Here come the flames...My gauge cluster

[Elliot]

how do you got the speedo working and the fuel gauge? did you add anything fo the speedo? did you reuse the oem sender for the fuel gauge?

I like it looks great!!

Elliot

[ldsbeaker]

This will be perfect for the "extra" gauges I want to have. Then I don't have to sacrifice my center a/c outlet, or my little cubby/ashtray area.
Excellent idea.

[Bandit325]

Yea, the blue looks like it belongs in a fox body, oh well.

-Charlie

Hey now,my fox body is sportin' amber gauges:) ... I think this set-up looks good. I probably would have gone with a different layout and, like stated before, a tach that suited the RPM range of the car, overall it looks good though.. But it's your car, so if you think it looks good, that's all that REALLY matters, after all, no one else is spending money on it for you....

[e30Matt]

I'm planning on building one of these soon but using VDO Cockpit series gauges.

[Bimmerfanatik]

Looks clear enough with nice functional gauges and a big tach right in front of you.

I really don't understand where all the hate for this is coming from.

Yea, the blue looks like it belongs in a fox body, oh well.

-Charlie

I'm with Charlie - I really couldn't believe some of the shit I was reading. Blue=ricer? Ok guys.

Anyways, I think it's fucking cool. Yes, our stock clusters do fine. Yes, you can just do an m3 cluster upgrade for more functionality and cool factor.

But he chose to do something different. I love the cobalt gauges, and think they look amazing together the way you have them. I like the fact that the tach is huge - sort of like in the minis. Yes, having it max at 8k would have been better, but Cobalt doesn't come like that. Oh fuck well.

Your car is tastefully done, outside and in. And the different cluster will really catch people's eye, as well as give you something to look at every time you get in the car and say, wow, I made that, it's different, I like it.

Fuck the haters. I love the amber/red of our cars, only because I'm chin-deep in BMW obsession, and I've got it programmed in my head that it's the best color. But I definitely love the cobalts and new veedub gauges, and think you did a great job pulling them off.

Man, I'll tell you, for a board of people driving cars that everyone who doesn't own one hates, we've got a lot to say about each other. Might I remind you all that we're driving 20+ year old cars, and not a lot of people respect that, nor see the point?

[318isbmw]

wow, ur seriously giving me ideas w/ what to do w/ the sport comp gauges in my room, very tempting, too bad my truck has no gauges and I need them for it

[HIMHEARTOGRAM1]

i would have gone with orange to match the stock stuff but i dont think it looks too bad at all

[vt.bimmer]

I wanted to use autometers "cobalt" line of gauges, otherwise an 8K tach would have been enough.

I like it. My eyes are very sensitive and blue lights are more soothing to look at IMO.
Suggestion on the tach gAuge, turn it so the redline is straight up and down. Easier to see your redline and shift point.
Good job otherwise.:up:

[autoxguy305]

I wanted to use autometers "cobalt" line of gauges, otherwise an 8K tach would have been enough.

[Low Level E30]

Who cares about the tach, I doubt any aftermarket companies make tachs that end at 7 or 8k.

What, like this one?

http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugede...gid=2468&sid=1

Why install a big tach when a large amount of the face is not usable? You lose the precision that you should gain by using a larger face. A zero sum gain install.

But a cool project, had the gauges been correctly chosen.

[e30sd]

guage alert

[Digitalwave]

Who cares about the tach, I doubt any aftermarket companies make tachs that end at 7 or 8k.

[asubimmer]

^^^haha b/c its FUH RAZE!!!!!!!!!!

[Low Level E30]

Its getting there...

Post pics of the BACK of the panel - the business side, where all the action is - I want to see how you wired it and attached the gauges to the panel.

Cool project - although I don't understand why you used a 10,000 RPM tach when about 25% of that tach is of no use to you.

[Addissimo]

you should be a real man and re-do the panel in carbon fiber.

good job though, I thought about doing something like this a while back, but I was going to modify the gauges to keep amber illumination.