Would anyone be interested in an Autometer Gauge Cluster?
08-30-2012, 09:14 PM
#1
Would anyone be interested in an Autometer Gauge Cluster?
Wondering if there is a market out there for a bolt in cluster with autometer gauges. I have a cnc machine available to me with all the solid modeling software I would need. The cluster housing would be cut out of plexiglass sheets. Could be any color really. Here are some pics of my cluster.
I wired my gauges so the dimmer functions as it should. Once they are installed they really look factory. You would use the plastic cover off of your stock cluster to sit in between the plexiglass and dash cover. Water temp and oil pressure senders would have to be installed on the motor. To say the least, you would have to be mechanically inclined and a do-it-yourselfer to get the cluster installed. I would send the cluster assembled with all the gauges wired together for a simple wiring install. You would have to hook up one key hot source, one illumination source, one ground source, and the communication wires between the gauges and senders. Let me know what you guys think!!
I wired my gauges so the dimmer functions as it should. Once they are installed they really look factory. You would use the plastic cover off of your stock cluster to sit in between the plexiglass and dash cover. Water temp and oil pressure senders would have to be installed on the motor. To say the least, you would have to be mechanically inclined and a do-it-yourselfer to get the cluster installed. I would send the cluster assembled with all the gauges wired together for a simple wiring install. You would have to hook up one key hot source, one illumination source, one ground source, and the communication wires between the gauges and senders. Let me know what you guys think!!
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08-31-2012, 03:15 PM
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Pricing would detour me as well if I did this swap again to be honest!! 
Autometer is freaking expensive. I could probably sell the gauges at summits pricing. So really, it all depends on what gauges you would want in your cluster and the specific gauge family. Defintily wouldn't be cheap. Let me build my cluster on summit to get a price quote together. Just throwing an idea out there for the entrepreneur class I'm taking this semester.
Obviously something $100 and under would be a better business plan to start with.
Autometer is freaking expensive. I could probably sell the gauges at summits pricing. So really, it all depends on what gauges you would want in your cluster and the specific gauge family. Defintily wouldn't be cheap. Let me build my cluster on summit to get a price quote together. Just throwing an idea out there for the entrepreneur class I'm taking this semester.Obviously something $100 and under would be a better business plan to start with.
Last edited by oakley6575; 08-31-2012 at 03:20 PM.