Boost Gauge in mirror

[jjuan]

Man that is awesome! I was gonna do the same thing but with a small LCD. Quick question. With the gauge off how noticeable is the area you cut/scraped off? When the compass is off you can hardly tell there is a little "box" there. Does the "box" you cut out look the same with it gauge off?

[3.0L AUDI A4]

Steller mod!!!

You could make some good money from this innovation!!

[dougyfresh]

That would also be badass.

Do you have a link handy? I'd love to see it; perhaps that's also a worthwhile option for our cars too.

Here are some other in-gage-cluster boost gauges

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/octboost.shtml



TOOO bad this isn't available for the B6. I've lonnged for this ever since I saw it in my friend's B5 S4.
http://techreactions.com/default.aspx

BUT. I know of a very similar product coming to market.......

[Papachristou]

now that is nice! i still like some kind of bar or needle to see it visually,im just not good with numbers ! of course its probably easier with a BT that holds boost steady after 3.5-4k whereas mine spikes around now

also i wear glasses so my peripheral vision sucks

[pdxa4]

Great job on your mirror boost gauge installation, very clean...

[3.0L AUDI A4]

There is a DIS valentine 1 for the B6 out currently! I have seen it before but cant find where... It could have been for the S4 so don't hold me accountable. But they DEFINITELY have it!!!!

[Six Speed Turbo]

sweet, looks good.

[Slow4]

Nice....

Would this work in a B5 as well or ANY car in general?

Also, checked out the website, didn't say anything about reading the vacuum, just boost...yet your picture shows it reading vacuum...so I'm going to safely assume that it DOES read vacuum?

Did you have to purchase anything else, like the tubing kit?

[DND]

Sent PM but thought I would post on here in case anyone else was trying this with a B5 mirror and having the same problem as me.

How can I fit the gauge wires with the outer shielding through the mirror pivot? I can squeeze the "bare" wires through but the outer shielding won't fit.
I think I've got the following options:

• run bare wires then cut and reconnect or re-solder as needed
• make a separate exit hole in the back of the mirror and leave the shielded wire group a little exposed
• try and remove the factory wires, drill out the hole a bit bigger, and then reconnect the factory wiring harness (which will be a pain)

What do you think?

[Jagaer]

This was a great idea.

It looked clean and you had a pretty good writeup, I hope you don't mind that I borrowed it for my VW ;)

http://passatworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261411

[dougyfresh]

I just bought the gage and sending unit listed on the first page. Going to be installing this in my AVant in the next few weeks.

[Allan T]

How did you cut in the glass? i noticed that it is double layer?

[F16HTON]

I am going to do the same install but I am going to use the display for my LC-1 wideband controller.

I may see about taking apart my eBoost too and relocating the display.

[Jagaer]

How did you cut in the glass? i noticed that it is double layer?

Correct a paint (insulating) layer on top of a copper layer.

I scraped it away with a sharp X-Acto after test fitting the boost gauge, and marking the perimeter, so I didn't scrape away too much.

It took almost 2 hrs to scrape it all away, however a fair bit of that time was test fitting, remarking, realigning.

[Allan T]

Correct a paint (insulating) layer on top of a copper layer.

I scraped it away with a sharp X-Acto after test fitting the boost gauge, and marking the perimeter, so I didn't scrape away too much.

It took almost 2 hrs to scrape it all away, however a fair bit of that time was test fitting, remarking, realigning.

Okay, and you didn'thit the glass?

[Jagaer]

Yes, I was touching glass, but if you have the blade at an angle it will scrape the copper but slide on the glass.

Think about if you were shaving with a straight razor. If the blade was perpendicular to your face, you'd be cut. When you have it on an angle it scrapes off the hair without affecting your skin. *Sharp* X-Acto blades help a lot, as well, otherwise you won't be able to slide on the glass but catch the edge of the copper to scrape it off.

[[IX]]

How much time did it take total? I was thinking about time to cost X time ratio. Seems there is at lot less expeaive ways to go

[dougyfresh]

Yes, I was touching glass, but if you have the blade at an angle it will scrape the copper but slide on the glass.

Think about if you were shaving with a straight razor. If the blade was perpendicular to your face, you'd be cut. When you have it on an angle it scrapes off the hair without affecting your skin. *Sharp* X-Acto blades help a lot, as well, otherwise you won't be able to slide on the glass but catch the edge of the copper to scrape it off.

Is there an easier method than using an x-acto blade? How about a chemical?

[RLB6]

Is there an easier method than using an x-acto blade? How about a chemical?

Nope. Just gotta put in the work with several blades.

[Jagaer]

There probably is a less expensive way of doing this, but I wanted a method that wasn't immediately noticeable and looked (somewhat) factory.

Plus, what is the point of a mod if it's the same one everyone else has done ;)

[vtracer20]

pretty neat but who looks at their rear view mirror while driving? i think a good idea would be get something in the cluster area

[RLB6]

Where the display is located in the mirror or this mod you could pretty much look straight ahead and still see what your boost pressure is.

[IVRINGS]

I am going to do the same install but I am going to use the display for my LC-1 wideband controller.

I may see about taking apart my eBoost too and relocating the display.

Did you ever do this? I'm not tryin' to order something to cut up and not have it able to work. I think doing this for wideband would be the best setup. I know this is old, but never saw anything else about people doing this with A/F. I like the LC-1 and the AEM setup, but unsure what setup will allow me to cut it up for this install.

[B6 Dude]

Here are some other in-gage-cluster boost gauges

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/octboost.shtml



TOOO bad this isn't available for the B6. I've lonnged for this ever since I saw it in my friend's B5 S4.
http://techreactions.com/default.aspx

BUT. I know of a very similar product coming to market.......

And of course my setup ... http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231233

[dougyfresh]

And of course my setup ... http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231233

That is pretty damn cool Neil. Great job. Did you and Winston ever come to a conclusion on a center vent product? I presume not final enough for production since he has not offered it to the community.


I eventually finished my mirror: http://audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234102






Next up is being able to see (and data log) everything the car's computer or your VAG-Com can see in the palm of my hand. I can't reveal any more info on that but once the product is completed and patent applications are submitted I will show the community pictures and videos.

[skeeball]

Next up is being able to see (and data log) everything the car's computer or your VAG-Com can see in the palm of my hand. I can't reveal any more info on that but once the product is completed and patent applications are submitted I will show the community pictures and videos.

As long as it flashes "Danger to Manifold", I'm sure it will be a hit.