So I got my boost gauge installed last week, along with my custom pillar, built by OrangeMSP on this forum. Here are a few pics I snapped:
http://homepage.mac.com/stepson/PhotoAlbum13.html
(too lazy to make these work, you have to visit the page
).
Anyway, the pillar looks awesome, although its a bit dirty, I ordered some vinyl cleaner. O built the cup out of fiberglass, and had a shop cover it in vinyl to match the color of the factory pillar. It was more than a regular cup from autometer or similar, but its kinda unique (I'm in jersey, he's in texas, I doubt i'll see anyone else with one anytime soon, especially considering i've never even seen another MSP on the road...). As you can probably see in the one pic, I did kind of a crappy job cutting the hole for the gauge, so its not perfect, but that is my fault, not OrangeMSP's, in case you were thinking of contacting him to make you one. He was great to deal with by the way, and I'd highly recommend if you want a nice well made and unique piece of kit. The only problem is that I broke the crap out of one of the pieces of plastic that holds the pillar to the door, so i had to use the one from my old, regular pillar. This is because since the vinyl adds some thickness to the pillar, it didn't quite fit back behind the rubber without some coaxing. Again, this was my fault for not taking my time more ...
The gauge is an autometer C2 boost/vac gauge. Electronic too. Its pretty nice, glows a back-lit blue at night (no pics of that yet, i'll have to get some, its nice!) doesn't really match the dash, but its kinda cool. It even flashes along with the rest of the gauges when you arm/disarm the alarm...
So let me know what ya'll think ....
http://homepage.mac.com/stepson/PhotoAlbum13.html
(too lazy to make these work, you have to visit the page
).Anyway, the pillar looks awesome, although its a bit dirty, I ordered some vinyl cleaner. O built the cup out of fiberglass, and had a shop cover it in vinyl to match the color of the factory pillar. It was more than a regular cup from autometer or similar, but its kinda unique (I'm in jersey, he's in texas, I doubt i'll see anyone else with one anytime soon, especially considering i've never even seen another MSP on the road...). As you can probably see in the one pic, I did kind of a crappy job cutting the hole for the gauge, so its not perfect, but that is my fault, not OrangeMSP's, in case you were thinking of contacting him to make you one. He was great to deal with by the way, and I'd highly recommend if you want a nice well made and unique piece of kit. The only problem is that I broke the crap out of one of the pieces of plastic that holds the pillar to the door, so i had to use the one from my old, regular pillar. This is because since the vinyl adds some thickness to the pillar, it didn't quite fit back behind the rubber without some coaxing. Again, this was my fault for not taking my time more ...
The gauge is an autometer C2 boost/vac gauge. Electronic too. Its pretty nice, glows a back-lit blue at night (no pics of that yet, i'll have to get some, its nice!) doesn't really match the dash, but its kinda cool. It even flashes along with the rest of the gauges when you arm/disarm the alarm...
So let me know what ya'll think ....
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