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Anybody have any experience with these? I am needing to add some sort of gauges to my truck (tired of the dummy lights). This is the cheapest thing i can find that has what i want (Tach, oil pressure, and water temp at the very least). Just wondering if they are worth a crap, gauges are something simple to make but also simple to screw up so i was hoping someone on here either has had and experience or knows first hand if these are worth the price.
 


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What vehicle are you gonna put this equipment in?????
 

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I never had any vehicles without any tach/oil/water/battery gauges. You said yours only came with idiot lights? Confused on this bro. The oil indicator is an idiot light and so is the battery indicator? Need a photo of your dash, Bro.
 

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I never had any vehicles without any tach/oil/water/battery gauges. You said yours only came with idiot lights? Confused on this bro. The oil indicator is an idiot light and so is the battery indicator? Need a photo of your dash, Bro.
I think he has these style gauges, where if you overheat the light come on, if you have no oil the light comes on. They make no sense to me lol

 

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Blaaaaah!! Gag me with a pitchfork, Bro!!! lol...that is fugly!!!!
 

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Yeah, that unit is ugly as sin. Where would you put it anyway.

I had a car a few years back that had tach, coolant, and mechanical oil. It was a set if Sunpro 2 inch units. Always worked well, never had issues, and looked nice. They were mounted discreetly down below the dash by the trans tunnel. I really wish I'd grabbed them before I scrapped that car.
 

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I was going to strip it out of the case and install it where the dummy lights currently are, then figure out a place to put the fuel gauge. That way I could hide its ugliness as much as possible.
 

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