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Old 07-07-2014, 09:42 PM   #1
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A pillar gauge setup ?

I have a 2014 ZL1 and i am tired of looking down to see my gauges . So here is what i am thinking . I would like to put in a 2 or maybe 3 gauge A pillar set up .
1 gauge Boost
1 oil presser
and maybe a cooling temp or a red shift light .
What would be the best and easiest set up to use ?
How hard is it to really do ?
Any recommendation from anyone that has a set up ?
Thank you for the help.
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Old 07-07-2014, 09:46 PM   #2
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I have a 2014 ZL1 and i am tired of looking down to see my gauges . So here is what i am thinking . I would like to put in a 2 or maybe 3 gauge A pillar set up .
1 gauge Boost
1 oil presser
and maybe a cooling temp or a red shift light .
What would be the best and easiest set up to use ?
How hard is it to really do ?
Any recommendation from anyone that has a set up ?
Thank you for the help.
Can you even get a 3 pod pillar that's not custom? I haven't seen one.

I run a/f, trans temp, and a shift light/rpm gauge on my pillar. But then again I have a 10 point cage.
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Old 07-07-2014, 09:49 PM   #3
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I have a double (available Summit, etc) painted to match my interior. Only triple I've ever seen was a one off custom.
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Old 07-07-2014, 11:54 PM   #4
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get the aeroforce gauges, they give you so many options on what you can monitor. haveing a dual gauge setup is actually like having 4 gaauges
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Old 07-08-2014, 12:39 AM   #5
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get the aeroforce gauges, they give you so many options on what you can monitor. haveing a dual gauge setup is actually like having 4 gaauges
I have the aeroforce gauges and one died in less that a year. Only displays one value some of the time. I also found them hard to read in the sun. They have tons of options and I liked the look initially, but I will be replacing mine with something else in the near future.
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Old 07-08-2014, 01:06 PM   #6
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I have the Aeroforce dual gauges as well and I have never had an issue. With polarized sunglasses they can be hard to read, but that is common with electronics and polarized lenses.

My biggest complain is with the Autometer A-pillar dual gauge pod. The fit is horrible and I regularly have to reseat it to make sure it won't fall. It's like they made the mold just a bit too big for a snug fit- you can see the gap in the pic below. I would love to find another alternative.

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Old 07-08-2014, 01:48 PM   #7
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I have the Aeroforce dual gauges as well and I have never had an issue. With polarized sunglasses they can be hard to read, but that is common with electronics and polarized lenses.

My biggest complain is with the Autometer A-pillar dual gauge pod. The fit is horrible and I regularly have to reseat it to make sure it won't fall. It's like they made the mold just a bit too big for a snug fit- you can see the gap in the pic below. I would love to find another alternative.

Nice interior work BTW. I really like those paddle shifters.
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:50 PM   #8
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Nice interior work BTW. I really like those paddle shifters.
Thanks! The paddles are from Vitesse Motorsports (a sponsor of Camaro5). I recently switched them to a black anodized version to match better, and I painted the (+) and (-) indicators red. Here is a pic of the black paddles before I painted the indicators.

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Old 07-08-2014, 04:14 PM   #9
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I have the autometer piller as well purchsed off ebay and never had a fitment issues. I was going to paint mine but black matched intrerior well. I use the prosport gauges and never had an issue.

I looked into aero but they were way pricy..I have a Supercharger so use boost and air/fuel.

Fyi you know how many times I looked at my boost gauge and air/fuel last week? Maybe twice?? Pod gauges are one of those things. Looks cool (and would do again) but novelty kinda wears off after couple of months. Wouldnt spend tons of money on this mod
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Old 08-29-2014, 01:15 PM   #10
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Have you tried autometer? it says 10-11 but maybe they haven't updated the website, I would give them a call

http://www.autometer.com/cat_mountsd...g=1&mdl=9&gw=1
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