I need some feedback guys!

It's back to the drawing board. My original gauge pod design wasn't even going to come close to fitting between the heater core and the shifter. In fact, I recall barely tapping the factory gauge pod with the shifter when in 3rd gear. So that was a tight fit as well and with the additional backspacing needed for the tach there is no way I'm going to be able to make something to fit in that location.

So last night, I sat in my truck with the gauges in hand trying to find suitable locations. Like I said earlier, I hate seeing a tach mounted to the steering column or pillar and I don't mind not having a heads up view of the these gauges. So I came up with two options.

#1 (Red option): About 6.5" wide, 6" long and sits a about 4" above the top of the tunnel in front of the tunnel. The faces are angled about 18* towards the driver with the Tach in the front hole and the volt meter and oil pressure gauge in the rear holes. There will be a base plate that will allow me to bolt the pod to the top of the tunnel for easy access to wiring if I need it. This option also requires me to move the center console back about 7" - not a big deal, but I would lose a little bit of storage (not that there was storage there at all to begin with! LOL)

#2 (Blue option): About 8" long, 3.5" wide and 3" deep and will protruded about 4.5" into the passenger leg room. The face is angled about 12* to the rear and 26* to the driverside with the Tach mounted in the middle hole and the volt meter and oil pressure gauges mounted in the two outer holes. This design will also have a base plate for bolt on application to allow for easy removal and access to wiring.





Which design do you folks like better? Any input or suggestions? Thanks!

 

Will they get beer spilled on them in the red location?

Will they be in the way of a passengers legs in the blue position?

Just off the top of my head, they seem more likely to be in the way in the blue position. If you throw bags or whatever down there (I know I did, since there's no other room in a first gen cab), stuff might be always getting snagged on them.

Did you rule out have them on the dash, like where 4Runners have the clinometer?

 

I would agree with 83. My passenger floorboard is where all my stuff goes in the truck so the blue location might get in the way. And I know personally I would end up spilling something on the gauges if they were in the blue location.

 

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Thats not in the way.

 

Definitely don't want them on the dash - I actually have a dash that is in really good shape so I'd rather not mess with it.

I agree with you guys on the junk getting thrown in the passenger floor (Funny how we're more concerned about our stuff than the actual passenger's leg room). And the way Teuf mounted it on his Oh craphandle was pretty clever, but I'm not planning doing anything in this truck that needs an Oh crap handle.

I'm leaning more towards the red design. I was just seeing if anybody would jump in here with something clever that that had done with them or had some suggestions.

I appreciate your input on this guys.

 

blue option would suck IMO..

 

I have mine on the dash mounted on a plastic block then held in place with silicone .

This is on my Tacoma with a perfect dash.

If you want to remove them it cleans up real easy.

Now granted I am not bouncing off rocks just the potholes in Pa

 

Just a FYI, here's my final product:

 

Nice!