Triman2008

Wondering if anyone knows if this has been done. I am looking at fabricating my own, but want to get some ideas. I've seen the one on the SL55 photoshoot. But I think I want to keep the look of factory material along the A-pillar. Thanks all.

Stephen04E55

o.k. in a camaro...but an S class with a pillar mount gauge cluster?? Hide them down low.

Triman2008

Where down low.....I really don't know of good place to put them.

Sgt. Schultz

holyjeezus

Fast 'n Furious, white courtesy phone please

Rock 'em in your Civic / Evo / Ram... big skip in the MB

Triman2008

So you are telling me, with performance upgrades, you would not want to manage fuel pressure, boost, or IAT, or even meth injection rates.....just because it's a "fast and furious" thing???? For me it's about monitoring, and keeping everything within limits, operating at safe levels, and making sure I don't melt the #8 cylinder. I have never thought gauges were "gay" or "ricer" looking. Sure, it can be done in a distasteful way, but done correctly, I believe it would be okay.

Quadcammer

the correct way to do this would be to swap out the command with a carputer or ipad or whatever the kids are using these days and have a "gauges" setting.

A pillar gauges are just all wrong for this kinda car.

Sgt. Schultz

_Negative_ ghostrider... what I wrote was not telling you that at all - your last 2 sentences are what I'm telling you. Not on the pillar.

The pillar is F&F, 10000% fersure.. especially stacked. One single SMALL gauge, tucked down as low to the dash and tastefuly grafted... go for it.

But... you prob need others, so I'd finagle a way to graft something into the ashtray / console storage bin. Not ideal line of sight, but also not sickingly distasteful 8-).

There's lots of options out there - get creative. Integrate stuff into the mirror or something, there's someone on here from Japan who did that but w/ like Nav or rear camera or something... but there is a way.

In my former 930 and //S6 lives, I integrated a few quite tastefully, and some of the guys got REALLY ingenuitive / McGuyveresque (integrated into cluster, etc)... put yer thinking cap on and look outside of the box.

Just tryin to help ya from lookin like a tool and desecrating a fine steed, is all 8-)...

Triman2008

Understood, but like you said......not ideal for line of sight. I'm not saying I have to have them in a HUD, so I can see them 24/7......but to be able to take a glance without having to take my eyes off the road for an extended period would be nice. I agree that one small gauge tucked down in the a-pillar is good, but I need 3 gauges that I consider to be just as important - IAT's, boost, fuel pressure. I guess it's time to get that "thinking cap" out.

Sgt. Schultz

boost is the only one I've found to be more mandatory for LOS

IAT / EGT / FP can be 2ndary LOS

I tucked a pillar boost pod down low/tight on my //S6 and it looked pretty OK (note the intentional wording heh heh)

some guys even graft them into the vent... pretty trick... if you don't mind losing a vent 8-)

there are def creative solutions out there

good luck! Def share you results...