A-pillar Gauges

[alerocar01]

Does anyone know the difficultly of install A-pillar gauges?

[johny_boy32]

be more specific. What gauges, each one is different.

[alerocar01]

air/fuel and temp

[sc/alero]

not hard at all if you have any mechanical experiance you can do it no problem

[alerocar01]

Originally posted by sc/alero@Jun 15 2005, 06:29 PM
not hard at all if you have any mechanical experiance you can do it no problem
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well i don't have any.

[sc/alero]

you still should not have to much of a problem hardest part is getting the wires and stuff through the fire wall and up to the A-Pillar

[alerocar01]

that's no problem for me.

[johny_boy32]

most of them come with instructions so you should be alright. What kind of gauges?
Edit; what brand is what I meant?

[alerocar01]

i was thinking about buying auto meter gauges from darksun280

[geedog66]

anyone know where to get the wiring diagram for the ecotec engine???
i got oil pressure and oil temp.. i know where the wires are just dont which ones to hook it up too... i tried the process of elimination but the guage will just peg out ... help!!!!!!!!

[alerocar01]

is it hard to find the o2 sensor?

[FormulaNERD]

no, on top of exhaust manifold

[alerocar01]

that sounds easy.

[Redog]

PFYC sells a plug with an extra wire sticking off of it to make it even easier to install

[turtles_ride]

ya real easy to hook up air'fuel if you have that pigtail, but i think they come with these little wire splice in clips that you just pop on the right wires. If not you can buy the wire clip ins everywhere for $2. i have the autometer cobolt series ones from SmokinAMD and they're a real sweet blue colour, match my interior lights real well.
For all the guages you have to have a power source for the blue lighting (they recommend the variable lights that illuminate your dash at night. You get this by popping out the little plastic piece that has your dashbrightness dial on it and splicing after the dial). You run the ground wires for the guages to any part of the frame, i used the same screw that all the rest of the electrical system grounds to right inside the drivers side fuse panel). Then the tricky part is running the wires through your firewall (but you said you have that covered), and splicing into the correct wire on our car, depending on your year/model.

[alerocar01]

thanks. that will help me a lot.

[AleroSS]

For what its worth, I would NOT use those splice on clips. Not only are they a pain to actually use, but they also make for terrible connections IF you are lucky enough to make a decent connection with them. Best to snip and solder.

Cheers,
Landon

[turtles_ride]

i haven't had any problems with my clips. soldering works well but corrodes alot easier. Someone on the site recommended just using marretts if your gonna splice at all.

[alerocar01]

where did u connect the wire to the ignition?

[alerocar01]

anyone?

[alerocar01]

come on some one has to know.

[alerocar01]

Originally posted by Redog@Jun 23 2005, 08:30 PM
PFYC sells a plug with an extra wire sticking off of it to make it even easier to install
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do you have a link?

[alerocar01]

Originally posted by turtles_ride@Jun 23 2005, 11:45 PM
For all the guages you have to have a power source for the blue lighting (they recommend the variable lights that illuminate your dash at night. You get this by popping out the little plastic piece that has your dashbrightness dial on it and splicing after the dial).
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what was the color of the wire that you used for that?

[ptrudel]

Originally posted by alerocar01+Aug 5 2005, 12:21 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(alerocar01 @ Aug 5 2005, 12:21 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-turtles_ride@Jun 23 2005, 11:45 PM
For all the guages you have to have a power source for the blue lighting (they recommend the variable lights that illuminate your dash at night.Â;-) You get this by popping out the little plastic piece that has your dashbrightness dial on it and splicing after the dial).
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what was the color of the wire that you used for that?
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just get a voltmeter, and check when you move the dial if the voltage goes up/down

[alerocar01]

good idea. i will do that.