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Old 06-11-2004, 11:37 AM
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Aftermarket gauges - which ones and how to install?

I'm looking to get some aftermarket gauges. Which ones are decent?

Autometer? Are Summit analog gauges any good?

I'm looking to get vacuum and voltmeter gauges, nothing too fancy. The Auto Gauge and Summit gauges were pretty inexpensive.

Also, how hard are these to install?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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Your sh|t out of luck! Only'82-'89 Camaros have an aftermarkrt guage setup. I've got a '91 too and it sucks!
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What? Then why would they make double and triple gauge a-pillar pods for a 92?
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They have pillars for 91 camaros. I would look harder.
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Yeah, no kidding. I was asking what type of gauges would be useful, cheap, and easy to install. I obviously know they make pillars by my post.

chevypower claimed they didn't make gauges for our cars, only for 82-89, which isn't true, or I obviously wouldn't have asked the questions I did.
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Chevypower is referring to the INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.......They don't make aftermarket gauges for the INSTRUMENT CLUSTER except for a 82-89

You may want to try and be specific about what aftermartket gauges you are setting up (custom box, cluster, a-pillar)

Secondly i would suggest getting Autometer gauges, the Summit ones look a little cheap to me.....
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Yeah, no kidding. I was asking what type of gauges would be useful, cheap, and easy to install. I obviously know they make pillars by my post.

I understand now. You didn't clarify in your first post so I assumed you wanted external gages.
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Sorry, thought I was being specific. Guess I should have mentioned something about the A-Pillar.

Which ones are easy to install?
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Which ones are easy to install?
I wouldn't imagine Autometer gauges being any more difficult then any other brand
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DONNOT get the ones that require capilaries to be run to the gauge...thsoe suck!!!! a buddy of mine has thsoe and hates them....other ones its just a matter of installing a sending unit...and running some wire to the gauge....and you are done....maybe a wire for illumination as well.....cyberdyne makes some nice digital ones
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They're all about the same as far as the install goes. Autometer has about the best quality out there, and lots of different styles to choose from......they're also a bit more expensive. The Cyberdyne and Nordskog gauges are cool if you like digital readouts, but for analog (pointer style) gauges I'd stick with Autometer. FWIW Autogage is just the "low-cost" line of Autometer products. They don't look as good and don't hold up as well but they're very wallet-friendly.
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You have two options:

1) Get a good wiring diagram and figure out what wire is what and clip them from the stock harness,

2) Buy a Painless adapter.

The Painless adapter is a little pricey but, in hindsight, is worth it. I snipped all the wires and rewired everything. I went with classic innsturment's Boyd series. They were a little pricey too ($425). It is a six gauge set that I didn't get around to installing two of them yet.



Of course, this is assuming you don't mind fabbing a new panel as these do not fit the stock panel.
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Covan's classics makes a nice in dash set-up. He uses Autometer gauges.

....I looked on Autometer's website and read the installation instructions and it told me everything I needed to know. I plan on using some Autometer gauges in the future.
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VDO makes some nice very basic and classy looking gauges...
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Re: Aftermarket gauges - which ones and how to install?

Do you have to drop the steering wheel to get the after market instrument cluster to fit .
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