Well, after a lot of searching on this forum I came to the conclusion that I didn't like any of the traditional mounting spots for gauges. The A-pillar is too flashy for me and I feel like the SoCal diesel type mount would be too far from my view. Mounting in the cluster is nothing new but I haven't come across too many pics of it here. It's a clean look IMO. I'll post up pics when I have everything done and back in the truck. For the record, it's a 2 1/16" gauge and it literally fits perfect in the cluster spot very snug. I don't think I'll need to secure it in the back in any way.

 

Looks good, post up some more pics if you have them. I like that location but that is where my trans temp gauge is.

 

There was another post on this, very clean. Any pics of cutting to fit the back end of the gauge?

 

I like this idea, looks good!

 

No man, direct fit!

 

Nice! Now come do mine!

 

What he said ^^^ I've been looking for a new spot for my aeroforce scan gauge. Moar pics!! lol

 

Well, this turned out to be a lot more intensive than I thought. It's not as simple as just cutting thru the motherboards as a previous post I saw alluded to. A lot of trimming and dremelling. Oh, and almost everything is extremely brittle. What I learned is that re-gluing the plastic face back on should be the last thing done. I basically glued the glass back on before re-assembling everything and the gauge ended up coming out of the hole in the plastic overlay. I had to pull it back with not a lot of room to grab with the cluster all together and ended up cracking the bezel. It's not really noticeable but I will re-do it in the future when I pick up a used cluster on the cheap. Last thing I found out is that the boost gauge is extremely sensitive to any kink in the vacuum tubing. There's not a lot of room behind the gauge for the tube when the cluster is screwed down.

 

Hey, looks kinda familiar. It's a great spot for the gauge.

 

That looks great guys! good work