Gauge Advice, What do you think? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Perfectlap · 12-13-2006, 06:19 AM

you can do a five gauge Carrera cluster in a Boxster. Tool Pants I believe has a write about this on Renntech.org
A nice mod if you are a do it yourself type. But it depends on what year your Boxster is and only certain Carrera years work with certain Boxsters.
Once you locate the right parts it doesn't seem too complex.

pecivil · 12-13-2006, 07:34 AM

I went with VDO vision series. Nice gauges that look very stock.

pecivil · 12-13-2006, 07:36 AM

going the way I am doing will be mucho cheaper than installing a carrera cluster. I found several carrera clusters, but the cheapest one was $500!. So far I have spent about $125.

ukchris · 12-13-2006, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by pecivil

I went with VDO vision series. Nice gauges that look very stock.

Can you tell me what size they are, or maybe a model number or link? I have the oil pressure sender, I'm thinking of adding the gauge to go with it and a volt meter and would like to mount them in a 1 din piece.

Tool Pants · 12-13-2006, 08:20 AM

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12-13-2006, 08:25 AM

Thanks tool pants, I knew I had seen that pic before. So Id need a carrera oil pressure sensor (how much would that cost and how easy is it to change?), voltometer shouldnt be a problem, and Oil temp (How much for the sender and how hard would it be to put in?). If I can do the gauges for around 100 bucks I will.

ukchris · 12-14-2006, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by boggtown

Thanks tool pants, I knew I had seen that pic before. So Id need a carrera oil pressure sensor (how much would that cost and how easy is it to change?), voltometer shouldnt be a problem, and Oil temp (How much for the sender and how hard would it be to put in?). If I can do the gauges for around 100 bucks I will.

The oil pressure sensor should be 996.606.203.01 assuming the info I got is correct, I haven't installed it yet. It's supposed to be a direct replacement that just has another terminal, you then run a wire to the cabin. I don't know about the oil temperature, please let me know if you confirm what is needed.

pecivil · 12-14-2006, 08:06 AM

Chris,
The Vision VDO are 2 1/16" dia gauges. These will barely fit in the cubby space.