mull Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 1) Anyone know if the text on the carbon face/backing of the gauge is printed/painted on there or if it's just a sticker of some sort? 2) Is it possible to remove the needle on a Autometer gauge without destroying it? 3) Ever heard of someone who's gotten Autometer to custom make (for example) a metric speedo, even if it's "only" available in mph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8ZRACER260Z Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 If they are like my Autometer "Phantom" guages you can not take them apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoorenc Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 You can call them and they will do it. I wanted some custom colors and they were going to do it. Bu I went for the Phantom's instead. Their phone # is 815-899-0800 Also get the 5" for speed and tach and 2 5/8" (66.7mm) for the main gauges. I just installed the Phantom gauges http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=127360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mull Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Thanks for the optimistic reply smoorenc =) Unfortunately, I don't think they'll do it. I filled in one of their online support forms and tried persuading them into making the speedo, oil temp/press and water temp in metric. Since they have a section called "metric" I'm not too optimistic about them custom making anything for me. They'll probably just point to the metric gauges and say "What you see is what you get". I wish they'd at least manufacture a Ultra-lite oil temperature gauge in celcius. That way I could at least have a mechanical setup of matching gauges. Regarding the sizes, I know about the 2 5/8", and I hate it. If it were 2 1/16" it would be a whole lot easier finding gauges. But I still want the triple 240z dashpod to match the speedo/tacho. This is so frustrating. Anyone know a good dash logger that deal with a LED-display that displays oil temp, oil press, water temp, volt, amp, etc and do loud warnings as well? I like gauges, but I prefer blinking and beeping when something is about to go south. I wish Blitz would make matching speedo/tacho and fuel level BLM gauges... : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillZ260 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 To answer your questions... 1) Most likely they are screen printed (Painted) on. 2) Dunno 3) No Do you already have some of the set of Autometers? Maybe you can sell them and get a complete set of Metric in another style/brand. I'm thinking that there HAS to be some decent aftermarket guages in your neck of the woods! They may not have the faux carbon backs but surely you can get close! BTW...Phantoms rock Quick Google got me this... Stuart Warner there are several different styles of Metrics avail: Water Temp 40-130 Dec C http://www.sw-performance.com/index.php?page=details&p=114343 Oil Pressure 7-BAR http://www.sw-performance.com/index.php?page=details&p=114328 Actually it looks like that have Metric versions of all these... Air Pressure Blower Boost Brake Pressure Fuel Pressure Nitrous Pressure Oil Pressure Oil Temperature Pressure Trans Oil Temp Vac/Boost Vacuum Water Pressure Water Temperature Maybe not the Carbon style, but they look nice and are quality. They have a retailer finder, nothing in sweeden but there are some retailers in Europe. http://www.sw-performance.com/retailer Greece France Canada Australia Colombia Italy Mexico Norway Spain Switzerland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mull Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Thanks for the links! I'm looking, but I haven't found any 2 5/8" metric gauges yet : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFancypants Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 You get what you pay for with gauges. There are reasons why Autometer gauges are cheap. http://www.spa-uk.co.uk/design/index.asp - Greg - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mull Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Who said anything about prices? I for one don't think Autometer is cheap. They're about the same as Blitz, Defi, Apexi, GReddy, etc and so on. What über-brand do you think is worth while? : ) The gauges in your link may be super duper, but pretty unattractive... : ( The Dash-systems look ok though =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TT604 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Autometer makes metric guages... I have a celsius water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mull Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 Autometer makes metric guages... I have a celsius water. Read my 2nd post. I know they have metric gauges. Just not the ones I want/need. Anyway, I just needed a Ultra-lite 2 5/8" oil temp gauge to make a full set, which seems like a problem most likely solved : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgunz Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Just a thought. For a while I ran a Smiths voltmeter by taking the guts out of my clock housing and installing the voltmeter. It was a Triumph voltmeter that I already had. I think it may have been 2-1/16 inch. I then put the clock housing back in its hole. It looked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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