Thanks for all the great suggestions, photos and links. To sum up: Looks like people generally find room for 3 gauges fairly easily and most install to the right of the instrument cluster (sometimes at the expense of the ashtray). At least one person mounted low, under the heater controls. I appreciate seeing how they look on the pillar, they certainly aren't designed to fit there easily (thanks to Gilles for sharing that photo). I recall someone had a configuration of one to the left of the cluster and 3 to the right, this may be what I end up with. At the moment I have a full sized tach sitting to the right of the cluster, I am considering moving that in place of the clock to make room. And I'll pick up the other questions using David's reply as a kickstarter. Regards, Peter Kraiker nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com Toronto, ON, Canada '82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)
On 2012-08-16, at 5:12 PM, turbowesty <turbowesty@gmail.com> wrote: > A: Has anyone used the VDO A-pillar mounting pods in a Vanagon? They look like a nice way of putting 2-5 gauges in if they fit but the ones I see are meant for Beetle/Jetta/Golf/Passat. http://egauges.com/veh_mod.asp?VehMake=Volkswagen&CT=Cars > Part B: where and how do people put them if not A. I imagine others are interested in the mounting options so I'll keep this thread in the list rather than follow up in pmail if that's ok with the mod men. |
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