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Offline plowy

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Air vent boost guage
« on: 29 December 2008, 22:44 »
have seen some people have the air vent boost guage on the drivers side which looks damn cool, for those of you who have it whats involved in the fitting/wiring up of the guage...
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Offline Hurdy

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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #1 on: 30 December 2008, 01:16 »
Both RedRobin and Joesgti have boost pods. Joe fitted it himself and so is probably the best one to ask. :smiley:
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Offline john_o

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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #2 on: 30 December 2008, 08:56 »
or maybe even http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=68927.0  :grin:
fitting depends very much on the guage type.

For the DEFI you route only electrical wires through to interior (as the seperate sensor converts air pressure to an electrical signal under the bonnet)

For other guages you route just a boost line (air) through to the interior

Both will take live/earth and illumination from inside the car (fusebox)

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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #3 on: 30 December 2008, 23:12 »
Thanks, just had a look at the SWG one, it aint bloody cheap !!!!! :shocked:
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Offline neg

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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #4 on: 01 January 2009, 19:17 »
Looks OEM ... not much others on the market to choose from though
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Offline Toast

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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #5 on: 01 January 2009, 19:34 »
I've got the Swg boost gauge in the edition 30 looks Very oem and tidy just got to wire it in now :smiley:
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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #6 on: 02 January 2009, 14:58 »
15 min job, piece of p!ss, and looks coool  :cool:
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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #7 on: 02 January 2009, 22:08 »
Quote from: joesgti on 02 January 2009, 14:58
15 min job, piece of p!ss, and looks coool  :cool:

is there somewhere that shows...
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Offline LaserBlue

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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #8 on: 02 January 2009, 22:14 »
Quote from: joesgti on 02 January 2009, 14:58
15 min job, piece of p!ss, and looks coool  :cool:

lol if your on about fitting a boost guage you must be wrong? i rang up awesome for a quote and they said around the £400 with labourmark as it takes upto 3hours to fit correctly as they have had problems later on with installs going wrong.

they said something about removing interior parts and routing wires so they dont get damaged or worn down plus placing it in the correct place??

i could be wrong as i have not done it personaly.
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Re: Air vent boost guage
« Reply #9 on: 02 January 2009, 23:59 »
I would say it took me no more than an hour once I worked out what I was doing.  The route for the pipe took a while to figure out and obviously I was careful not to damage anything. 

Having the forge DV makes it easier too as you can use the second take-off on the valve which the DV uses.
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