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High tech digital gauges

Started by _lxss5l_ , Aug 07 2010 10:47 PM

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#1 _lxss5l_

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Posted 07 August 2010 - 10:47 PM

Hi guys.

I've been thinking about it for a while and I was Just wondering if eny one on here has put digital gauges in there lh / lx's like the dakota ones.?

Here's a pic of one I come accross on dodge bay but it came with the hole car. It looks pritty sweet hay. Would be interesting to know were he got the quad gauges or how he did it.

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#2 _dickiep_

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Posted 07 August 2010 - 11:26 PM

here is a forum members car. look really good

http://www.gmh-toran...=1

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#3 _Gunmetal LH_

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Posted 07 August 2010 - 11:53 PM

Found this-

http://www.gmh-toran...h=1

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#4 ls2lxhatch

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Posted 08 August 2010 - 01:36 AM

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The main problem I see with the dash is that the bar graph does not make a lot of sense once you switch to km/h as it is maxed out at 80 km/h. It doesn't really make any sense in mp/h either.

Personally I prefer analog gauges.

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#5 _Gunmetal LH_

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Posted 08 August 2010 - 02:01 AM

Oops, edited as I just realised ls2lxhatch put up the exact pic and link I was going to.

Edited by Gunmetal LH, 08 August 2010 - 02:03 AM.

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#6 Heath

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Posted 08 August 2010 - 12:41 PM

For volts and km/h I can see the attraction of a digital figure, but for most applications I prefer the concept of an analogue gauge. I actually don't think they really look that 'suited' to a Torana, even though the quality of those installs looks to be of a very good standard.

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#7 _Viper_

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Posted 08 August 2010 - 01:19 PM

I went digital in my Sedan, altho I wasnt really a fan of the guages in the stock cluster like that, especially the fuel/volts/water/oil section so I just got a universal cluster...
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Im yet to get it all up and running so cant really comment on if I prefer digital or analog yet but I think im gonna love the features it gives you

-Can set the odo to 000000 to suit the new motor (can set it to anything u want actually)
-Can calibrate the speedo a few different ways to suit whatever g/box/diff/tyres you have

Best bit is you can come to a stop... press one of the buttons and as soon as you take off the timer starts and it will tell you your 0-100kph time 60ft time and 400m time so it basically turns any straight bit of road into a drag strip

You can also set the oil and water gauges to flash at you at a set point (ie 100'c or 10psi)

Also has a display to tell you what gear your in

Thats all i can remember off the top of my head...

Edited by Viper, 08 August 2010 - 01:20 PM.

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#8 originalglenn

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Posted 08 August 2010 - 07:30 PM

looks flash
however i like looking at a needle
i can tell that the temps right if the gage points vertical
i dont have to focus and try and read what the number is( and when you get old and the eyes stop working properly...........you need all the help you can get

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#9 _Viper_

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Posted 08 August 2010 - 08:59 PM

i can tell that the temps right if the gage points vertical
i dont have to focus and try and read what the number is( and when you get old and the eyes stop working properly...........you need all the help you can get

Ya must of missed the bit where I mentioned you can set it so a warning light flashes if the temp gets too hot or you loose oil pressure.. I think you can even connect up a beeper too.

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#10 _Quagmire_

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Posted 09 August 2010 - 11:31 AM

looks flash
however i like looking at a needle
i can tell that the temps right if the gage points vertical
i dont have to focus and try and read what the number is( and when you get old and the eyes stop working properly...........you need all the help you can get .)

i'm sure you can mix and match different gauges to however you like

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#11 Growla

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Posted 10 August 2010 - 08:46 AM

I got my original SL/R gauges re-done with the Speedo made electronic (so it now has a digital odometer but original face) and a new circuit board in the tacho and the quad gauges restored so it actually works and is accurate. It wasn't cheap but keeps the orginal look.
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#12 _lxss5l_

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Posted 11 August 2010 - 10:16 PM

Thanks heeps guys I thourt there would be some one on here that had done a custom dash like this.

Thay were three very nice and very diffrent ways of useing the same sort of gauges I liked them all.
I've always liked keeping a pretty close to original theme to my interior with some exceptions like shifters steering wheels stereos,speekers roll bars you know what I mean. I haven't decided but if I was to do this I recon i'd do the one like Brewster because it's in the original gauge cluster and looks the most subtle (if you could ever call those subtle) so by what brewster said thay cost him about $1500.00 in jan08.
But I know what some of you mean thou about dial gauges thay do look tough in muscle cars. Hard one

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#13 TerrA LX

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Posted 11 August 2010 - 11:22 PM

I got my original SL/R gauges re-done with the Speedo made electronic (so it now has a digital odometer but original face) and a new circuit board in the tacho and the quad gauges restored so it actually works and is accurate. It wasn't cheap but keeps the orginal look.
cheers
Mark

Any pictures of that, sounds interesting.