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So I got around to installing my gauges today. I spent 7hours putting them in in 100 degree + weather. I actually enjoyed myself. I'm not sure how but it was fun. But anyway I tried to make my own gauge pod using fiberglass, lets just say it looked like a piece of crap with three eyes and shaped it into a pillar . Yea, so I removed the fiberglass and tommrow I'm going to hopefully cover the pillar in cloth or like foam and cloth. But anyway, I'll get some pics up. Also I have an issue that someone might be able to solve for me. My A/F ratio gauge looks like a cracked-out ADHD boy with sugar. The needle bounces all over the place when the car is just idoling.

I do recall seeing one on a GT at some point in time and it did bounce around a bit (but no too much) at idle.Where did you connect the sensor to?

The blue wire coming from the sensor on the exhaust mainfold.

Have any pics?

need pics please!

I didn't really want to show any yet, it's very ugly because they're only installed and i havn't beautified them yet but here you go. I promise it will look better when I get some nice material on there, I would be cool to get rhino liner, but I don't think it's going to happen.

Cool, nice to see that the gauges worked out.

I also had another issue, I can't get the gauges to dim correctly. I tried to hook them up to the dimmer switch but I thinkl I have them on the wrong wire so any help would be great.Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »Cool, nice to see that the gauges worked out.Yea, thanks a load

I'm interested in how you got the trim piece off. Can you post instructions on how you did that please?

forgive my ignorence on this question but what does knowing the air/fuel position tell you???

Ponyota: which trim piece do you mean, I basically had the remove them all to do this.zionzr2: The Air/Fuel Ratio gauge obviously monitors the Air/fuel Mixture present in your exhaust which it then gives you a read out if you are running lean(more air than fuel) Stoich(Good Mixture of fuel and Air) or Rich(More fuel than air).

He's Talking about the A-Pillar piece. How did you remove that piece?

I would think that it's just clips that hold that piece on if I'm not mistaken.Inder

Check here: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=17920I attached a link there that will take you to MO for some examples of what they did on the Matrix.

Yea, ragingfish is right, only you do have to pull up on it a little bit once you yank it, as it is stuck in the dash.