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Old 05-10-2005, 09:05 AM   #1
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Default Different color gauges more or less likely to attract thieves??

So I am ordering a few more gauges for my car today, possibly just picking them up in person if the place has them, to go with my new motor(axis stage 2 block/cams/ra gears/blah blah) (oil pressure as I have heard of a couple STI oil pumps failing, and supposedly they dont fail all at once. I figure I may as well throw water (or maybe oil) temp in there as well as fuel pressure (since I intend on messing with paralell(sp?) rails and/or a pressure reg)


Anyway, I am looking at autometer as they are cheap but decent (I dont like their boost gauges but the rest seem fine) I am planning on putting them either under the radio, or in the clock pod holder thing.


I have heard of MANY cars being broken into to steal the gauges, most of these cars have the A pillar mount, so I wont be going that way (I also think those are ricey as hell).

What I am wondering is, should I go with the ultralight series, which are silver faced with orange needles, or the black with yellow needles that more closely match my factory dash and Greddy EGT and boost gauges???

I am kinda thinking the silver faced ultralights may attract more attention to themselves. What do you guys think???
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....dave....that is one reason that I deceided on the SportComp gauges.....basic junk that nobody would steal....in the 2-gauge bezel....I'm gonna add the single gauge pod(a la subiegal) for oil temp when I get around to it.

Way too many people put WAY-WAY too many bullseyes on their cars and then cry a river when somebody cashes in on their naivete.
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Old 05-10-2005, 01:51 PM   #3
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I never had anyone mess with my setup. A few people in the know knew what it was, but most people asked "Why do you have a tach right there?".



The controller wasn't visable either since it was in the armrest.
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Old 05-12-2005, 04:17 PM   #4
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I have heard of MANY cars being broken into to steal the gauges, most of these cars have the A pillar mount, so I wont be going that way (I also think those are ricey as hell).

What I am wondering is, should I go with the ultralight series, which are silver faced with orange needles, or the black with yellow needles that more closely match my factory dash and Greddy EGT and boost gauges???

I am kinda thinking the silver faced ultralights may attract more attention to themselves. What do you guys think???
I think you're right. That's one of the reasons I went with a "stock-like" set up on mine with Omori gauges. ......I also agree with your comment on the a-pillar pods btw. They are far from subtle and a bit tacky for my taste.
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