Autogauge vs Autometer Phantom vs Glowshifts

[ChrisGTL]

I'm looking for the best OEM look for a 52mm gauge i'm fitting.

Just ordered my grey single 52mm Nomad pillar, and want a cush gauge to fit in there.

I've searched and come up with these three.

Autogauge Halfords £19.99

Autometer Phantom Scooby-Mania £45

Glowshift USA Ebay £40


I want it to be white with black bezel and illuminated red to match dash. Any opionions on what is best?

From the night pics I've seen some gauges suffer from 'illumination bleed' when on the red mode, to me this looks cheap. I want one where just the numbers and dial lights up red.

What to get?

 

[LEE69]

My glowshift doesn't bleed, the picture i took isn't the best, to the eye it's perfect.

 

[ChrisGTL]

My glowshift doesn't bleed, the picture i took isn't the best, to the eye it's perfect.

Thanks Lee, and thanks for the tracking number

 

[Ronin225]

I have autometer gauges and think they look very OEM, but the standard bulbs are a bit pinky.
If you were to replace or darken them with more red they would probably be spot on

 

[Deleted member 20376]

i think there is guide on here that was donem they used a the white dial with a pinky/orangey light they just replaced it with a red one.

 

[craig lcr]

ive got some auto gauges and was just woundering if any1 knows where to get a replacement bulb from so they are red?

 

[PurpleGolfMan.]

Glowshifts are shite, i have a boost one and a oil temp one and there both wrong! avoid!

 

[The MoffMeister]

try rs components or someone similar

 

[ChrisGTL]

Glowshifts are shite, i have a boost one and a oil temp one and there both wrong! avoid!

I shall stay away from the glowshifts then. I may aswell go for the autogauge one. What voltage are the bulbs? 12v?

 

[BBoy82]

Im gonna order a phantom II, and paint the numbers and markers with red transparent lacquer. Im gonna hafta cut the outer housing to remove the lens on the front, but its the only way i can see of getting the exact match.
Watch this space!
Dan

 

[LEE69]

Glowshifts are shite, i have a boost one and a oil temp one and there both wrong! avoid!

My glowshift reads identical to an autogauge i have.

 

[J0N]

I've tried all 3. The Auto-Meter was the most accurate but the most expensive and as mentioned above the back light was not the best, mine was like a dull orange glow. I did'nt like the Glow-Shift right from the start. I might have been unlucky because plenty of people on here like them but mine rattled, read lower than the Auto-Meter (because it did'nt return to zero), took 3 1/2 weeks to arrive and if you get it from eBay USA you get stung for another £13 for duty tax and Royal Mail fees when you pick it up from the Post Office. The Auto-Gauge (Halfords) ones are the best all round for me. They're pretty cheap, read ok and match the LCR instruments both day and night. Shame about the silver surrounds.

 

[ChrisGTL]

I've tried all 3. The Auto-Meter was the most accurate but the most expensive and as mentioned above the back light was not the best, mine was like a dull orange glow. I did'nt like the Glow-Shift right from the start. I might have been unlucky because plenty of people on here like them but mine rattled, read lower than the Auto-Meter (because it did'nt return to zero), took 3 1/2 weeks to arrive and if you get it from eBay USA you get stung for another £13 for duty tax and Royal Mail fees when you pick it up from the Post Office. The Auto-Gauge (Halfords) ones are the best all round for me. They're pretty cheap, read ok and match the LCR instruments both day and night. Shame about the silver surrounds.

Thanks

Do the surrounds pop off easily to be sprayed black?

 

[LEE69]

No, you have to mask them up and spray them.

 

[LEE69]

Just found my autogauge and that starts just under the 0 same as my glowshift does.

 

[godber225r]

Autogauge!!! the best match by far and best value for money. Looks really good in the nomad pod

 

[turbin]

Autometer. Quality seems good.. Not 100% similar at night, but that's ok for me. They work.

 

[Ronin225]

Autogauge. Quality seems good.. Not 100% similar at night, but that's ok for me. They work.

Those are autometer not autogauge

 

[turbin]

Those are autometer not autogauge

quite so...


dont drink more than 5 tequila, WILL fry ure brain...

 

[Pabs]

I went Autometer - check out my guide on here for pics:
http://www.seatcupra.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=540&Itemid=6

Accurate, good build quality, and matched in very well. Only slight dissappointment was the backlight - it did bleed around the gauge face, rather than just illuminate the numbers. Definately swap the bulb for a red LED bulb tho - I went for the 4-LED configuration and was a perfect match for the dash colour.