SpeedHut Custom Guages

[Ran Kizama]

www.speedhut.com

Okay, so I'm sick and tired of not having a tachometer and none of the Canadian dealers want to send me a Canadian guage cluster. I finally broke down and bought a tachometer. I didn't want a craptastic Autometer guage tho.

SpeedHut is where I turned to. They got a good rep with the Mazdaspeed MX-5 guys from when I had my MX-5, so I figured I'd give them a shot.

Fully customizable in terms of glow or backlit, colors, font style, logos or custom text, bezel trim, everything. My final product came to a little over $200. Seeing as how huge Autometer guages with the obnoxiously large shift light are about $180, this isn't that bad. It also has a small built in shift light in the guage so you don't have a flashlight blasting you everytime you need to shift. Here's what mine looks like.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Nismosis/SHtach.png

Also, being only 1.8 inches deep, I can hopefully mount it on right behind the steering wheel and still be able to use my front glove box. I'll post of the actual product when it gets here.

[mikeukrainetz]

that is awsome, customizable and reasonably cheap even compared to Defi.
Nice.

[Nutzoids]

This is the Tachometer I am looking at now... Only $70

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VDO-333Y2K-Tachometer-Millennium-Series-0-7-000-rpm_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33679QQihZ011QQitem Z320055169883QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

What is worth $200 on that one? Do you get a BJ every time you hit Redline? That would be worth the Extra Loot!

Oh yeah... and by BJ I mean BLOW JOB!

:evil:

[ChinoCharles]

Does anyone make an A pillar replacement with a tach slot for the Yar?

[Nutzoids]

Does anyone make an A pillar replacement with a tach slot for the Yar?

I have spent so much time looking for a Gauge Cluster

:evil:

[Galavoxx]

www.speedhut.com

Fully customizable in terms of glow or backlit, colors, font style, logos or custom text, bezel trim, everything.

Looks just like the Sunpro gauge I have, minus the led array. Mine does have an LED shift light. I think I paid $50. How does it illuminate? Is is backlit or do the numbers actually glow different colors?

[acrbill]

will the sedans cluser fit into the hatch?

[punch]

This is the Tachometer I am looking at now... Only $70

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VDO-333Y2K-Tachometer-Millennium-Series-0-7-000-rpm_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33679QQihZ011QQitem Z320055169883QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

What is worth $200 on that one? Do you get a BJ every time you hit Redline? That would be worth the Extra Loot!

Oh yeah... and by BJ I mean BLOW JOB!

:evil:

a mason huh!

[Galavoxx]

Ok. This might not be the exact same tach but it's very similar. I put a white LED in mine and it looks pretty good, day and night. Not too cheesy looking like a lot of these tachs. Like I said, I paid about $50 for the sunpro and it requires no adaptor. Apart from the size and sweeping LED array, looks like they are very similar. I wish mine had the opaque numbers and dashes but I really don't think they are worth the extra $120-$150. The "TRD" is a nice touch although the colors look a little too BMW/Mini Cooper for me.

http://www.sunpro.com/product_detail.php?pid=16333

[Ran Kizama]

Looks just like the Sunpro gauge I have, minus the led array. Mine does have an LED shift light. I think I paid $50. How does it illuminate? Is is backlit or do the numbers actually glow different colors?You can choose either way. Backlit or Reverse-Glow. I got mine to where only the numbers and the TRD logo illuminate. :smile:

[Galavoxx]

You can choose either way. Backlit or Reverse-Glow. I got mine to where only the numbers and the TRD logo illuminate. :smile:

nice. :thumbsup:

[Nutzoids]

a mason huh!

Masons are allowed to joke around...

:evil:

[eTiMaGo]

yes after all they are free masons... :wink:

but back on topic, I really like the idea of customizable gauges, and the price is not all that bad, good find there!

[KSIbucky]

best tach ever right here http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=194 only 48.99 tinted 7 colors more than you would want easy set up pod every thing

[Galavoxx]

best tach ever right here http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=194 only 48.99 tinted 7 colors more than you would want easy set up pod every thing

They look a little Mickey Mouse. :biggrin:

[Ran Kizama]

best tach ever right here http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=194 only 48.99 tinted 7 colors more than you would want easy set up pod every thingNot bad, but the RPM's read too high. I'd get that if I had a bad@ss engine with ITB's and worked internals that revved to 9K. Yet, since I'm stock, I'm stuck with our lowly stock redline. Using only half a guage is never fun. Unless it's like your water temp guage, then half a guage is good. :biggrin:

[Nutzoids]

What is the Redline for our car? The Sadan Shows 6500... Are we the same in the Liftbacks?

:evil:

[rwseattle]

Ran Kizama did you install the gauge? I like to see the results, pix? I'm ordering a gauge soon.

[yrsdrgn]

What is the Redline for our car? The Sadan Shows 6500... Are we the same in the Liftbacks?

:evil:

yes yes please tell.

[PetersRedYaris]

yes yes please tell.

Seriously? Did you just repeat Nutzoids question? The sedan and liftback have the EXACT same engine. What do you think?:thumbsup: Sorry for being a blunt, dick.

[yrsdrgn]

haha I don't mind the bluntness at all. But reason why I asked is because when I'm flooring it hard (mostly when racing with some other car or something) my car sounds like it's going way past 6500rpm for a redline. My hearing would tell me at least 7000-7500 or maybe 8000rpm because from my knowledge the automatic Yaris won't allow the driver to get any gear past redline. Correct me if I'm wrong

[ChinoCharles]

The revs start bouncing at 6500 RPM in liftbacks. It just sounds higher because its a buzzy little bee factory of an engine.

[yrsdrgn]

Iono about 6.5k for red line but I'll trust your work Chino.

Does Defi make tachs?

[heylookitsjames]

Iono about 6.5k for red line but I'll trust your work Chino.

Does Defi make tachs?

Yes they do... stepper motor tachs... very good and very expensive. Sard tachs are good as well, and as long as we are talking about spending serious dough on metering equipment... might as well mention Smiths.

[yrsdrgn]

hehe I'm just looking for a Japanese brand for tachometers. I've been looking with not much for results. links would be nice if any have found some.

[heylookitsjames]

http://www.hopupracing.com/sard.html

p.s. I have no loyalty to this website, infact, i'm sure it's a rip-off... I'm just lazy and this is the first thing to come up.

[yrsdrgn]

o I'm just looking for normal tachometers like the ones posted on this thread not the fancy stuff haha

[heylookitsjames]

o I'm just looking for normal tachometers like the ones posted on this thread not the fancy stuff haha

Then don't bother with Defi either...

[yrsdrgn]

o? i thought they might have a normal tachometer

[rwseattle]

Hey Ran Kizama did or didn't you install the tach. Post pix if you did? Thx.

[ItalianYaris]

Try to check on the UK, the european models, (ASK FOR THE YARIS TS MODEL) have a cluster that has a tachometer. is all red tho! but check it out!

[Ran Kizama]

I never installed my tach. It's still in the box on my bookcase. I've been debating between this tach I got and a foreign stock cluster with the tach in it.

[nick1983]

Man, you should have asked I would have ordered you the guage cluster from a local dealership and shipped it to you.

[drifto]

I never installed my tach. It's still in the box on my bookcase. I've been debating between this tach I got and a foreign stock cluster with the tach in it.

what color did you get? i cant decide between reverse glow red or silver...:iono:

[Ran Kizama]

Reverse Red-Glow with the TRD logo in the center. lol

[Vic-2NZFE]

Gauges from speedhut look fine but prices :rolleyes:

[ChinoCharles]

Ran, you should just bite the bullet and install the thing. It looks great anyway.

[Ran Kizama]

Ran, you should just bite the bullet and install the thing. It looks great anyway.I've thought about it, but now I'm gonna see if I can't get that glovebox gauge cluster holder from EsTiMaGo and put it in there. :smile:

[drifto]

definitly do it. im going to buy one this week ^___^