doesn't the liquid also stop them fogging up

Quote: Originally Posted by joe blo white bt1.what size are those ones. how much including the cups from memory they are 2" 2/8 or something like that... chrome cups are a fair bit lol cause im looking at doing the same to my car.... it is tru that most places wont engineer them.... but if ur good enought to find someone that will let me know... a friend of mine got done for the chrome cups on her wrx.... and all the did was painted them the same colour as her car and never had a problem after that....

2 5/8 are the sizes $140 for Boost $110 Oil Pressure (Electric , Mech are more) $90 Water Temp So you are looking at just under $500

i had two on the bonnet of my car, in autometer black cups, passenger side, cops never gave me any hasles for em, never got touched by anyone for 4 months, then took em off for about 5months, then got a new gauge, put it on my steering colume to hide it a bit, 5 hours later it got stolen go figue Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by WhiteBT1 2 5/8 are the sizes $140 for Boost $110 Oil Pressure (Electric , Mech are more) $90 Water Temp So you are looking at just under $500 you forgot to add the cups well on the list anyway Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hey guys i had exactly what a few of these guys had the three of them on the bonet and are now inside above the glove box they looke nice outside with the chrome cups but the hastles i got wasnt worth it i know my cars yellow and gets attention anyway but they canary it off the bat mate i just feel its not worth it bcoz of those gauges the bent me over no lube nothing ......f@ukin cu*t

Quote: Originally Posted by WhiteBT1 hey, how did u go about mounting these? wot did u use? ive tried of all sorts of combos but have no real stable way of doing it! thanks! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

bewsh, Most guys just put a plate of alloy underneath the vents to screw to Generally to have these guages legal as stated they cant be shiny but also theyre supposed to potrude no more than 2" above the bonnet so legally they should be recessed into somewhere. seen in done neatly and it looks good. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i recon its a tuff look on a VL.. i'll be doing it to mine - got all the gauges, just need to find some decent cups. ive got some chrome ones atm which the angle isnt adjustable (theyre for sale if anyone wants em) where do u get the ones like in WhiteBT1's pic? where u can adjust the angle of it? and who makes them ?

Chrome Gauge cups are technically legal. Think of it this way. If they were illegal then chrome rims would have to be illegal, chrome grills would have to be illegal and chrome doorhandles would have to be illegal too. Not to mention chrome mouldings. Its all about reading the fine print but when a copper pulls you up its up to you to prove that any bystanders or other motorists (let alone yourself) aren't going to get welders flash or anything like that from the glare reflecting off your gauge cups. And what's the obsession with autometer? Spitfire gauges do the job just as well but cost 50 bucks less (well for the boost gauge anyway). I'd only use autometer for gauges that are hard to get like trans temp or brake line pressure and maybe a matching monster tach but for the others I'd use spitfire.

These are mine - just 2 but might get a 3rd later on - and I'm in the process of arranging to get 2 more cups colour coded with the car Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

there speco 1s DIXIE get them for like 40

why have them under the heater controls or the passenger side of the dash/bonnet? so the passenger can tell you what they are reading? have them in front of the driver so the driver can monitor the vital signs of the vehicle if you dont wanna be hasseled, get mechanical guages, you cant have them inside Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ok so has anyone sucessfully mounted it without putting plates underneath?

are u guys going to hook em up, or are they just for looks like most the other pretty boy poofs :P

why would u go to all the trouble of buyin them, buying cups, mounting them, and making everything look all pretty, and then not hook them up? it would be like an expert knot-tyer quitting a knot-tying contest right in the middle of tying a knot

check peoples gauges, more are not hooked up than are! mate just brought a fast fours cover car, only gauge out of about 10 hooked up was the tacho! go figure

Quote: Originally Posted by ATMO_BT1 ok so has anyone sucessfully mounted it without putting plates underneath? Yep my brother has mounted them without a plate. That's with a spitfire gauge cup though. Quote: Originally Posted by poohkies check peoples gauges, more are not hooked up than are! mate just brought a fast fours cover car, only gauge out of about 10 hooked up was the tacho! go figure That magazine is ****ed. There was some pink sierra thing that had a front mount on it. Upon closer inspection it clearly wan't plumbed up. Turn the page and there is the stock top mount from a WRX fitted and plumbed up while the big shiny front mount is all for show. And the sad thing is these cars are Autosalon prize winners. Please don't tell me that the guys on this forum are spankers like the Hot 4's crew? Tell me it isn't so.

Quote: Originally Posted by xcabbi Yep my brother has mounted them without a plate. That's with a spitfire gauge cup though. That magazine is ****ed. There was some pink sierra thing that had a front mount on it. Upon closer inspection it clearly wan't plumbed up. Turn the page and there is the stock top mount from a WRX fitted and plumbed up while the big shiny front mount is all for show. And the sad thing is these cars are Autosalon prize winners. Please don't tell me that the guys on this forum are spankers like the Hot 4's crew? Tell me it isn't so. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL remember, they ppl in them 4 cyl's are weird