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jasont82

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jasont82

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hi guys

want a tacho for d4d this saturday. mine doesnt work. what are the rules about mounting them? my friend had one on a vl on the dash but had to move it an inch accross to get a rwc. ive read on here that you cant have anything above the stock instrument cluster. whats the go? thanks jason

Kozeyekan Proficient

Kozeyekan

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Really?

Then where the heck are you supposed to mount a boost gauge?

Putting it above the dash makes a (small) blindspot, putting it in the air vent hole maks it too far out of the way to see.

WTF?

Rekin Grand Master

Rekin

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mmhmm well from what i heard... chu can have any sort of gauges places anywhere only "within" your vechile... and so the external ones aren't consider road worthy :)

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrpdf/rdsafe/vsi%208.pdf

This link has some info about legalities of external gauges. Hope this helps :domokun:

- Patrick

Kaz200 Grand Master

Kaz200

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My friend who is a TMU officer went and asked superiors caus he wasn't sure and was told: nothing higher than 30cm from the bottom of the dash or it's an obstruction of vision.

And yes we both agreed that was ridiculous. I'm not sure if he was specially referring to a 180 but it's pretty ridiculous either way, I don't even know what you'd count the 'bottom' as... maybe the cluster or the plastic piece below it?

I think mounting on the pillar is even defectable in QLD now. Definately not legal in VIC.

saff_cossie Grand Master

saff_cossie

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My friend who is a TMU officer went and asked superiors caus he wasn't sure and was told: nothing higher than 30cm from the bottom of the dash or it's an obstruction of vision.

And yes we both agreed that was ridiculous. I'm not sure if he was specially referring to a 180 but it's pretty ridiculous either way, I don't even know what you'd count the 'bottom' as... maybe the cluster or the plastic piece below it?

I think mounting on the pillar is even defectable in QLD now. Definately not legal in VIC.

Thanks Kaz, shame :wave:

Also thanks for the link Rekin

Jamezilla Grand Master

Jamezilla

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I had an a-pillar boost gauge, and it never caused a problem.

There were a few queries about my placement of the AVCR/RSM - but mainly for it being an EBC rather than where it was.

I personally wouldn't stress too much... but there is a difference between a 52 or 60mm gauge an one of those Flava-Flav style monster tachs.

Have you thought about an RSM?

Shows your RPM and can be a bit more flexible in it's placement.

BTW: the new toy has some DEFI BFs fitted already - they are on the DEFI stands on the dash to the right of the binnacle - so the bottom of the a-pillar.

Should be as legal as you can be.

DEFI stands here - http://www.nippon-seiki.co.jp/defishop/pro...p/op_bezel.html

J

mr_crust Experienced

mr_crust

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it cannot be higher then the lines of the dash.

The thing i dont understand is that its an obstruction of vision yet taxi drivers can have there stuff mounted all the way up the A piller with no issue.

Yes its a there job to take people around, but there only normal drivers and why does it exempt them from obstruction of vision, they are still normal drivers

saff_cossie Grand Master

saff_cossie

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Alan, get a gauge pod that sits on the dash, looks OEM

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Thanks Dark but I dont like the placing of them. :(

My favourite place is the A-Pillar as I dont like cluttering the dash. I dont mind them in the dash but prefer them in the A-Pillar.

dezz Grand Master

dezz

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Thanks Dark but I dont like the placing of them. ;)

My favourite place is the A-Pillar as I dont like cluttering the dash. I dont mind them in the dash but prefer them in the A-Pillar.

just do it :(

its not hard to take it off if you need to clear the defect...and i got myself a spare pillar plastic (which already had a hole hacked into it in the perfect place for wires :)), so that if i ever change my mind, I'll put my plastic back on and have a hole free interior :O

that was one of the specific things i looked for when importing my car....didnt want 1 that already had gauges etc all over the place, because i didn't want holes everywhere

Jamezilla Grand Master

Jamezilla

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So long as you're looking at a sensible sized gauge - I honestly wouldn't stress about it.

As long as it doesn't impede your vision - nor sit as an obvious hazard, then do it. Worst case, someone will ask you to move it. The HUGE gauges are just stupid for street use anyway.

Here was my old setup (sniff) - as I said, a-pillar and RSM/AVCR were never an issue.

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Ant97GTR Grand Master

Ant97GTR

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Don't know where you guys are getting your info from but I looked into this pretty carefully before fitting my gauges. According to Vicroads (unless someone corrects me otherwise) -

* the gauge cannot obstruct the drivers vision

* the gauge cannot be put in a spot where either the driver or passengers head would make contact in an accident. ie no a-pillar, not on the 'front' face of the dash (like just above the glovebox in a 33)

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