Gauges and stuff

[allan_thorne]

remember I'm new with a 05 wrx wagon. where can i get supplied& fitted gauges for interior of my car that tells me stuff.

but don't want them going down my A pillar. just want them to look the part .

Thanks

Fiona.

[fraser_drinkwater]

Jamie.... HISOOB

WUZ he could have done it...........

ps get the pod mount

[allan_thorne]

<< Jamie.... HISOOB

WUZ he could have done it...........

ps get the pod mount >>

remember I'm a woman most of this stuff just goes over my head

so don't know what you mean really I just want to phone somewhere and buy the best possible gauges that light up all nice at night and look the part and get them fitted.

[st3ph3n]

SCOTTIESCOOB, you could always go for something like this - Blitz R-Vit. Action shot with one of the displays - note, peak speed achieved on private test track.

It plugs in to the OBDII port, which is located underneath your steeringwheel. It pulls all the information from the car's ECU. THere's 5 different screens you can cycle through using the up and down arrows. The bar graph as pictured in my action shot, a needle meter (like a rev counter) and an elipse meter (like a boost gauge), a display with 3 readouts and a display with 6. Everything is assignable so you could use the bar graph to show everything from speed to water temps to voltage. I personally have mine 99% of the time on the elipse meter measuring the boost.

Cost £200 off ebay, brand new etc. Really easy to fit and it powers itself off the ECU, so no tapping into the cigarette lighter power.

I like it as it's quite discreet, and was 1/3 of the price of the really awful looking Subaru gauges that show 10% of the information that this can. Although now having seen a nice set of defi gauges (especially in the dark) I might have to reconsider my approach at some point.

[spooks]

I definately recommend Defi guages, I have 3 fitted where your clock would sit, they look like they belong and are basically superb ( they allow for playback and record facilities, peak etc).

2 types of these guages Defi Link ( ones I have) and Defi BF ( sexy as), have a look at the group buy by Wuz on this forum as he could also fit em extremely cheaply by the looks of it.

Cheaper option is as Stephen said a Blitz RViT, nice wee thangs they are.

Agree with staying away from A piller mounted, not too keen on them overal on new age scoobs.

Left a pic of my gauges, this has a carbon look pod that I hope to replace with one thats the same colour as the dash, but should give you the idea.

Spooks

[st3ph3n]

MUST STAY OUT OF DEFI GB THREAD!

There's a fat tax refund heading my way at the end of the month, but I really should pay off a CC or at least not splurge it on replacing an item that I'm more than pleased with and have only owned for 3 months.

But the start up sequence on the defis at night time. Makes me weak at the knees.

[robinh20mrv]

go with the defis, expensive but good, thats what i have boost, egt and oil temp!

[allan_thorne]

thing is I like the Defi Gauges but don't want to loose my clock and I have my micro road pilot hard wird and fixed in in that aera.

so I think it will have to be the blitz r vit.

Thanks for your advice really helpful.

Fiona.

[Carl Davey]

Pah, women!

Carl (on his second set of Defis).

[st3ph3n]

I got my R-Vit from this guy. Email him an offer and he'll probably play ball. Make sure you get the Type I as that's what works on the Impreza.

You've also got the Apexi RSM, but it's more difficult to fit as it needs properly wired rather than just plugged in. It is cheaper though, and probably looks a bit nicer, but you couldn't mount that one like I've got my R-Vit mounted, which incidently was done using nothing but the double sided sticky foam pad that came with it.

[wrxmania]

Stephen,

Do the dials / instruments in the 05 onwards cars light up blue with red needles?

Noticed it in one of your shots above.

Brian

[st3ph3n]

They're green. The reason they probably looked blue is because the R-Vit is blue back-lit, and I was using my phone's camera on that second shot, which is pretty poor quality, so everything would have been tinged.