gauge questions

[hsv8vq]

Hello , every one I have just purchased a bunch of gauges , monster with shift light , boost , water temp , oil pressure . I was just wondering about legaly mounting the monster tacho i dont want to put it in and then be told by officer law that i cant have it here or there , I'd like to put it in and leave it there lol . Also just wondering about mounting the other gauges up the pillar is this against the law , is it alrite to put them there or do they affect vision or is it hazard in an accident like i said realy only want to install them once . Thanks in advance

[Static89]

from what i have read from other threads asking the same question, can not be higher then the highest part of the dash line, ( i think thats what i remember) good luck :P

[hsv8vq]

thanks any other ideas on regulations cheers

[Maci]

they cant be in an area that can be classified as breaking off and becoming a "projectile" , endangering you the driver or a passenger. (passenger side of dash board - no no)

but ive also heard lower than the steering wheel? so that complicates things.
cant be in front of existing essential gauges (speedo in particular)

[Jecs]

everything is covered here..

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/NR/rd...340/0/VSI8.pdf

if you own a VQ, then you have the best dash to mount gauges on.

my mates old car..

[STEALTHY™]

Your mate should be shot for drilling into an international dash.


From what i understood the regulations as, it can't protrude the dash in ANY way, meaning you have to get a custom one made to replace your original cluster. but, why would you, Level 3 dash comes with all that and more

[Jecs]

Your mate should be shot for drilling into an international dash.


From what i understood the regulations as, it can't protrude the dash in ANY way, meaning you have to get a custom one made to replace your original cluster. but, why would you, Level 3 dash comes with all that and more

it wasn't drilled into the dash. it was drilled into the cluster surround..

checkmate.

[STEALTHY™]

it wasn't drilled into the dash. it was drilled into the cluster surround..

checkmate.

Cluster surround is part of the dash......
It was moreso, your mate is a wanker for having a monster tacho in a car fitted with a tacho. I couldn't care about the dash, mine is fine

[Vt-Brrrlina]

mate took his car throught the pits here in perth with a minitacho above his dash - no probs at all

[Ripcell]

i reckon u should mount them on ebay for some nismo owner to put in

[Cobez]

On some cars, the 3 gauges mounted in cups on the bonnet looks good, take Geoff (Wagon_Wheel)'s blown VS Clubby for example, they look tough (but also serve a purpose, not just wank factor) as well in the black cups.

Mount them on your bonnet, but don't mount a rev tacho if you already have one, that's just gay. Mount a water, oil and volt gauge on your bonnet in cups.

[STEALTHY™]

Theres ways to mount gauges you NEED.

I've posted pics of my mates VS in other threads. All perfectly acceptable on a turbo'd car, and not mounted in a stupid position.

[Cobez]

Agreed. Not a whole heap of point having water, volts etc on a stocko car in my opinion. That's just me though.

[levymetal]

my mates old car..

was that by any chance a vn with a vp calais international interior?

[STEALTHY™]

was that by any chance a vn with a vp calais international interior?

Well spotted on the Dash buttons

[danja]

Can someone explain the point of a monster tacho and shift light for an auto?

[STEALTHY™]

Can someone explain the point of a monster tacho and shift light for an auto?

Can someone also do the same, for a manual!

[AirStrike]

Who cares, its his car and he wants to have it.

[Holdens Rule]

Monster tachos on street cars is an absolute waste of money. They look crap and if your dash has a tacho why do you need a bigger one? I can see my tacho perfectly from where it is which is right in front of my eyes and not to the side or below. Also I can't see the point of a shift light for a street car either, if you do off street drags then fair enough but if your worried you might change gears a little late or too soon on the street then you need help AND you shouldn't be hooning around the streets anyway cause you might end up killing someone innocent like some of the other morons you see on the news.

[Cobez]

Alot of people mount monster tachos in their cabins so they think other drivers who don't know much about cars, will look in their car and think they have some majorly insanely fast car because they have a monster tacho mounted inside, but the driver of the monster tacho with the car attached to it plays it down and drives normally and pretends they have a fast car they drive sensibly, when in fact, they don't have a fast car at all. lol.

That's my theory on monster tacho owners anyway. People with stocko Lancers with cannon exhausts and a huge monster tacho never fail to make me almost stack my car due to laughing so much.

[Jecs]

was that by any chance a vn with a vp calais international interior?

yeh car was VN calais.


these threads always turn into 'moster tacho's are..' this and that. f**k just leave it alone..

[azzfox]

Alot of people mount monster tachos in their cabins so they think other drivers who don't know much about cars, will look in their car and think they have some majorly insanely fast car because they have a monster tacho mounted inside, but the driver of the monster tacho with the car attached to it plays it down and drives normally and pretends they have a fast car they drive sensibly, when in fact, they don't have a fast car at all. lol.

hahaha hit the nail on the head! Plus the tacho reading up to 12k just make the passengers think its even faster when they see you only using half of it.

[danja]

Can someone also do the same, for a manual!

At least in a manual there's a notional reason for having it, being that the driver is changing the gears.

Who cares, its his car and he wants to have it.

i was just curious, maybe there's a site to the story I'm missing?

[STEALTHY™]

At least in a manual there's a notional reason for having it, being that the driver is changing the gears.

If you can't change gears by the engine, you shouldn't be driving a car....

[AirStrike]

***sigh***