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Who makes the best looking gauges? Well that is always open to interpretation - but who makes the best looking "affordable" gauges. In other words anyone got a suggestion for a gauge that has the look/quality of SPA but a better price point?

Stack makes a nice dash kit sure. Racetech has nice clocks. VDO are looking a bit long in the tooth. Defi is too AKIRA looking for me.

I want a no nonsense race style gauge with a nice sweeper or pointer and proper lighting. I think the Autometer range is just hideous. Here in North America everything I can get my mitts on is usually in imperial and has a distinctly "NASCAR" look to it.

I saw in Fast Ford a couple months back a Ripspeed (I think) gauges that looked quite nice. Asked them about it and got no reply.

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Anyone with similar tastes as I have a suggestion?

Neil@FastFord

Never saw your question to us but as soon as a started to read i said Racetech right away. Great value gauges IMO.

Alps Pacino

i will be going for spa i think but i know what you mean about the price and would like to know if there are any other cheaper decent options about

R5FORD

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defi

Sonic Boom

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Definatley Defi, mine are white faced with green light they look awesome.
Rich

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Yeah, not a fan of Defi.

cossie4i+

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Everyone has there own opion of what is the nicest

Steve

Sonic Boom

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How come?
The best bit is all the start up jigereypokkerey
Rich

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That is why. And the price is stupid for them.

I want adult gauges. Something that doesn't make my car look like it's a skyline owned by some 19 year old. Simple, to the point and business. Looks like I'll just go and spend the money to do it right.

m4tt274

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thers Greddy guages in a freinds evo and they are always going wrong and they are flimsy as ****
i personaly think the ford racing guages are the best looking but i always end up buying racetech. best combination of quality, simple looks and accuracy.

i have a magazine somewhere with all the guages on test.

sbd16v

then get race tech gauges there about as cheap and simple as you get and as a side there bloody accurate aswell

S3an

i had the SPA stepper driven gauges in the escos, supposedly accurate gauges. did look smart i think these 3 were about Ł300 when i bought them 3 years ago.

Little_ant

omori gauges, i had some in my old 200sx aparently they are one of the most acurate guages you can get

dug112y

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stack guages look mint and are accurate. spa are good too and so are racetech,had em all.

FletchCossie

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I like my Defi's, but all the sensors on mine have packed up and @ Ł70-Ł100 each sensor its a joke

Kverna

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In a ford..

Chris69

I really like stack guages personaly- think they have a solid functional look to them and apperantly are quite accurate

rstoughy

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personally id go for something like VDO.

They are accurate, reasonably priced and will match standard ford dials i.e. black face, white numbering, orange needle's and a green backlight.

ran VDO's in my cossies for years without issue.

Went jap for a couple of years and the cars had Defi's. Lovely gauge's but a tad expensive.

Niall.b

i have a set of Autometer silver faced gauges in the 3 door which i quite like but planning on changing them to the black faced stack ones

cjwood555

Have you looked at the Dakota Digital range?

http://media.photobucket.com/image/d...italGauges.jpg

J1mbo

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i like the stack range,

gus

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racetech for me

pacwest

Yeah, racetech has a good look to it. Some gauges I actually prefer a mechanical as opposed to a sender.

No hot oil in my car though...