Fitted A boost gauge to my Clio - What you think?

[Ben_Stevo172]

On Friday I fitted a boost gauge into the Clio. I got the smoked gauge off eBay for £10 2nd hand and it came with a plastic universal gauge holder. I was wondering where to mount it and was going to get a pillar pod but wanted something different! After some thought I had a plan - Get rid of the ashtray and cut it into shape to fit in there. So, I started by marking the curved shape of the ashtray onto the pod, I then cut it out using a dremel, and plastic welded it into place using some spare plastic I had cut off and a soldering iron! Its absolutly solid! I then used the live and earth from the cigarette lighter for the light on the gauge and plummed the vacuum line to the engine through a spare grommit! I have to say im very impressed with how it looks, it almost looks factory, so I thought id see what you guys thought?


Gauge unlit:

Gauge Lit up (looks better at night):

 

[YorkshireDaz]

Tidy

 

[DrR]

Looks alright i think, but 16 degrees?

 

[172Ben]

Looking good.

Should really be in view when your driving, or is it just for looks?

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

Looks alright i think, but 16 degrees?

Yeah its been bloody warm today!

 

[tomtaffa]

looks pretty sweet that mate, was it hard to fit then?

 

[cat171]

Looks a nice job. But I think it would look better on the door pillar.

 

[D4N13L]

NICE

 

[chrispy.clio]

Looks much better there than it would have attached to the a-piller.

 

[TimR26]

Very neatly done

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

looks pretty sweet that mate, was it hard to fit then?

No really simple! The hard part was cutting, shaping and plastic welding the pod in place. Vacuum line goes to the nipple thats already plumed into the inlet manifold at the side of the throttle body. Took 5mins to wire it in and run the vacuum line through.

 

[Aluco]

Hit 22 degrees here today

Gauge looks nice and tidy.

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

Hit 22 degrees here today

Gauge looks nice and tidy.

Thanks!

I think it was showing 19 on my thermometer, Had the temp set to 16 - nice and breezy!

 

[Brett]

Looks spot on. Far better than on the pillar

 

[jamesybear]

very nice, not where id have it but certainly looks tidy!

 

[Ben]

Looks good there mate, although I'd probably put it in a more viewable place so its easier to see and also can be used to ASW

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

Looks good there mate, although I'd probably put it in a more viewable place so its easier to see and also can be used to ASW

what is ASW?


I put it there because I like the stealthy side of the car and suprising people in much faster cars, if they saw a boost gauge on the dash or a-pillar they would know straight away that it wasnt standard! I hardly look at it, its just there for re-assurance that everything is working as it should, and the looks!

 

[Liambo-235]

Looking good! Tidy job made of it mate!

 

[BoroGTI]

Looks much better there than it would have attached to the a-piller.

Definitely agreed

 

[marinemackay2003]

looks very tidy

 

[Scott S]

What boost are you running?

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

What boost are you running?

Its around 0.5 -0.6bar

 

[clio_luke]

that looks great.