I have not been able to find that damn thing! I want a three pod so badly i cant stand it!
As far as the dimmer switch goes you just solder a resistor into the ground wire split the ground off so its....
////////////---------Switch----------ground
---------<
////////////-----------resistor--------ground
Sweet diagram i know.
the load is split between the gauges and the resistor, there for the lights dim. That works IF the back light has its own power source, which im sure some how it does, you might just have to open the gauge up. If its a vacuum line it should be good to go with just the power wire.
First as to the airbags this is a lot of work up over not much, just like worrying about hydro-lock too much. As long as the pillar area where the bags are is left alone, it'll be okay - they pop out of the top and a slit on the side by expelling the plunger you have to hook the pillar into/off of when they go. As long as you have mounted beneath the bags, which you can clearly see when you're under the pillar, everything is copacetic.
I thought there was a way to hit the dimmer, and that's what I suspected it might entail, and that is WAY more than I want to get into - at night it isn't /quite/ as bright as the interiors all the way up. I'm just fine with that - what I am going to do is go to Best Buy and see if there is any computer monitor anti-glare screen I could cut into a little circle just right for the front of my gauge because it's REALLY hard to see during the day even with the glare collar on. Unless anybody has a suggestion other than that to reduce my glare? It won't even go away with polarized sunglasses, so that is a LOT of glare.
Look around (search) for the triple pods, I've seen the pillar ones on *************.com and I think they'd be on glowshiftdirect.com as well. I have seen two different types on the board about a month or two ago, in people's posts, so they shouldn't be /too/ hard to find. Look up 'gauge' or 'pod' or possibly 'dash'.
I took a while to do this because I have never done anything of the sort, I've put cold airs in a few cars, and done engine stuff, but I was being incredibly careful, and only had an hour a night and I didn't want to rush ANY part of it. Last thing I wanted was an airbag in my face from being too rough or to screw up wiring or worst of all, somehow marr my interior be it fabric or plastic scratched or broken. I think now I'd take about 2.5 hours to do it, knowing what I do, and the worst part would still be feeding the sender wire through the hood pull - I'm 6'4" 320lbs, big dude, wasit is 42 it's not fat so much as everything is scaled up... My fingers and hands don't like being nimble in little areas, and my back DAMN sure doesn't like leaning into the car under the steering wheel and pulling wires through tiny holes. (eekdance) Hehe.