Hm. May have to go this route. If it is quick connect maybe I can pull it out at the track?

Edge Insight Multi-Gauge Display Monitor

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When I replaced my useless triple meter w/Défis I just wedged my three big fingers under the plastic hoods, which is the darker plastic that touches the dash. Don't pull on the visors, they will break off easily from the hoods. Once you get your three big fingers wedged under the front (closer to the windshield) hood and dash, just pull back towards where you're seated like a mothafawker and the whole thing will give- hood, visor and probably the bezel too! No need to use hook/pick. Do @ your own hood/bezel risk! :icon17:

Attached is my demoed triple meter.
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Part numbers for these POS:
Triple meter - 24845-1EA1A
Left hood - 68112-1EA0A
Center hood – 68113-1EA0A
Right hood – 68114-1EA0A
Bezel (all same) - 68236-1EA0A

Sub'd, great info


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To anyone using prosport gauges, how are they holding up?

Do you know which wire is the dimming wire for the factory gauge harness. Thanks

Phil

thank you for the help sir... it wouldnt have been possible without this thread

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Thank you for the help

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Nice!! they look good man I’ve been thinking about replacing my A/F with a matching analog gauge so it will look cleaner

Thanks, I put my a/f and boost controller in a A-pillar pod

sounds pretty smart! post up a full interior shot when you get it all finished. I’m curious to see:pics:

So how much of a PITA is this job? I'd like to do some custom gauges...or at minimum delete the clock with a wideband. Is there a plug in the firewall without doing a complete dash removal?

It's a big pain in the ***. But well worth it. Not sure what you mean by plug but I don't think replying the gauges is possible without removing the dash or just ripping them out. And all three gauges are one panel, you can't replace just one.


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a plugged hole in the firewall to wire stuff like a wideband through

Ah, I see. I just went through the factory former behind the batter, behind the glove box, and then up into the radio area.


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Hmm, when I get my mechanic do my AAM TT build I want him to replace the OEM gauges with Tanabe ones, hope they will be upto the task.

I haven't tested my theory yet, but I believe you can pull the gauge cluster through the area where the cubby sits.
I think you might be able to use a right angle screwdriver and remove the 4 screws to pull it.
I may be completely wrong, but after seeing the inside of a removed dashboard, I'm hoping that I'm right.

Anybody use the Tanabe Revel VLS gauges, they look nice.

This guy got one of the 3 Oem Gauges replaced:

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I had them for oil temp, oil pressure and afr. They're a perfect size but I did'nt like them for personal taste reasons. Swapped them for Prosport 60mm JDM.

The Tanabe Revel VLS gauges look nice. Always wanted to experiment with them.

It's getting closer and closer to when I can finally put my Defi A1's in. :drool:

Why the voltage gauge?

Honest answer... 50% stupid, 50% I have no idea. :icon14:

Just want to stash it away in the cubby. I'm weird and care about voltages every once in a while. Edit: It was like $70 or so at the time, so I figured why the hell not.

Fair enough =)

I had not to long ago did a whole dash removal to do this gauge swap and sadly I wish your way was possible but the air ducts are in the way of the screws, there's only three that hold our gauges to the dash, but the whole thing has to come out if you want to keep from vice gripping and shredding the oem gauges. it's not to bad with the factory service manual online I did it in about day and a half one to pull the dash and the rest to dremel and fit the gauges up properly, I was able to use the oem bracket to fasten the hats back on ill have to post up a thread and pictures of it soon.

http://www.the370z.com/members/mclov...new-gauges.jpg

Dash removal to access the oem gauge pods

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Went with the Defi advance series

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pretty much the final fit, i have a lot more pictures and info if anyone is curious, on my install. I didn't have to use any hardware to hold the gauges n, i was able to reuse the oem parts to make the gauges easy to swap out if need be while the dash is in, making it super convenient and clean.

Hi all. First off, thanks for the guide. It really helped me out.

If like me, you only want to get the silver bezels off so you can paint them, here's how I did it without making a special tool. Just lift up the hood from the front as much as you can and get a very small flat head screw driver into the gap on one side. Use this to lever the hood outwards and gently pull up, it will take a bit of leverage but will eventually pop upwards. Then for the bezels, the guages clip together in several stages. The first is the bezel and the second is the front cover. Get the top two clips undone on the cover and gently pull it forward, there is another clip on the bottom that's impossible to get to, so don't break this. Levering the cover forwards will allow you to get your small flat head down to the two clips at the bottom that hold the bezel on, get these undone, then undo the top one and you're home free!

I managed to do this for the first time today without breaking anything. It's a pain but if you take your time, it's not awful.

I'm going to be picking up the Defi advance. I have two questions:

Where did you mount the control unit for the Defi?

AND

Do you really have to remove the steering wheel to take the dash off? :confused:

Bump for the question :happydance:

for me at least, you dont have to remove the dash to install

:iagree: I didn't have to either, but it will most likely be more difficult to install. it was a bitch!

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These are awesome.

Test fitting my VEI gauges. No sensors connected yet. Does anyone know if the OEM wiring harness for the stock triple gauges contains a wire from the headlight switch / circuit? If not, what did you connect to for the gauge dimming feature (gauges dim when headlights are on)?

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I bought a spare triple meter on eBay to play with, but I don't have the harness yet. I remember someone in a different thread saying that they could not get dimming working from any of the hard lines into the harness, implying that it's dimmed from a CAN message (probably related to the headlight status)

So i found a wire in the largest of the four connectors that go into the audio head unit that controls dimming. This wire carries 0v if the headlights are off & 12v if they are on. It's the one circled in the attached picture. It's a red wire. This is for a 2014 w/ Bose but w/out nav. I test connected this to the dimming wire on my VEI gauges & it works perfectly.

im thinking of removing my dash completely

Did it without removing the dash. It's not as bad as I thought. The toughest part was growing the balls that allowed me to rip apart my triple meter. It was more difficult to shred it all than I thought it would be. Don't be like me and drop a few pieces behind the dash :shakes head: At least they're not rattling. I'll post up more later.

Water temp sensor isn't hooked up yet, so the gauge is reminding of that. It'll be going into the upper radiator hose with the help of Z1's adapter. Sorry for the shitty cell phone pics
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Here are the remains of my triple meter. May it rest in pieces:
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This is what I used for my gauges as well

Just wanted to add this to the thread.

Speed nut/clips make this mounting method much easier. You don't need to figure out a way to hold a nut on the underside

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Shot in the dark but is there anyway to get the oem 350Z multifunctional gauge into there? I miss having a digital speed readout https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...39c3d8bd79.jpg

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It looks a lot like the 370 triple meter, so Im assuming it's on the CAN bus. To be sure someone should look up the wiring harness for it in the 350 FSM and see if it has CAN lines in it. If Nissan didn't change the ECM CAN id from the 350 to 370 it "should be" plug and play.