New toy

[Capt. Obvious]

Now that I'm pretty happy with the aesthetics of my car, I've started to shift my focus to increasing the anemic performance of my poor little 1.8T. Of course, the first thing you gotta do when you start turning up the boost is to get a boost gauge, so of course I hit up Winston who was super helpful as usual.

We all know the most annoying thing about adding a boost gauge to our cars is that they never match the factory gauges. Well, Winston has a solution now.

I have the first one of the new gauges, and I gotta say it's a pretty sweet little unit. Color and brightness of the new gauge is awesome and fully adjustable and matches the factory dials perfect (even the font!). You can also program a max boost warning and the gauge will light up and flash all red and beep when you boost past the preset level. This is not a mechanical gauge, but instead uses a stepper motor, so there's no more buzzing to annoy you either!

I'm sure Winston will be able to chime in with more specs once he sees this thread.





And a random pic of my car I found on a Honda forum:

[romell]

haha did anyone comment u on that honda forum! haha

and yea man winston u gotta chime in i sent u a PM a day or 2 ago!!!

[SportSter]

may i be the first to say....



NICE!

[romell]

whooa.. is that a crack in your winshield?!?

[AudiBama]

awesome!

where and how much???

[A4natomical]

i might just have switch out my gauge for that one. i hate the buzzing. and that overboost warning is sweet too.

[Overboostin]

definitely want to know what they said on the honda forum.

[jrau13]

i might just have switch out my gauge for that one. i hate the buzzing. and that overboost warning is sweet too.

uummmm....yeah! I need this one

[absolutegtr]

So, Capt. I thought you where the Mr. Low'N'Slo

What performance mods do you have in mind?

[Capt. Obvious]

whooa.. is that a crack in your winshield?!?

Yes. Time for a new windsheild.

So, Capt. I thought you where the Mr. Low'N'Slo

What performance mods do you have in mind?

Haha, now I'll be low and kinda slow. Not doing anything too crazy. Planning to get exhaust soon and then probably a 1+ program. I might get a K04, but I'm not totally sure yet. I'm just not really interested in tapping into the performance potential of this car really, so I'm gonna keep it simple.

[A4natomical]

how are you thinking of routing your exhaust tips? didnt you fill the exhaust cut outs?

[SKIDMRK]

so since "lownslo" is out for a plate, will you PLEASE do "D-BAG" now?

[Killerteve]

Did Podi officially release that as the new gauge yet? Sucks cuz I just got my Podi like 1.5 weeks ago and the illuminations is super weak compared to your new one

[B6Lovin]

so since "lownslo" is out for a plate, will you PLEASE do "D-BAG" now?

x2 D-BAG or FUNBAGS better be your plate

and what ARE the plans for the exhaust? you've been hinting at something different for awhile now..

[[email protected]]

Did Podi officially release that as the new gauge yet? Sucks cuz I just got my Podi like 1.5 weeks ago and the illuminations is super weak compared to your new one

Well it is unfair to compare the Stewart Warner unit to this new one. The SW uses one LED to light it up while this one uses 9 LEDs, the SW is mechanical and this one is 100% electronic.

These gauges are my version of the Defi gauge but without needing a dedicated controller.

These gauges are not available yet. Capt. O there has one of my prototype units in his car.

The shipment of these new gauges is due to arrive this month.

Price?

$249 for the gauge pod package

$149 for the gauge by itself

But I will be holding a introductory sale when they arrive so start saving up.

[AudiBama]

Well it is unfair to compare the Stewart Warner unit to this new one. The SW uses one LED to light it up while this one uses 9 LEDs, the SW is mechanical and this one is 100% electronic.

These gauges are my version of the Defi gauge but without needing a dedicated controller.

These gauges are not available yet. Capt. O there has one of my prototype units in his car.

The shipment of these new gauges is due to arrive this month.

Price?

$249 for the gauge pod package

$149 for the gauge by itself

But I will be holding a introductory sale when they arrive so start saving up.

yessir

[jrau13]

I already have the SW podi so what else will be needed to install since this gauge is electric?

[cjonesgo]

Font is similar, but not the same. This IS the closest to oem gauges that I have seen in an aftermarket product, but still not 100%

Perhaps it is even the same font, but has not been manipulated to match exactly? The characters are too tall. Look at the zeros on the oem gauges, nice and round. Also, the spacing seems off, I bet you could get away with knocking the point size down a little for a better visual match. It is closer to you so even if the Type is the same size, it will feel bigger because it is closer.

Winston,
If they are still in the prototype phase let me know, I'd be happy to help you dial it in. I have been putting off getting one because I HATE it when gauges do not match oem. P.S. I do Industrial Design for a living.

[Maverick]

lol, nice Darrick

[Capt. Obvious]

and what ARE the plans for the exhaust? you've been hinting at something different for awhile now..

Since the cutouts are shaved, it's going to be a fully custom affair. I have a few ideas I'm tossing around, but I haven't decided which way to go yet. Once I finally make up my mind, you'll all see.

[Killerteve]

Price?

$249 for the gauge pod package

$149 for the gauge by itself

Well since they're almost a $100 more I'm happy with the SW. I'm also prolly bitter cuz I haven't seen it read over 10psi yet cuz of my dead K03! Ok though, K04 will be here on thurs.

[[email protected]]

I already have the SW podi so what else will be needed to install since this gauge is electric?

You remove the SW unit, plug in the new boost sender, wire up the electrical connections and you are done.

If Derrick and do it anyone can do it!

Font is similar, but not the same. This IS the closest to oem gauges that I have seen in an aftermarket product, but still not 100%

You are correct. Font isn't a 100% match. The numbers are not 'fat' enough as you can tell by looking at the zero but I can't make a dial for every car so the one you see is the best 'universal' match I have for VW/Audi.

And I am so OCD that I couldn't afford to spend any more time and money perfecting the dial any further. An example is the B5 pod design which was delayed an entire year over fitiment issues of 0.3mm which I didn't like.

Thanks for your offer to help with testing but that phase has been completed and the first batch of gauges have been made and should arrive to me by the end of this month.

[Capt. Obvious]

If Darrick and do it anyone can do it!

[B6Lovin]

^lol, i like how you corrected the spelling on your name, but not where he said "and do it" instead of "can do it"

[Obvis07]

Damn!!! U Are Dumped!!!!

[Capt. Obvious]

All I care about is the spelling of my name.

[Capt. Obvious]

Damn!!! U Are Dumped!!!!

Meh, it's pretty low.

[A4natomical]

The shipment of these new gauges is due to arrive this month.

Price?

$249 for the gauge pod package

$149 for the gauge by itself

But I will be holding a introductory sale when they arrive so start saving up.

im gonna have to make the switch. anyone want to buy my stewart warner gauge when this one comes out?lol.

[jrau13]

Looks like there might be an influx of Stewart Warner gauges in the classifieds soon. haha!