^ LH FTW!!!


Ok, Lou, pretty soon we're going to have to start a new thread for you! This one is getting pretty big, and I want you to have a seperate thread for your car. Installing the gauges was an incredibly intricate process, and a lot more in depth than we originally anticipated. Nearly the entire dash had to come out for the gauges to go in the factory gauge holders, but the end result is as clean as OEM!! Dash is almost completely back in now, and I should have some photos for you of the gauges lit up here shortly. In the meantime, check these out!

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I know what you're thinking; "Is it just me, or do the needles in the gauges look off centre?" This is true! They all are slightly off, but rest assured though, they are all clocked correctly. The needles are still "limp", because they have never had any power run through them. Once they are fully wired and powered on for the first time, they will all come to rest at a perfect 90° angle. :tup:


And here's why I love Defi gauges so much:

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Completely blacked out when they are powered off. Bright red display when turned on. Sic. :tup:

mmmm defi guages :yum::drool:

looks great guys. Boost, Oil Pressure, A/F? or what?

Boost, Oil Temp and E.G.T.

Beautiful work thus far....

Any ballpark pricing out there yet for the full set up and gauges? I SOOO want this but not sure I could handle losing my car again for a few months. Have to think its going to be a blast to drive if you can stay out of jail that is :)

For real. I'm sure Lou will find himself racing R1s on the highway once he gets the car back! And to answer your question, yes, we're getting closer to getting all of our set twin turbo package pricing together, we should have them ready soon. It is a bit of a wait for turbos at the moment, and we're working to get a "shelf" twin turbo together to get the installation time down significantly. Hopefully, we should have this available this coming spring. Maybe Tony(2theextreme) is the next TT for us? :tup:




I keep saying I'm going to start a new thread, but I'll give everyone a quick update in this one: We've installed the Defi Link Meter, and the gauges should have power very shortly! Once they're all lit up, I'll grab some more photos for everyone to check out!

All I can say is Wow!!! Looks great so far.

Pure sex!!!

lou probably has e-wood and irl-wood atm. omg so many acronyms lol

Do you plan to do a write up on the parts list and the difficulty installing the DEFI gauges? I have a set of DEFI gauges I wish to install in the 370Z and by your pictures thats EXACTLY the way I want it to look. Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

And GOD said, let there be light!!

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Yes we do actually. I can tell you now, it's definitely no cake-walk. As you saw before, in order to remove the factory gauges, just about the entire dashboard has to be removed. Running the lines for vacuum/boost/temp and power is not too tough, but removing and reinstalling the dash is what consumes the bulk of the time during install.

With that being said, this is the only place I would install gauges in a 370Z. I never really liked A-Pillar gauges, or gauges mounted on the steering column, or any place like that. I mean, it already comes from the factory with a gauge pod, so why not use what Nissan already provided? :icon17:

Boost is in Bar and Oil Temp is in Celsius?

a single DIN gauge cluster would be okay.

some sort of Cobb or other display would go in the pocket though for sure. no physical gauges there

:excited: oh baby!

Damn that's cool!

Yes, most of the JDM temp gauges measure temperature in Celsius, not Fahrenheit like most of us are used too. And most Japanese boost gauges read boost in bar/kPa, but if you know the conversions, you'll be able to read it just fine. Essentially, the table goes like this:
1 bar = 14.5 psi
1 psi = 0.06895 bar
1 psi = 6.89KPa