in the fire wall. Used the same power, and ground for all the gauges.

=]

 

goddammit omar! quit making me have second thoughts about selling my 8

 

Looks good man! I just bought some gauges from prosport with the lotek pod...buying the racing beat oil adapter pretty soon though cant wait for them to go in! How did you get the iluminated shift ****?

 

Nice setup man.

 

lol

I bought it from AL here on the forums brand new.

 

Damn that looks clean, nicely done

 

Nice job man, but I don't really trust these gauges. Ebay is exploding with these gauges; for cheap too. I would be afraid of how accurate everything is or how long they last. They kinda look like a budget honda civic gauge, especially the analog ones. Maybe the digital ones are better, who knows. But usually you get what you pay for. Keep us updated on how they work out for you.

 

Before these I had Prosport gauges. I just wanted a change. "AL" had these and I loved the way they looked. I must say the texture and feel, are great. They definitley feel and perform like quality gauges. And as far as their readings; they are spot on with my Prosports. I guess the only question of how long they will last; only time can tell. but I'm really happy with them and the way they look. I'll keep you update on how they hold up.

 

i still cant find the pod.... -_-

 

You won't be able to find them, they were custom made.

Here's the thread: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=155820%29

 

Oh, and the guy who was making those vent pods are not making them anymore.

 

nice shift ****....

want one of the custom gauge pod? email me" xxredline9xx@aol.com"

Ben

 

Top Notch photography! Looks awesome!

 

hey i emailed you about the pod md3x1@aol.com

 

I emailed you too.

-Vesper

 

Nice man, you have the cleanest look of an 8 both exterior and interior... love it

 

Where are you guys tapping the power to backlight the guage so it will dim with the rest of the instrument panel? I can't for the life of me remember the wire color and searches give no clue.

 

This is what I followed...
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=lotek

 

from the prosport gauges you have 5 wires, 1 sensor and four others, you can wire the 4 (per gauge) that are not going through your engine bay directly to the cigerette lighter. You will need to use a soldering iron to join together the wires from the three gauges and then to the cigarette lighter (you can pick one up for about 20 dollars at autozone).

There are two sets of wires coming out of the lighter. set one has a yellow (main power) and black (ground) the second set is where you connect the dimmer light and the fourth remaining wire from the gauges (cant remember color here, sorry).

all in all pretty easy. You can set up a makeshift wiring harness for the gauges in your house that way the four wires (the non sensor ones) coming from each gauge are wired together that way when you move it to the car you will only have to solder four spots versus 12. And its a lot easier to solder/set up the wires inside where there is more room.

helpful tip: once you solder the wires together wrap them in electrical tape, the use black plastic wire cover to go over it and more electrical tap on the ends to hold in over the soldered area.

 

OK My Bad, I'm installing the vent guage pod, I already did the RB ashtray pod and laws I dont really want to take that out again.