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Well just installing the gauges you could do yourself for free, it's easy as.

$6000 would include the cost of turbocharging your engine so as to actually make a boost gauge useful.

*EDIT* I am assuming your car is non-turbo considering you posted this in the naturally aspirated section...

Edited by Hanaldo

Yeh my advice would be to install it yourself mate. The hardest part is finding a place in the firewall to feed the wires. It's so easy to do, it really isn't worth paying ~$150-$200 to get someone to do it for you

Edited by Hanaldo

its a turbo.. sorry for posting this in the wrong section!! yeah i have considered doing it myself but just a bit scared, my mate done it to his skyline now all his dash lights are flashing on and off and random times :S but ill read into it some more and if im confident enough then ill do it if not wouldnt mind paying for it to get pro done. thanks heaps for the advice!!

its a turbo.. sorry for posting this in the wrong section!! yeah i have considered doing it myself but just a bit scared, my mate done it to his skyline now all his dash lights are flashing on and off and random times :S but ill read into it some more and if im confident enough then ill do it if not wouldnt mind paying for it to get pro done. thanks heaps for the advice!!

well then make sure you don't let your mate anywhere near your car.

for the water temp gauge you need to make sure you have the temp sender that goes with the gauge. without it it won't work. also you will need an adapter to put it into the radiator hose.

boost gauge is very easy to do. only slightly hard bit is wiring up the lights, but you could always just run all the hose through so the gauge works and then just take it to an auto electrician and them them to sort out the wiring. should only take them a few mins and not cost much at all.

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