Replaced my factory Gauges!
 

**Update**
YOU CANNOT DELETE THE FACTORY SENSORS. service engine soon light came on
The oil temp and oil pressure sending units are different threads..

Factory oil pressure sending unit is 1/8bpst I believe. So i bought a 1/8bspt-1/8npt nipple. a female cross, and all three sensors are screwed into the cross. i bought all the high pressure fittings from http://www.mcmaster.com


So after seeing a few threads on here i decided to tackle this... this was the worst installation ive done :rofl2: i had to literally rip out the factory gauges because i didnt feel like taking out the entire dash. so here it is

Gauges:
Podi oil pressure and oil temp
Innovate Motorsports Wide band

i trimmed the stock bezels a bit and got them to siz very flush which i was happy about! Wired them all up through the factory gauge harness. here are some pics of the install. just thought i would share it with everyone. taking better pics tonight after i clean her up!

let me know what you guys think. thanks

After ripping everything out :wtf2:
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And it starts to come together
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added these switches in. saw where another member had used them. required very little trimming and look great

LINK TO SWITCHES- Full Size Rocker Switches - 1/4'' Tabs - ON-OFF SPST - WiringProducts

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Is that an Air/Fuel gauge (with 7.4) ?

The end result looks great. You have brass balls to tear up the OEM gauges like that.

Great Job! I did the exact same thing. At first I started softly but after 20 mins of trying to get out the factory gauges gently I took a pair of sidecutters to them.

Looks to be that way. OP hows your fuel mileage? haha

I like your style. If the whole dash needs to be removed for this, I would have done the same also. As putting the whole dash back in can cause rattles and issues afterwards.

lol yea it is. sending unit isnt hooked up yet so it just reads 7.4 when its on

not gonna lie... It was a little scary just ripping stuff out and cutting **** i couldnt see lol

same here... as time went on i kept getting more comfortable breaking my car :rofl2:

exactly why i decided not to! ill get some pics of them tonight they match nicely now that I've adjusted the brightness.



Thanks for the complements btw

fuel mileage shows that im a tiny bit on the rich side :rolleyes: :driving:

do any of you know if i will throw a light if i delete the factory oil pressure sender?

Yeah you will throw a oil pressure light.

how come you went with an AFR gauge? going FI? btw, we have factory wideband sensors iirc if you tap into ODB

My car is NA but it has been dyno tuned using uprev so i like to keep an eye on whats going on! It will be boosted in the future though. Boost gauge and boost controller going in the dash cubby. As for tapping into the stock ones im not to sure how that would work. The factory wide band sensors are in the manifolds and i dont want to risk F'ing those up so i just bought an aftermarket one so i can keep an eye on it. im just paranoid pretty much lol

good to know :tiphat: thank you

Another guy on here reports disconnecting it doesn't make the oil light come on. Easy to test.

?? Really? Good job Nissan.

well then im going to have to test this out tomorrow. ill let you guys know :tiphat:

Nice! Love the new gauges

thank ya sir

The Innovate defaults to 7.4 on start up, there's a lose connection, or the sensor is not plugged in. Mine reads 7.4 for a minute or so in the mornings when I first turn the car on.

The factory wideband sensors are not as quick or accurate as aftermarket. If you want to just hook up an OBD on an N/A car then there's really no harm. If going FI, you don't use them.

Yessir. The sensor was not in at the time. The gauge flashes at 7.4 while it warms the sensor up and then it will begin to read once it is ready! :driving:

well guys updated the thread… will add more pictures of everything soon

Added switches today along with the new JVC radio
switch 1 - 12v switch for gauges
switch 2 - dvd by pass for in dash
switch 3 - remote wire for sub amp
These switches will be used for more important stuff in the future lol

What kind of radio is it? You could have just grounded the parking brake wire or a relay instead of a switch

Lol you know I thought the same thing. However the jvc picks up that it's the common ground. I had my kenwood connected to the common ground previously but this radio wouldn't do that

Just curious were u got the switches from ?

no problem man. wiringproducts.com is the site

There appears to be a metal support bracket for the gauges and dash that goes back
to the firewall. Did you reuse this?

it has a bolt on the back side I believe. i didn’t reuse it i made some mounts using random things from lowes. ill be finishing the install next week because i had to switch up the way i wired them since i wasn’t exactly happy lol ill be posting more pictures

Phil

no such thing as nbpt its BSP or NPT

I Meant to put bspt. thanks for pointing that out :tiphat:

Do you have a link for the actual ones you ordered?
Thx

I am guessing, but I think it's this one

Full Size Rocker Switches - 1/4'' Tabs - ON-OFF SPST - WiringProducts

CDOXP800,

you're correct!!! but you win nothing lol thank you for chiming in :tiphat:

ill post the link in the first post as well. simple on/off switch
Full Size Rocker Switches - 1/4'' Tabs - ON-OFF SPST - WiringProducts

Good skills - u are brave well done

Thx to you both for the link and good find Gregor12 I like these

it doesn’t always end well but thanks though lol

i can’t take all the credit haha another guy on here used them and posted up. but it never hurts to help spread the word. you will have to trim the outside corners of the two outer switches for them to sit flush.

Phil

You can delete the OEM idiot lite switch/oil pressure in '09s. Mine has never came on since removal. If your engine oil pressure warning lite came on, then Nissan musta changed the ECU ROM to recognize it in later models. I agree w/not removing the OEM oil temperature sensor, the ECU uses that to factor in controlling multiple tasks (you'll get a SES lite for sure). JDM tradition to make the oil pressure threads BSPT. The oil temp sensor threads are metric, but you shouldn't remove this anyway. I used an oil pan drain plug adapter for my Defi oil temp sensor.

I agree! I think the oil temp is a 10x1.25. So stupid. Can't remember because it's been so long though. I had the oil oressure disconnected and it threw a service engine soon light. But the oil temp was still connected. I ended up using a sandwich adapter which contains my factory oil pressure sending unit, and podi oil temp. Then put my podi oil pressure sender In the block where the factory one went lol.

Bump. Sold my Z. Who has it now??? Lol anyone know. Hopefully the new owner is on here!


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