Convert To Digital Gauges

[ryanthefizz]

So i was watching pimp my ride a while ago and they put all digital gauges in a car. like speedometer rpms all that stuff. has anyone ever thought about that for aleros? like could u take the whole council out and with a little fabrication insert digital speed and rpm gauges? maybe find a car that comes stock with digital guages and fit them in? is that at all possible or do they require differnt kinds of sensors and stuff?

[ppgnut]

as i type this dakota digital gauges are doing mine right now
everything will be digital, and will come back to me as i gave it to them
meaning.......it will be a plug and play deal
this is costing me 1,000, not cheap but well worth it

[sofa]

thats going to be dope forsure hope to see pics. do they specialize just in gauges?

[Decka]

ppgnut, Are these what you're getting installed?
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/pag...prod/prd214.htm (http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=214/category_id=68/home_id=59/mode=prod/prd214.htm)

They look pretty sweet.. what I think would be even more sweet (along with more costly, if even possible) is to get a dvd quality screen in place of the gauges and have some soft of software that can display custom gauges (digital or analog) and switch to a GPS similar to how this Cadillac Concept does:
http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/gm/cadillac/sts-sae-8g.jpg

http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/gm/cadillac/sts-sae-7g.jpg

Obviously, that's talking big $$$. but just a thought. Please post pics of yours when it's done.

[2fst4u]

actually, most gps software can determine your speed, so i don't think it would be that hard. maybe have a carputer with the software written up. sounds like a fun project.

[ppgnut]

yup it should look like that when its done, all they told me is when i get it back it will look stock but have digital guages
for the money they are the best around

[HDR]

If you can mount a screen there, I don't think it would be too hard to get something like AutoTap and use it for all your gauges, GPS, or even be able to park somewhere and watch a DVD :).

[Coldfire]

Those look sweet! Until I saw the pics I didn't know what the hell you were talking about...I was picturing digital as in like digital watch...you know with numbers showing instead of guages like in early '90's lincolns ha ha!

[14alero]

It will probably big money if those guages break or lights go out

[Preybird]

Originally posted by ppgnut@May 28 2006, 03:39 PM
as i type this dakota digital gauges are doing mine right now
everything will be digital, and will come back to me as i gave it to them
meaning.......it will be a plug and play deal
this is costing me 1,000, not cheap but well worth it
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Wow, you'll have to post up pictures when you get it back!