Best place to mount gauges?

[cali yaris]

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]

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...