Ash tray space- room for guages?

[Neil VR6 0]

Has anybody ever taken out the ash tray put some kind of guage or A/F meter in its place?

[Blue_Joe 0]

Ever what???

[Neverite 0]

replaced the ashtray with something else. Neil g60, this thread makes no sense if you click on it from the portal...

[Neil VR6 0]

That's better! :wink:

[Neverite 0]

:D yes it is... but, no. lol not me anyway good idea though, as even though i smoke, i dont like doing it whilst driving. and if i do want to, while on the move you cant change gear properly lmao.

[Henny 0]

you mean, a bit like this? 8)

[Neverite 0]

ok, thats it im quitting (doubt it actually). is this what you were on about t'other day henny?... looks rather bloody nice. might do it myself..

 

oh wait......

 

i have a valver :cry: I WANT BOOST!!!

[Neil VR6 0]

That look very slick but I already have this (volts & boost):

[Neil VR6 0]

I thought you could get small rectangular pods which have a series of led's on them to measure the air/fuel ratio?

[Henny 0]

take that panel out, sell it for a huge profit and modify the ashtray space like I did on J-DUB... 8)

 

Neverite, That's not what I was on about in the other thread, I did this over the Xmas hols 2003 for J-DUB while I was rebuilding her... 8)

 

You can make an A/F gauge which will easily fit into a switch blank if you want to... The details are on here somewhere (that's where I got my info from anyway! :lol: )

[Shilakadaddy 0]

there's a thread on vortex I'm following at the moment that might be of interest to you:

 

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1867952

 

will be interesting to see how it turns out... 8)

[godskitchen 0]

Fair play to that guy on the vortex site! nasty burn though!

[andycowuk 0]

I have found space for 4!.....

 

 

Takes hours of filing the plastic to get it sitting right tho!

[biggrim 0]

Andy, do I spy a cheekily fitted cig lighter beneath the R.H.S gauge there?

[andycowuk 0]

how very astute of you grim! ;)

[Dub Style 0]

I have found space for 4!.....

 

 

Takes hours of filing the plastic to get it sitting right tho!

 

 

Thats exactly how i got guages in my vr, they look well smart with the newer heater control layout plus the orange needles match the dash

[G-Lader 0]

nice job of those andy....

[JBOB 0]

Ive got a pre moulded 3 gauge holder that fits in place of the stereo. I bought it months ago for my old Mk2 Golf but never fitted it, i had a look today and its a near perfect fit for the ashtray/cig location......... after seeing the pics in this thread guess what im thinking :lol:

[fla 9]

Thats exactly how i got guages in my vr, they look well smart with the newer heater control layout plus the orange needles match the dash

Pics please putar (er sorry guys some of you may not understand that last bit) How did you do it?

JBOB, where did you get the 3 gauge holder and for how much?

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Just looked through latest PVW and Golf+ mags and saw this 3-gauge panels to replace the stereo slot available from Venom Motorsport (01254 814444) £20.00 plus delivery. I believe a few other places do them as well, including Big Boys Toys, R & A Design, Performance solutions and Gwent VW etc.

 

Cheers,

 

Cheers,

 

BigEastSideTartanTimmehG60

[20v turbo 0]

if you intend on looking at the guages while driving i would suggest you do what i did and put them where the radio is and put the radio where the ashtray was.

[JBOB 0]

if you intend on looking at the guages while driving i would suggest you do what i did and put them where the radio is and put the radio where the ashtray was.

 

Now thats just showing off :lol: 8) :lol:

 

fla i got mine from ebay for 6 quid :D

[fla 9]

JBOB, do you have the ebay number so i can see the item - at least I can get the right product. Cheers. And yes20v turbo, you're just a show-off! It does look cool though - I'm not jealous, honest...

[Henny 0]

20v turbo, yeah, know what you mean there mate... I thought about doing it that way around when I fitted mine, but I wanted to be able to see my TV more than the gauges! ;) :lol: 8)

[20v turbo 0]

now that is just showing off :D :D