Best place to mount gauges? - Toyota Yaris Forums

BennyLava · 07-15-2011, 11:51 PM

Where is the best place to mount gauges in a 2009 yaris? I'd like it to look as close to factory as I can. Maybe the driver's side A pillar? I'd like to install a digital water temp gauge, also digital oil pressure gauge and voltage gauge. But I don't want any of it to look "tacked on".

HTM Yaris · 07-16-2011, 02:03 PM

You don't want to put gauges in the A pillar if you have airbags . Personally , I think A pillar gauge pods just look "tarded" .

Try this , buy 1 din stereo and then go to Mitsubishi and get the sport gauge cluster for the Evolution VIII or IX . The cluster is 1 din . I do NOT know if the gauge cluster hole are the same size as the gauges you want though .

Or you could get the 1 din stereo and fabricate a 1 din cluster from carbon fiber sheet .

BennyLava · 07-16-2011, 04:05 PM

Sounds like a plan. Although, I may have to modify it some because I'm going to be installing a nav unit with a double din bezel.

Focus_Sh1ft · 07-16-2011, 10:15 PM

I definitely prefer the A pillar. In my tC they're on the dash, and in my Yaris they're on the A-pillar. I definitely prefer where they are in the Yaris. The gauges are always right in my peripherals so I can kinda always keep an eye on what's going on.

TLyttle · 07-17-2011, 12:18 AM

Good god, as if the A-pillar wasn't obnoxious enough! All the pillars in the Yaris are bigger than they should be IMHO. I jump out of my Volvo 245 into my Yaris, and I feel like I'm in a railroad tunnel! Add gauges to an already fat pillar? Not for me...

Brian · 07-17-2011, 12:32 AM

Here is how I mounted my gauges. I don't use my climate control knobs so it's not an issue but probably is for most people. My climate control knobs are in the glove box.

packetrace · 10-18-2011, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian

Here is how I mounted my gauges. I don't use my climate control knobs so it's not an issue but probably is for most people. My climate control knobs are in the glove box.

When I look at that I regret to have wrapped them with neffy!

I should have sent them to you!

wizzle · 09-06-2011, 09:34 PM

ive always wanted to put them in the glove box behind the steering wheel cause you can drive with the lid up and it doesn't block my view and i can see the gauges right through the wheel
i am also 6'3" so i sit high if your short it might not work

CrankyOldMan · 09-07-2011, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by wizzle

ive always wanted to put them in the glove box behind the steering wheel cause you can drive with the lid up and it doesn't block my view and i can see the gauges right through the wheel

I'm with this guy, since I want to make my little bean into a sleeper. I'm not sure how much space there is behind the interior walls of the glove box though.

yaris2010RS · 10-19-2011, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by wizzle

ive always wanted to put them in the glove box behind the steering wheel cause you can drive with the lid up and it doesn't block my view and i can see the gauges right through the wheel
i am also 6'3" so i sit high if your short it might not work

+1, this is my plan, i am working on mounting them on the underside of the lid so they come up with the lid.

eTiMaGo · 09-06-2011, 11:27 PM

personally I love how mine are mounted, on the dashboard right in front of you. Easy to see , all horizontally aligned with the stock speedo, yet not blocking the view of the road...

cali yaris · 09-07-2011, 01:42 AM

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You don't want to put gauges in the A pillar if you have airbags .

Why not? the airbag goes under about the first 4" of the top of the pillar only, nowhere near where a gauge would be.

Yaristeve · 09-07-2011, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by cali yaris

Why not? the airbag goes under about the first 4" of the top of the pillar only, nowhere near where a gauge would be.

I think the concern is the inflating bag causing the pillar cover (with gauges) to go shooting off and having the gauges bounce around. I'm sre Toyota's lawyers think so, anyway. I wonder if you can cut the a-pillar cover in half so the top half breaks away leaving the gauges in place...

cali yaris · 09-07-2011, 01:43 AM

OEM look:

ArmyYaris · 10-18-2011, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cali yaris

OEM look:

This is what im going to go for..love this

TickleTimeTim · 10-18-2011, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cali yaris

OEM look:

What's that little white square for? Is it tape?

packetrace · 10-19-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TickleTimeTim

What's that little white square for? Is it tape?

He put his phone there with velcro!

TickleTimeTim · 10-19-2011, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by cali yaris

OEM look:

I wonder what it would look like if someone removed that door and put gauges in the dash with plexi glass over. Dresses up real nice.

07-15-2011, 11:51 PM	#1
BennyLava Drives: 1987 Silverado Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 314	Best place to mount gauges? Where is the best place to mount gauges in a 2009 yaris? I'd like it to look as close to factory as I can. Maybe the driver's side A pillar? I'd like to install a digital water temp gauge, also digital oil pressure gauge and voltage gauge. But I don't want any of it to look "tacked on".

07-16-2011, 02:03 PM	#2
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	You don't want to put gauges in the A pillar if you have airbags . Personally , I think A pillar gauge pods just look "tarded" . Try this , buy 1 din stereo and then go to Mitsubishi and get the sport gauge cluster for the Evolution VIII or IX . The cluster is 1 din . I do NOT know if the gauge cluster hole are the same size as the gauges you want though . Or you could get the 1 din stereo and fabricate a 1 din cluster from carbon fiber sheet . __________________ Last edited by HTM Yaris; 07-16-2011 at 02:15 PM.

07-17-2011, 12:32 AM	#6
Brian Drives: '07 Yaris turbo, '11 Juke Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 849	Here is how I mounted my gauges. I don't use my climate control knobs so it's not an issue but probably is for most people. My climate control knobs are in the glove box. __________________ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3875996

09-06-2011, 11:27 PM	#11
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	personally I love how mine are mounted, on the dashboard right in front of you. Easy to see , all horizontally aligned with the stock speedo, yet not blocking the view of the road... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

09-07-2011, 01:43 AM	#14
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	OEM look: __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

07-16-2011, 04:05 PM	#3
BennyLava Drives: 1987 Silverado Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 314	Sounds like a plan. Although, I may have to modify it some because I'm going to be installing a nav unit with a double din bezel.

07-16-2011, 10:15 PM	#4
Focus_Sh1ft Drives: 08 Yaris Turbo; 06 tC Turbo Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 875	I definitely prefer the A pillar. In my tC they're on the dash, and in my Yaris they're on the A-pillar. I definitely prefer where they are in the Yaris. The gauges are always right in my peripherals so I can kinda always keep an eye on what's going on.

07-17-2011, 12:18 AM	#5
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Good god, as if the A-pillar wasn't obnoxious enough! All the pillars in the Yaris are bigger than they should be IMHO. I jump out of my Volvo 245 into my Yaris, and I feel like I'm in a railroad tunnel! Add gauges to an already fat pillar? Not for me...

09-06-2011, 09:34 PM	#8
wizzle Drives: 07 toyota yaris Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: spokane, wa Posts: 5	ive always wanted to put them in the glove box behind the steering wheel cause you can drive with the lid up and it doesn't block my view and i can see the gauges right through the wheel i am also 6'3" so i sit high if your short it might not work

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