z34_nut Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 Personally, I'm sick of my cluster...its just so...plain looking. I kinda want to update it with some modern equipment, and I was thinking about using Autometer gauges to make a new sleek cluster. I kinda hope I can make it work... It would be awsome. Does any-one know if the autometer gauges will hook up to the factory sensors? If not, then it would be a much bigger project then I would want to deal with. Quote
19Cutlass94 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 I thought about the same thing awhile ago. I didnt wanna pay for all the gauges. And like your question I duno about the factory sensors. Quote
J Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 i was going to use a piece of aluminum and do that same thing, but the cost (even with my discount) on the gauges would be high Quote
terryk2003 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 the sensors come with the gauges (assuming u get the electrical gauges)...so all you'd have to do is swap out the factory sensors for the autometer sensors... Quote
19Cutlass94 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 yeah but these gauges arnt cheap either. Especially if you get a fuel pressure gauge. Youll have to get like a "sending unit" that goes from the fire to the inside of the car so the gas doesnt enter the car and yeah that gauge with that along is like $200 Quote
Euro Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 dotn you have the digital cluster in the Z34?? Quote
5speedz34 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 dotn you have the digital cluster in the Z34?? No. Quote
z34_nut Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Posted April 4, 2006 dotn you have the digital cluster in the Z34?? No? The only difference is it has red backlighting. Say I install a speedo. The speedo's are pretty expensive, but the electronic ones say they work with "most" factory sensors. I might have to shoot them an email. Quote
WhiteMonteZZZ Posted April 7, 2006 Report Posted April 7, 2006 The elec. programmable speedo should work no problem. our cars count in pulses/mile. So does this. Only you program the pulses per mile on the AutoMeter (to account for different rate senders on all makes of cars). Tach will hook up no problem also (tested an autometer shift light, which works same way as a tach, by tapping into the tach feed to the stock cluster in my 95 Monte). Fuel gauge is 0-90 ohms (can use stock feed for this). Only things are temp and oil press which would need new senders run. For the SES light, you can use the stock wire w/an aftermarket LED (same w/turn signals, hibeam, w/e else you want to use). I've kicked this idea around for my Monte, and I feel I can safely assume your Lumina uses the same basic feeds/setups as my Monte does as both are OBD1 (well mines' OBD 1.5, but at that). Really wouldn't be 'that' hard to do in my opinion. Just $$$ Quote
digitaloutsider Posted April 7, 2006 Report Posted April 7, 2006 I'd have to see some prototype design for this, because I just can't see it looking good in that car. Quote
19Cutlass94 Posted April 7, 2006 Report Posted April 7, 2006 Autometer has so many designs for their gauges that atleast one of em would look good in any car. Quote
slick Posted April 8, 2006 Report Posted April 8, 2006 I've always wanted to do a custom Autometer digital dash. But money prevailed. Quote
z34_nut Posted April 8, 2006 Author Report Posted April 8, 2006 I'm going to rough it out soon. and thanks for the good info WhiteMonteZZZ Quote
ZoomZoomFan Posted April 8, 2006 Report Posted April 8, 2006 You could just keep the cluster now and get indiglo overlays from speedhut. http://www.speedhut.com/el_detail.asp?catagory=CHEVY&auto_number=415&bhcp=1 http://www.speedhut.com/el_detail.asp?catagory=CHEVY&auto_number=416&bhcp=1 Quote
z34_nut Posted April 9, 2006 Author Report Posted April 9, 2006 I had those in my last car, not half bad, but I can't stand the external dimmer, plus it doesn't really update the look of the dash. I would like the auto meter gauges because it would add depth to the dashboard. You see that alot now with new cars. Quote
19Cutlass94 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Posted April 10, 2006 yeah I think it would look really good. But the problem is finding the gauges you need, making the backplate out of a material that matches. etc etc. The depth looks 10x better than just the flat cluster. Quote
ZoomZoomFan Posted April 10, 2006 Report Posted April 10, 2006 I had those in my last car, not half bad, but I can't stand the external dimmer, plus it doesn't really update the look of the dash. I would like the auto meter gauges because it would add depth to the dashboard. You see that alot now with new cars. Ah, I see. I will hopefully have some indiglo gauges in my Beretta once I get a full cluster this summer. What was your last car that you had them in? Quote
john99gtp Posted April 10, 2006 Report Posted April 10, 2006 his previous Z that died thanks to new england weather and he got the overlays from meh Quote
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