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I have a VPW one. Got it from AMEC. To be honest, for the price, the fitment is not what you would expect. Its not bad as such, but the side facing the windscreen I expected to hug the pillar abit more. If I screwed it into place however, I could pull it in. I didnt want any screw holes though so I am using badge tape. I will definitely be going Greddy next time, however, greddy is for 60mm gauges I believe? I havnt seen 52mm holes anyway.

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yep, Greddy is only 60mm, I've got a Greddy one, fitment is perfect, sits really well, I will take a picture of my set up after work and upload it tonight for you. as for my review on it, its simply perfect cause it still has the stock clean look.

I know autometer make dual pillar pods for R32 & R33. You could try and find out if they make one for R34 too?

You could always make a custom one up. I just made one up for my R33. I have a 60mm gauge but it doesn't matter about the size. I had a Pillar Pod and I think the brand was DFECTV. The pod was good but I felt it stuck the gauge out too far and it wasn't at the best angle.

I found the following tutorials which are a big help. Anything by the author nexson is usually good.

http://floridastreetscene.net/showthread.php?t=25112

http://floridastreetscene.net/showthread.php?t=35359

http://floridastreetscene.net/showthread.php?t=40113

I didn't end up taking many inbetween pics but I got this one and some of the final.

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I might need to fix up the paint a bit but I'm reasonably happy with it.

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