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Show me your (52mm) gauge mounts
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A spinoff from this thread: viewtopic.php?p=2058928#p2058928
I really don't want to ditch my ashtray if I can avoid it, and the location for gauges is a pretty poor one (not in eyeline, reflection with the roof off).
Has anyone done anything creative I can learn from to mount a single 52mm gauge in their E85/6?
I really don't want to ditch my ashtray if I can avoid it, and the location for gauges is a pretty poor one (not in eyeline, reflection with the roof off).
Has anyone done anything creative I can learn from to mount a single 52mm gauge in their E85/6?
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Subbed - I want to get an oil pressure gauge sorted for mine but have thus far stopped short because I can't find a mount that isn't fast and furious or deletes the ash tray.
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Lovely stuff. At least I'm not alone.
I see from your profile picture that you're no stranger to the Ring too.
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Not a statement to be read in isolation.
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Indeed I am, warm-up trackday end of April at Donny, then off to the ring again mid-May with a few mates - I can't wait!
I had hoped to be able to mount the gauges under the dash above the ashtray, but I can't be sure there's space there. I'd thought about getting one of these: https://www.3ddesign.jp/english/product_meter.htm and chopping it about to suit what I need, but never got that far with it.
The only other two potential places would be a custom mount on the passenger side of the transmission tunnel at around ashtray level, or an underslung pod below the Driver-side cup-holder. But both require a custom solution which is where I'd kinda ground to a halt for the timebeing!!
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Lovely stuff! I've got a long weekend at the Ring in a few weeks, then a two-day Destination Nurburgring trackday in September. Basically everything I do this year is in prep for that. Nothing worse than going to all that effort to have my time on track limited!Ed Doe wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:52 pmIndeed I am, warm-up trackday end of April at Donny, then off to the ring again mid-May with a few mates - I can't wait!
I had hoped to be able to mount the gauges under the dash above the ashtray, but I can't be sure there's space there. I'd thought about getting one of these: https://www.3ddesign.jp/english/product_meter.htm and chopping it about to suit what I need, but never got that far with it.
The only other two potential places would be a custom mount on the passenger side of the transmission tunnel at around ashtray level, or an underslung pod below the Driver-side cup-holder. But both require a custom solution which is where I'd kinda ground to a halt for the timebeing!!
I'm still running full interior in my car, and it occasionally gets used for more mundane things (albeit as a third car), so I'm trying to find an unobtrusive solution where I can.
Not sure if this hyperlink will work, but I found this on a Japanese Z4 auction that didn't look too awful. Although I'd want a slightly neater install job. I really wish someone just made an A-pillar pod - even though they are very F&F, the rake of the pillar means you could easily hide away a gauge without being obtrusive...
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Apologies, but I cannot remember which forum member it was that did the gauge installation below Definitely the nicest in my opinion so I saved the photo to plagiarise when I eventually get around to doing mine
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You should be able to recognise him from the photo, he’s in the rear view mirror
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Someone's gone to all that effort only for it to be ruined by getting the carbon weave the wrong way round by 180 degrees.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
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Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
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Fitted a pod for oil pressure gauge on my Z3, pod was from ebay as far as I remember. Needed trimming and reshaping using hot air gun.
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That will be me
I covered the carbon in masking tape to mark it out and only once it was fitted I realised as I had loads of other thing to do I never got back to it but as least I have a pattern now
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If or when I get round to re doing the mount I will try and line the weave up
It is held in place by a couple of rubber bands and some sticky pads as there is nothing to screw to and did not want to glue it in.
It is held in place by a couple of rubber bands and some sticky pads as there is nothing to screw to and did not want to glue it in.
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Only joking. It looks a proper job!
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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