jeromio Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 So far Jegs seems to have the best prices. Anyone know of a better source? Looks like Autometer is the only option for electronic gauges in 5" and 2 5/8". $450 for speed, tach, oil, water, fuel. Plus shipping of course. Too bad no one sells a set for a Datsun. Make that a set for a Datsun with an LS1 in it.... I really, really did not plan on buying gauges, but my frankensteinian FBody instrument panel hack-job doesn't seem to be working out. So it's time for another "car payment". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 jegs was the cheapest when i bought mine.... sometimes you can find them on ebay, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromio Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 Ouch. I just placed an order for 4 of the 5 gauges. Suffered a $350 body-blow to the wallet. I'll make due without a tach for the time being. I ordered the Pro-Comp, black-faced gauges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Finding most of mine piece by piece on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromio Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 I searched for a few days, but 2 5/8 electric gauges are apparently not widely used. Did see 2 Sport Comps (oil and fuel), but they were only $5-10 cheaper than new ones. The speedo is the real money cruncher - $200. This hobby is just no savings-account-friendly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 there must be dozens of them on ebay..what are you using to search?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromio Posted April 15, 2003 Author Share Posted April 15, 2003 I guess there must not be. Maybe I'm searching the wrong ebay. What I found were mostly mechanical, mostly 2 1/16. Lots of NAWS and BOOST gauges along with plenty of 5 inch ped mount tachs with giant shift lights. Often, as is the case with many other categories on ebay, I am finding items forsale with bids up past retail. If I'm gonna pay retail - or even within 10-20% of retail, I'd rather just deal with retail - like Jegs or some such where I can have assurance of support/returns, etc. Electric, 2 5/8 gauges - I found about 4, all bid too high. Electric speedos - I found one, with the reserve set "a bit below retail". Screw that. I prolly will end up getting a tach via ebay though. Seems to be a large market for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&query=Autometer+5%2F8&maxPrice=200&srchdesc=y&from=R7&ebaytag1=ebayreg&ht=1&combine=y&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&st=2&StoreCache=18393328 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromio Posted April 15, 2003 Author Share Posted April 15, 2003 Yep. I saw all of those listings and many more. Thanks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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