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One day during the summer I decided I needed a tach so I went to Pep Boys and bought a SunPro mini tach for I think around $30. Wired it up and installed it in front of the gauage cluster right outside any visible readings. Getting a whole new gauge cluster was too expensive. This was a cheap, easy alternative. The base is kind of cheezy, but when you sit back you can't see it and it looks great at night. It's very accurate. Works well. A great alternative to 12 inch windshield blocking tachometers.

They're large, so be careful if you're on a 56k.

Pictures
Tachometer Front View
Tachometer Side View

 
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Nice. Just what I've been looking for to add on to my DX.
Few questions:
Was the wiring easy to hook-up ? Do you have details ?
Did you have to remove any panel to install the base ?
Thanks

 
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Nice job it looks really good. Glad i got an EX though so i don't have to worry about that.

 
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Yes the wiring is very easy. You basically just have to run a wire into the fuse box, I ran a wire to the parking light for power for the light, you have to run a ground wire, and then run the tach wire to the blue wire near the battery. ( you can read about that on the installing a tach DIY ). It's simple. The only paneling I had to remove was right under the steering wheel (the plate with the 2 turning finger bolts) and the plastic piece right in front of the cluster (so i could drill to mount the tach and hide the wires under it).

 
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cool

 
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That works.

 
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Did you get to set the redline yourself on that? Is there a shift light?

 
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Well I have an Auto EX, and my gauges dont look nothin like that! Whoa!

 
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I've been tempted to do the same. I'll probably get that tach from pep boys this weekend and check it out. I wonder if there's a way to actually mount that tach in the left side of the gauge cluster, since there's nothing there?
I've shrunk those pics of yours to view in the thread.

 
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Wow it's really cool that you would mention that bellz. I've mentioned that before in some other thread. I've thought about taking the gauge cluster apart and taking apart the tach I have now, drilling a small hole in one of those areas where nothing is going and just attach the needle. Pull the gauge off the tach and put it in that circle, i think it fits perfectly too....But... Those clusters are hella-expensive so I don't really wanna mess around with it. This setup is fine for now, but if you do it let me know how it comes out.

 
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Yeah the redline is just a piece of plastic that you can manually move around. No shift light. Don't really need one considering I don't race. I do autocross. Only need one gear for that (sometimes two) : )

 
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Is that tach backlit? so that it could be hooked up with the dash lights? If so, and there's nothing behind those blanks, I think it should be a semi-easy mod.

 
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My thoughts exactly. yes, it's backlit.

DO IT! : )

 
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Ok, I got it installed, but not in one of the blanks. That turned out to be virtually impossible. Check out my new thread HERE.