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Date:         Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:01:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Idea for gauge placement
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@hotmail.com>
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I like all of the responses, including this one Bob (looks very nice).

It might be going crazy, but I think the dash in my '83 is a different shape from yours. I think the raised "lip" on the close side of it is wider maybe? I'm not sure the space is there for a pod like this.

My other concerns is that my dash is brown, so the black pods that are available probably won't look as snazzy in my van as they do in yours. I might go this route, though....

By the way, how are the your pods attached to the dash?

Thanks very much, Wes

Bob Stevens wrote: > Wes, > Forgive the direct contrariness of this ... a view of my solution: > http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare/87westysyncro.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=824 > <http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare/87westysyncro.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=824> > That is a 2004 Subaru WRX 3-gauge pod. I shaved the back edge of it > (nearest the windshield) so it would sit flat on the dash. No cutting > or messing with the dash. The wires fit into the ash tray hole and the > pod is just high enough so that the rear-bottoms of the gauges clear > the dash. Oil temp and pressure and coolant temp. All from eguages, > pod included. That pod angles the gauge faces toward the driver. > > Bob Stevens > '87 Syncro Westy > > > > > I'm really not excited about the options for dash placement, however. > > One idea I had, however, was to use the slots right below the idiot > > lights. If you forget what your dash looks like, here's a picture I > > found in an ad: > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=479384 > > > > -Wes > > '83 1.9l westy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! Try it! > <http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us>


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