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Gooner_Mike

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Where are they then??

On the case mate... but they are not very exciting!

Shwoing the two grommits where the vacuum pipe is going...
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Through into the interior
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The "T-piece"
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Done some wiring and feed the vacuum pipe behind the glove box and this is how it stands at the moment...
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I am modifying the tray that is under the headunit... but it sits too low so I might have a change of plan...
 
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Gooner_Mike

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Some pics of the finished install... opinions? I am happy with the position at the moment, but it is a bit on the low side, so its hard to see the very top of the gauge! Thinking vent mount would be better but it looks a chore getting the vent out and trimming it all down.

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Brief video of start-up


Very wobbly one showing boost


Shut down
 
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Damoegan

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Not sure about it being in the little cubby hole, Mike. I thought you were putting it in a DIN blanking plate..

What do you boost to??
 

Gooner_Mike

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Not sure about it being in the little cubby hole, Mike. I thought you were putting it in a DIN blanking plate..

What do you boost to??

The blank DIN I got was a crap fit and didn't look right. Yours looks really good!

why don't you swap the headunit and the tray around so the tray is in the top slot ;)

do agree with Damien though..... not sure it looks good 'wedged' in the tray.....

It looks better in the flesh, believe me! :( I will stick with it for now until I can find a better fitting blank DIN plate or another way to mount it. ;) At least the wiring and the vacuum pipe are in place, that was the biggest chore!
 

air121005

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saw some pics of the inside of a car on this forum the other day, they'd blanked off the central top air vents and mounted a gauge in each, looked really good and at eye level for a quick glance when booting it ;)
 

Gooner_Mike

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saw some pics of the inside of a car on this forum the other day, they'd blanked off the central top air vents and mounted a gauge in each, looked really good and at eye level for a quick glance when booting it ;)

That does look good! That's what I want, but I don't have the time at the moment to do it! I think getting the vent out is a effort too. If I can cut a piece of plastic so its nice and neat then its possible.
 

Gooner_Mike

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New boost gauge placement

Been away for two weeks in Florida, so no new developments on the FR... until today. I have redone the boost gauge install. The stereo was playing silly buggers too and not switching off but I had a play around this AM and I have sorted it (fuse had gone on the switched live line... must have shorted it :(). Anyway, here are some pics of the DIN blank plate. Its not a very good fit, so I will try and get a better fitting one soon, but it looks better than the cut-out in the original DIN sized slot! The HU has been moved down too. Better?

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