SpeedHut Custom Guages - Toyota Yaris Forums

Ran Kizama · 12-04-2006, 03:02 PM

www.speedhut.com

Okay, so I'm sick and tired of not having a tachometer and none of the Canadian dealers want to send me a Canadian guage cluster. I finally broke down and bought a tachometer. I didn't want a craptastic Autometer guage tho.

SpeedHut is where I turned to. They got a good rep with the Mazdaspeed MX-5 guys from when I had my MX-5, so I figured I'd give them a shot.

Fully customizable in terms of glow or backlit, colors, font style, logos or custom text, bezel trim, everything. My final product came to a little over $200. Seeing as how huge Autometer guages with the obnoxiously large shift light are about $180, this isn't that bad. It also has a small built in shift light in the guage so you don't have a flashlight blasting you everytime you need to shift. Here's what mine looks like.

Also, being only 1.8 inches deep, I can hopefully mount it on right behind the steering wheel and still be able to use my front glove box. I'll post of the actual product when it gets here.

mikeukrainetz · 12-04-2006, 03:37 PM

that is awsome, customizable and reasonably cheap even compared to Defi.
Nice.

Nutzoids · 12-04-2006, 05:03 PM

This is the Tachometer I am looking at now... Only $70

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VDO-3...spagenameZWD1V

What is worth $200 on that one? Do you get a BJ every time you hit Redline? That would be worth the Extra Loot!

Oh yeah... and by BJ I mean BLOW JOB!

ChinoCharles · 12-04-2006, 05:20 PM

Does anyone make an A pillar replacement with a tach slot for the Yar?

Nutzoids · 12-04-2006, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

Does anyone make an A pillar replacement with a tach slot for the Yar?

I have spent so much time looking for a Gauge Cluster

Galavoxx · 12-04-2006, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ran Kizama

www.speedhut.com

Fully customizable in terms of glow or backlit, colors, font style, logos or custom text, bezel trim, everything.

Looks just like the Sunpro gauge I have, minus the led array. Mine does have an LED shift light. I think I paid $50. How does it illuminate? Is is backlit or do the numbers actually glow different colors?

acrbill · 12-04-2006, 06:35 PM

will the sedans cluser fit into the hatch?

punch · 12-04-2006, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutzoids

This is the Tachometer I am looking at now... Only $70

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VDO-3...spagenameZWD1V

What is worth $200 on that one? Do you get a BJ every time you hit Redline? That would be worth the Extra Loot!

Oh yeah... and by BJ I mean BLOW JOB!

a mason huh!

Galavoxx · 12-04-2006, 06:56 PM

Ok. This might not be the exact same tach but it's very similar. I put a white LED in mine and it looks pretty good, day and night. Not too cheesy looking like a lot of these tachs. Like I said, I paid about $50 for the sunpro and it requires no adaptor. Apart from the size and sweeping LED array, looks like they are very similar. I wish mine had the opaque numbers and dashes but I really don't think they are worth the extra $120-$150. The "TRD" is a nice touch although the colors look a little too BMW/Mini Cooper for me.

http://www.sunpro.com/product_detail.php?pid=16333

Ran Kizama · 12-04-2006, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Galavoxx

Looks just like the Sunpro gauge I have, minus the led array. Mine does have an LED shift light. I think I paid $50. How does it illuminate? Is is backlit or do the numbers actually glow different colors?

You can choose either way. Backlit or Reverse-Glow. I got mine to where only the numbers and the TRD logo illuminate.

Galavoxx · 12-04-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ran Kizama

You can choose either way. Backlit or Reverse-Glow. I got mine to where only the numbers and the TRD logo illuminate.

nice.

Nutzoids · 12-04-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by punch

a mason huh!

Masons are allowed to joke around...

eTiMaGo · 12-04-2006, 08:13 PM

yes after all they are free masons...

but back on topic, I really like the idea of customizable gauges, and the price is not all that bad, good find there!

KSIbucky · 12-05-2006, 06:25 PM

best tach ever right here http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index...ROD&ProdID=194 only 48.99 tinted 7 colors more than you would want easy set up pod every thing

Galavoxx · 12-05-2006, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KSIbucky

best tach ever right here http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index...ROD&ProdID=194 only 48.99 tinted 7 colors more than you would want easy set up pod every thing

They look a little Mickey Mouse.

Ran Kizama · 12-05-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KSIbucky

best tach ever right here http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index...ROD&ProdID=194 only 48.99 tinted 7 colors more than you would want easy set up pod every thing

Not bad, but the RPM's read too high. I'd get that if I had a bad@ss engine with ITB's and worked internals that revved to 9K. Yet, since I'm stock, I'm stuck with our lowly stock redline. Using only half a guage is never fun. Unless it's like your water temp guage, then half a guage is good.

Nutzoids · 12-05-2006, 09:48 PM

What is the Redline for our car? The Sadan Shows 6500... Are we the same in the Liftbacks?

rwseattle · 04-17-2007, 04:55 PM

Ran Kizama did you install the gauge? I like to see the results, pix? I'm ordering a gauge soon.

12-04-2006, 03:02 PM	#1
Ran Kizama That Anime Guy View User's Garage Drives: 5-Speed Liftback Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canton, GA Posts: 543	SpeedHut Custom Guages www.speedhut.com Okay, so I'm sick and tired of not having a tachometer and none of the Canadian dealers want to send me a Canadian guage cluster. I finally broke down and bought a tachometer. I didn't want a craptastic Autometer guage tho. SpeedHut is where I turned to. They got a good rep with the Mazdaspeed MX-5 guys from when I had my MX-5, so I figured I'd give them a shot. Fully customizable in terms of glow or backlit, colors, font style, logos or custom text, bezel trim, everything. My final product came to a little over $200. Seeing as how huge Autometer guages with the obnoxiously large shift light are about $180, this isn't that bad. It also has a small built in shift light in the guage so you don't have a flashlight blasting you everytime you need to shift. Here's what mine looks like. Also, being only 1.8 inches deep, I can hopefully mount it on right behind the steering wheel and still be able to use my front glove box. I'll post of the actual product when it gets here. __________________

12-04-2006, 03:37 PM	#2
mikeukrainetz View User's Garage Drives: 2006 Toyota Yaris Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 564	that is awsome, customizable and reasonably cheap even compared to Defi. Nice. __________________ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2336679

12-04-2006, 06:35 PM	#7
acrbill Drives: Polar White Hatch Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 407	will the sedans cluser fit into the hatch? __________________ ChinoCharles Intake supporter.

12-04-2006, 08:13 PM	#13
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	yes after all they are free masons... but back on topic, I really like the idea of customizable gauges, and the price is not all that bad, good find there! __________________ 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...

12-05-2006, 06:25 PM	#14
KSIbucky View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris manual dark silver Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fond du Lac, WI Posts: 694	best tach ever right here http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index...ROD&ProdID=194 only 48.99 tinted 7 colors more than you would want easy set up pod every thing __________________ 7 Color Tach Fujita Intake Momo pedals Shift knob and boot. Full TRD SSK. Blitz exhaust Megan Lowering Springs (Next is DC Header)

12-04-2006, 05:03 PM	#3
Nutzoids View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 938	This is the Tachometer I am looking at now... Only $70 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VDO-3...spagenameZWD1V What is worth $200 on that one? Do you get a BJ every time you hit Redline? That would be worth the Extra Loot! Oh yeah... and by BJ I mean BLOW JOB!

12-04-2006, 05:20 PM	#4
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	Does anyone make an A pillar replacement with a tach slot for the Yar?

12-04-2006, 06:56 PM	#9
Galavoxx View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Hatch Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 397	Ok. This might not be the exact same tach but it's very similar. I put a white LED in mine and it looks pretty good, day and night. Not too cheesy looking like a lot of these tachs. Like I said, I paid about $50 for the sunpro and it requires no adaptor. Apart from the size and sweeping LED array, looks like they are very similar. I wish mine had the opaque numbers and dashes but I really don't think they are worth the extra $120-$150. The "TRD" is a nice touch although the colors look a little too BMW/Mini Cooper for me. http://www.sunpro.com/product_detail.php?pid=16333

12-05-2006, 09:48 PM	#17
Nutzoids View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 938	What is the Redline for our car? The Sadan Shows 6500... Are we the same in the Liftbacks?

04-17-2007, 04:55 PM	#18
rwseattle Rwseattle View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris (BASE) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 130	Gauge Ran Kizama did you install the gauge? I like to see the results, pix? I'm ordering a gauge soon.

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