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infernosg
03-23-2010, 11:30 AM
Background:
A while back I bought a 1FasT2 double din gauge panel from djmitsu. Needs a little touch up but the piece is perfect, but that's not the subject of this thread. I currently have three AEM guages left over from my last car (oil pressure, oil temperature and wideband) that I plan on using. The wideband won't be going in for some time (stock exhaust, stock intake, stock computer, etc. so no point) but I am planning on installing the other two shortly.

Problem:
The stupid interchangeable bezels on the AEM gauges are too big and therefore the three gauges cannot be installed all together due to interference.

Solution:
This is where the poll comes in. Two options are immediately available but someone mght have an idea I don't. First option is to modify the AEM bezels (flatten two sides) so they all will fit. Second option is to sell the AEM gauges and go with something different that'll fit (likely Prosport). Others: let me know!
djmtsu
03-23-2010, 12:14 PM
:D

Voted.
classicauto
03-23-2010, 02:12 PM
I has voted with my wallet.
My5ABaby
03-23-2010, 05:11 PM
Make your own, sell the 1fastt2 cluster, and keep the gauges. Unless Joe wants to buy the gauges, in which case sell them to him.
infernosg
03-24-2010, 10:47 AM
Make your own, sell the 1fastt2 cluster, and keep the gauges. Unless Joe wants to buy the gauges, in which case sell them to him.
Why's that? Seems like a good piece to me and it didn't really cost anything. As wide as the AEM gauges are, I don't think there's enough space in the console to have them side-by-side without modifying anything (the gauges or the console).

I've also been wondering how well the digital AEM gauges would tie into the interior of the FC...
classicauto
03-24-2010, 01:03 PM
I've also been wondering how well the digital AEM gauges would tie into the interior of the FC...

Not too well. And the thing that personally bugged me about them - albeit just preference - was the numerical readouts. I'm a dial man myself. I felt like a caveman looking at a number, mentally realizing how high the number is, and then mentally thinking about whether or not its where it needs to be. I prefer to glance, see a needle at X angle and know I'm ok. Call me brain dead but thats my 0.02!
RotorDad
03-24-2010, 07:52 PM
Sell the gauges & purchase different brand that fit.
infernosg
03-26-2010, 09:53 AM
Decided to try to sell them. Posted in the FC interior F/S section...