Gauge Help

[Dom86]

Can anyone recommend a gauge that is good quality and accurate, without the Defi price.

I'm after a full set of gauges for my drifter but don't want to spend 2 grand on Defi's.
Any help?

[Oly AE86]

Autometer Gauges are pretty good, they have been around for years unlike a lot of companies now making cheaper gauges like Supercheap "calibre" and autobarns "drift" brand.

You can get 52mm gauges in electronic senders for roughly $120 each (sometimes less on sale or 20% storewide on promotion @ Autobarn)

I have had water temp, oil temp, oil pressure and boost/vac all in metric temperatures for a few years now and never had any problems.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2848/ae86gauges2.jpg

[45KIDS]

VDO or Omori.. looks the goods and arnt to expensive!

[Dom86]

Cheers guys. Any more?

[awang]

autometer, reputable, and the price is afforadable for a quality product

[sundee]

im a fan of the stewart warner gauges.. they look great to

[Dom86]

Are Autometer really that good?

I always thought they were cheap for a reason... I don't know, I've always been steered away from them.:S

[sundee]

they are a good gauge, i think their more used in the drag/street compact scene.
oh the Greddy 60mm black face gauges would be my choice, i actually forgot about them. just looking now on yahoo jp

[Dom86]

I'll take your word for it on the Autometer gauges.....
Greddy would be close to Defi prices wouldn't they?

[.ady]

i thought omori would be expensive too?

[hachirusto]

Omori for period correctness, also very good quality and accurate, just hard to find and can be expensive

[sundee]

yeah even on yahoo JP they are rare, same as the greddy ones, greddy are cheaper then defi. have a search on yahoo and u'll get an idea

[trueno85]

electronic omori are so hard to find and sooo expensive

definitely VDO for cheap but very good, but all only as good as sensors

[Eason]

omori !!!!

[Dom86]

Anyone had any experience with saber?

[Skylar]

STACK
STACK
STACK

Only 35 pounds for temperature and 50 (I think) for oil pressure and it's STACK.

[Sprinter86]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/176504.jpg

Speco electrical work fantasticly and are cheap too. i got mine on trade at around 40 bucks each for repco.

[awang]

just dont mix up autometer and autogauge, autogauge is the cheap one

[trueno85]

VDO electrical work fantasticly and are cheap too. i got mine on trade at around 40 bucks each for repco.

are the speco gauges made by VDO? or are the ones your using just the speco

[Skylar]

Hey sprinter86, that microtech display thing, how does it display warnings? Is it text based or LED's go from shift light to warning mode?

[Sprinter86]

oops sorry i meant to say speco. not VDO. -edited.

um it lights up warning LED's for water temp, oil pressure, rev limiter, boost. etc.

and then tells you what the problem is in text form as well, pretty handy thing actually.

[trueno85]

all good thought the looked similar to the vdo's so might the same motors.

i'm going to get a set of 3 of those was going to get them off ebay but if there that cheap through repco ill go there!

those STACK gauges look mad but there expensive from the distributor in aus

[Dom86]

just dont mix up autometer and autogauge, autogauge is the cheap one

HAAHa! Cheers for that...

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I think I'll go shopping now and find the best value for money out of whats been mentioned.
Thanks again.:thumbup::thumbup:

[Skylar]

those STACK gauges look mad but there expensive from the distributor in aus

Buy them from merlin motorsport. It's like 0.5 pound to a dollar. 35 pounds is 70 bucks.
2 Temp and an oil pressure gauge shipped was 290 when I bought some a month ago. 290 is a bit to pay for three gauges but they look hell cool.:D

[redsprinter]

sprinter86- interesting thing you got there .. was going to get a defi dispaly unit thingy that does that same job ... would you mine pm'ing me the price of your unit and where i could get one ..

im running a mircotech Lt10s in my car... didnt know mircotech made something like that .

[Dom86]

Buy them from meridian. It's like 0.5 pound to a dollar. 35 pounds is 70 bucks.
2 Temp and an oil pressure gauge shipped was 290 when I bought some a month ago. 290 is a bit to pay for three gauges but they look hell cool.:D

For 3 defi's you pay around 7 to 8oo. So thats friken cheap imo :P

[Skylar]

sprinter86- interesting thing you got there .. was going to get a defi dispaly unit thingy that does that same job ... would you mine pm'ing me the price of your unit and where i could get one ..


Click here. (http://www.microtechefi.com/microtech-products.php?product_id=11) Then click the order now link.

Dom, The Defi are all stepper motor(expensive) while the stacks are just electric gauges(cheap). The Stack stepper motor ones would be just as expensive as Defi's. Just pay the 1500 or more and get a ST8130. :D

Or make one like I did.

[trueno85]

oooh i must have been looking at the stepper motor ones which is why they were expensive

[Dom86]

I'm lo0okig into STRI gauges now. They are similar quality and look like Defi, but 2/3 the price.
WIN WIN!

[pen15]

I'm lo0okig into STRI gauges now. They are similar quality and look like Defi, but 2/3 the price.
WIN WIN!

hey mate those gauges look sweet where can you get them? anywhere in sydney and how much are they?

[Dom86]

www.accessauto.com.au
03 9873 0133
Melbourne.

They have a buy 3 get the 4th one half price deal on all current stock. Make sure you mention that its on the SkylinesAus forum.

5 60mm/50mm gauges under a G. Happy times!

[trueno85]

shit they look pretty damn good! anyone heard much about them?

[Dom86]

From what I've read they used the same stepper type motor as Defi. Haven't read anything bad yet.
Basically they seem to be a cheaper rip off of DEFI.