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Messiah

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Thanks Fry!

I found your pics and guide very useful!

Just thought I'd share what I did with my own install over the weekend.

For those who don't want to drill holes in their dash for the vacuum hose, you can run both the hose & wiring down a small gap where the door meets the pillar. This gap is large enough for the hose and electrical wiring, and does not crush or bend the hose when opening and closing the door. Just as an added precautionary measure, I wrapped the vacuum hose in some plastic piping from Supercheap. Even with the added thickness of the pipe, it still slid through the top gap in the door and out the bottom quite easily. Fasten it with some double sided tape or similar, and you're done! (just FYI I used stick on Velcro, also from Supercheap. This seemed to work the best for me).

On a side note I should also add that although the links to the pics in Fry's post don't work, you can right click and "Save Picture As.." just fine - the full sized pictures still seem to be on the server.

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can the coppers defect you for havinga pillar pod installed?

iirc yes they can. i think the reason is that it can block vision. any guages or add ons need to be below the highest level of the factory dash. so DIN guages are cool but kinda crap cos you havta take you eyes off the road. i rekon the best compromise looks like the mearcat pods. looks as stock as possible

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Good instructions, it's easier using the cigarette lighter power than working out other stuff.

Would like to add that the R33 GTR's don't have that hole in the firewall next to the stereo. Instead you'll have to cut open the large rubber grommet where the loom travels through, which is just to the right of the accelerator cable behind the insulating stuff.

Also I don't have the pillar gauge, just the one sitting on the air vent to the right corner of the dashboard, was best to run the vacuum hose down the vent and past the fuses and such.

Cheers

Ash

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