ok ok i have a question. people said not to buy the modshack ring. cause they said theres other ways to mount it.and personally i didnt wanna spend 30$ on it either. but how are you guys all mounting yours. pics would be nice.. or any rigs any of you came up with.i got the vent apart right now. and it fits but its far back...what did you guys do to make it ...welll look nice?

 

Well, I machined an Aluminium ring much like the modshack ring, but with eight holes in the 'TT pattern'
instead of the curved slots it looks much better than the modshack ring.

If you have a C&C at your disposal, i can send the CAD drawing...

 

I gutted the vent, by carefully pulling each blade out. Then with the holder that came with the gauge I shoved it in the vent.
I had to put the gauge diagonally into the vent.
Then cut a notch into the air duct for the vac line, otherwise it would get crimped.
Then I turned the actual vent on a bit of an angle, and just pushed the whole vent into the dash.
I just made sure the one protruding billet was still able to be at 12 O'clock. Because little things like that drive me nuts!

 

o mann thats for the replys..nahh i wish i had one of those machines lol

nahh acutally outtie i kind of did the same thing just now. used the metal brace they gave me...jsut had to bend it a bit but its sittin in there good right now...jsut gotta get long wires and rig HER UP haha cant wait...been wanting a gauge for forever now

 

You can get a roll of 18 gauge wire from Autozone for a few dollars.
Then you just need to drop the lower dash to get to the ground, and solder away.
Oh and radio code if your car requires one, for when you disconnect the battery.
Me thinks it's always a good idea to disconnect the battery when playing around with electrical stuff.

 

That sounds pretty nifty! Got a picture of it installed?

 

yeah mann i jsut tried unscrewing the ground....why is it so goddamn tight? ..keeps bending

 

Hmm, no not right now.
I'm in Yurp right now, and i don't have a pic on my comp here.
I'll post one when i'm back home (may 27th or so)

 

pheww finally done...next time im getting the ring lol... i just had to rig the entrie thing in there.. even the wires... mann
well looks good though. if i had a digi cam id take a pic

 

yeah i just spliced into ground, and used tap a fuse for hot, that ground nut is impossible, the whole bracket was going to crank before that nut did