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good looking guages you have there! I just ordered some of the smoked gauges from the SAU group buys for my R34 :P

yeah spent $800 including install as im too lazy to do it. Looks good tho.

$800 better spent on engine or something

yeah I have a lot of trouble justifying the money for gauges. I have Autometer ones like you have in my 200SX, but this time have opted for the significantly cheaper Autogauge smoked series. I think they look very cool (jet black when power is off), and are the right price - $220 delivered for all 3 with din mount (which I am not using). Bargain!

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nice looking gauges black_33 - looks the biz, although at $800 they better be. as for the JustJap autogauge package variant, they also look good. having a 'smoked' appearance though i dont know if it needs your parkers/headlights on during the day to see. a bit off topic i know.

all up cost $500 for gauges din mount and blue globes, but as i was too lazy to install cost 270 to install, too bad they didnt remove my old bar gauge, now i have 2 pressure gauges, old one in bar is mounted on steering column with velcro!!!!!!!

must have had a budget when the person put that one in

old one in bar is mounted on steering column with velcro!!!!!!!

must have had a budget when the person put that one in

my ebc is mounted on my steering column with velcro. i must be a on a 'budget' as well. :lol: :lol:

I just got myself a 1996 R33 s2, so ull b seeing me on the cruise this weekend, all u guys can help me make sure its running allrite and tell me what extras i should install!

Is that WWW DOTs skyline that you bought? looks silimar, nice car :)

my ebc is mounted on my steering column with velcro. i must be a on a 'budget' as well.  :lol:  :lol:

well its mounted on one square about 2cmX2cm and rattles is real annoying and just wanna get the effort to remove it <_<

you beat me to it Leo :) .... btw have you got your licence back and your car sorted yet?

Yeah man I'm back on the streets! I broke my back installing a pair of HKS Step 1 cams into the ol S14 today. Not really happy with the results. Whoever says they are fully streetable cams are full of shit! Bullshit you get gains below 3000rpm! It idles poorly and does not like staying under 2000rpm. That means no 4th gear at 60kmh. FFS... And any attempt at tuning doesnt solve anything. Garr....

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