EDIT: I screwed up above, it should read set 1, set 2, set 3, respectively


im getting a tripple A-pillar guage pod. black colored.

now i have to choose which style of guages i like.
what do yall think

Phantom Guages



Black Faced Guages



Ultra Lite Guages



Now my GTA already has red lit guages stock. so the Black Faced Guages (second set) would match good in color, especialy at night, but the other two look really good. what do u guys think.?

here is the picture of the POD they will go in.

 

Im partal to Phantoms for some reason.

Bad picture but I should rescann it.

 

I went with Phantoms as well, but I like them all.

 

I like the Phantom's too

 

how do they look at night? are they well lit?

 

Very well lit. Perfect for in the city, plus you get lots of look from people in the car next to you checking them out. Out in the country without any streetlights I sometimes dim the dash lights because they can actually be too brite.

 

FOr sure. I have No problem seen them.

EDIT: Id have to agree with Blue502. I have lots of old timers at cruise ins ask what kinda gauges/ pod that is. Then they say Mmmm thats Cool.

 

How hard are those to hook up? I already have an oil gauge, but its in the engine compartment. I didn't install it. Someday I'd like to get the pillar pods.

 

A couple of hours to mount the gauge pod and run the wires. The hardest part on mine was the mechanical line for the nitrous. Add more time if you need to weld or make adapters for your senders (like welding to the oilpan for my oil temp sender).

 

Ya a few hrs. I did it all nice and neat. wire tied everything etc..

 

Hey, Blue...what probs did u have with the nitrous gauge? On mine, I had to heat up the backside of the pod and actually bend it out to the shape of the line itself. If you look from outside the car in, it looks pretty disfigured, but I can live with it for now. I can wait for Autometer to come out with an electrical gauge in their sport comp style.

 

The hardest part was physically getting the tube down the pillar without kinking it. Too many wires, and not enough space.

I've never actually hooked up the nitrous gauge to pressure, since my current engine doesn't have it, so I don't know if it got damaged but I don't think so. I plan to add it to my 502 just for the **** of it, and needed to fill the pod now. More of an appearance and ooh-ahh item than a functional one. I mean, the 502 won't have traction anyways, why do I really need nitrous? But if the sound of the bb doesn't scare away the ricers, a few puffs of the purge valve should have them ****ing their drawers. The other gauges are fully functional.

Which brand of pod do you have Omar?

 

Phantom.

 

oop.. didn't see the poll

 

I used to have Autometer's single add on pod, which housed my fuel pressure gauge.

I then added a nitrous pressure gauge, so instead of going with Autometer's dual add-on pod, i ordered Lotek's 2 gauge pillar replacement. When comparing the 2, they are exactly the same..obviously i mean the pod part, only.

Basically, the 2 working together is a bad design. It's really no ones fault, be it Autometer or Lotek. But it would help a GREAT deal if Autometer offered the gauges with the nitrous connection clocked at about 10 o'clock, as opposed to directly at the top of the gauge at the rear.

 

does anyone have pics of these particular guages? im wondering what the ultra lites will look like since they have a silver surrounding thingy....

 

To my opinion,ultra light look best i find..
they look more sophisticated.
dont like the black surround the phantoms have.

 

Phantoms all the way they really stand out and they look so sweet.

 

Phantoms, you should check out the "Lunar" series if you get a chance, it's like Indiglo for gauges...pretty trick.

 

anyone got pics of them intalled?

 

When did you order your triple guage pod?
I ordered mine 3 months ago from JEGS, it's still on backorder.
I am going with the Phantom Series since it has the black bezel.

 

last week, said they should be shipped around the 30th. ordered them from summit.

 

i think the ultra lites look the best,as someone said above a more sophisticated look.im probably going to go with some of those after i get silver gauge overlays,give my interior a silver and black theme.

 

I really like the Ultra lite but I think the sport-comp will look better with my stock interior.....Anyone have pictures??

I've also read that the sport-comp doesent look good at night....

 

anyone got pics of the ultra lites in the pod?

 

ttt

 

Looks like the ultralites are winning, I like the look of polished alluminum in an interior...

 

top

 

To clarify, arent the Ultra Lites WHITE around the edge? I didnt think they were polished aluminum, i think that may be the picture.


I checked out the Lunars earlier today from Auto Meters website... theyre sweet. If not Lunars, im going with Ultra Lites as soon as i get a definitive answer on if i want to use electrical or mechanical.

Although ive never seen any of these lit up at night, except an older auto meter tach in my daily driver..... Anyone got night shots?

 

out of those three i like the phantoms. have you seen the z series. black on black, they look pretty cool too

 

t