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I am looking for some gauges, not sure what to get or where to get them. I am after an oil temperature & oil pressure gauge, would prefer it come with all fittings, sensors, mountings etc required for installation

Not sure what brand to get, I want something that will do what it’s designed to do & accurately, something easy to install that won’t break after 2 months

Can anyone recommend some gauges & where to get them?

Thanks

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Electrical for anything to do with oil.

Defi are probably better quality but dearer. Both however will do the job fine and are about the same to install.

Or you could find some nice Jap gauges (Blitz, Greddy, HKS etc), but with the dollar the way it is they are dear as hell. Having said that, i have the Blitz white faced gauges in mine and love them to death, however they don't make them anymore :wave:

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Electrical for anything to do with oil.

Defi are probably better quality but dearer. Both however will do the job fine and are about the same to install.

Or you could find some nice Jap gauges (Blitz, Greddy, HKS etc), but with the dollar the way it is they are dear as hell. Having said that, i have the Blitz white faced gauges in mine and love them to death, however they don't make them anymore :wave:

Thanks for that

Getting a price for DEFI now, will probably go with the DEFI's. Does anyone know a trader that does DEFI at a reallly good price?

If the DEFI guages work out too expensive I may just go with Autometer provided there considerably cheaper

my next guage purchase.... gonna get rid of my triple din cluster for this...

Always loved the DEFI din setup, should have got one when the $$ was better. It was so much cheaper back then

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April, driving me fkn insane

$900 for DEFI control unit and the two gauges, OIL TEMP & OIL PRESSURE

april... not long matey! wanna come for a cruise when you get it back?

$900 is a lot for 2 guages.... you have a free din slot?

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Autometer in mine (including mechanical oil pressure), no problems whatsoever, plus they look pro.

Thanks for that, will be looking into Autometer tonight

april... not long matey! wanna come for a cruise when you get it back?

$900 is a lot for 2 guages.... you have a free din slot?

Not too long now, will be the longest 6 months ever

Yeah would love to, will let you know once I'm back on the road

It's more than I want so spend that's for sure, yep, have a spare din spot

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Nothing wrong with Autometre. Just make sure you get the sportscomp line or better as they are more accurate.

Do not get mechanical oil pressure gauge as that is illegal and can be dangerous running oil pipe into the cabin

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Autometer in mine (including mechanical oil pressure), no problems whatsoever, plus they look pro.

Ok this I dont understand and shits me to tears when customers argue with me saying "she'll be right". Why do people people like you not realise how dangerous it is! There is a reason it is illegal. (unless it is on your bonnet, in that case sorry bout this).

You do realise you have high pressure oil running inside your cabin, right next to your face at around 50-100psi. Meaning if you get into a slight accident, enough to cause that line to break off, you will have oil at 50-100psi hitting you....

Guess who won't be looking "pro" then...

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man i got 4 defi guages and a defi control box, it cost me $1200 brand new all up,

should be about 250-300 a gauge and then 150 for control unit,, (bf series) the defi's are spot on, read up about them and theres actually a fair bit u can do with them, also they look sick

o also, try perfectrun.com.au, they have good prices and takes about 3 days from japan to get to u,

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Nothing wrong with Autometre. Just make sure you get the sportscomp line or better as they are more accurate.

Do not get mechanical oil pressure gauge as that is illegal and can be dangerous running oil pipe into the cabin

No worries mate, thanks

hypergear have some cheap digi electric guages, also have oil cooler adapter for sensors cant remember if they sell the sensors tho.

How good are they, I don't want some cheap nasty Chinese shit

try psiparts.com mate

Will check it out thanks

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Guess who won't be looking "pro" then...

the bottom of my headunit?

relax buddy, they are illegal in australia, but they are not illegal in sweden, where the laws are way more stringent and geared towards safety, i couldn't even have a custom made exhaust manifold for my old volvo 240 because there were worried that without it being properly made it could be a safety risk...

then again, over there in the middle of winter, hot oil going everywhere doesn't sound like such a bad thing.

regardless, it's my car.

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