Thoughts on this boost gauge/anybody running one? - *WIRING QUESTION PAGE 2*

[Purely VAG]

Drivers side vent guage mount, Where did you get that from so cheap?? they're expensive

Only ones ive seen are SWG and theyre £100

[Waffs1984]

I think i have confused some people with my rubbish explanation lol!

No i'm getting a standard 52mm gauge pod, like in the lower right of this picture (from google images)...

http://www.stackltd.com/images/aux_g_mounts_top_box.png

...and then i'm mounting it on top of the small circular vent (~1.5" round thing) is on top of the dash.

[Waffs1984]

Wiring Question!

I have three wires,

+12v ignition
ground
dash lights

Are all three of these available to tap into from the headlight/dimmer switch by the drivers door?

Cheers,

Matt.

[DarkGti]

look at the fuse box in the drivers side there will be some wires there.
what colour wires or on the gauge?

[johnson6672]

Just been looking at boost gauges on ebay, found one that looks nice and seems to match the dials http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270550607145&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

But what i want to know has anyone done a triple gauge pod thats not pillar mount, but more like the Focus ST (i will wash my mouth out later) style one.

[Wazzzer]

ignition - removes the smoked screen when you turn the car on (you can tap into the feed for the headunit for this)

earth - self explanatory

dash lights - again, self explanatory (tap into grey/blue wire on the back of the dimmer switch)

[dub268]

Look up under the dashboard at the fuse panel. You will see several threaded connectors here. The stud marked 75x supplies SWITCHED 12v ie when igntion is off no power and ignition on power  . The studs marked 30 (either one) will supply CONSTANT 12v. You can pick up a ground on the stud marked GND in the picture, that secures the fuse box to the bracket. Like wazzzer says grey/blue on the back of dimmer switch for dash lights

[asif]

tagged as this is a good topic I may need info from in future.

[asif]

Just a quick question, where does the guage get the info from about boost pressure? What does that connect to?

[dub268]

Just a quick question, where does the guage get the info from about boost pressure? What does that connect to?

If its like mine or jordys it has a boost sensor which takes a feed from the vac line and then sends info to gauge but on the needle gauges the vac goes direct to the back of gauge.