prosport gauges Options

[lagos]

i know a few of you guys have the prosport gauges. i just wanted to see what you thought of them after having them installed for a while.

[x_itchy_b_x]

id be interested in hearing reviews also. they look awesome i like the full sweep.

[6strngs]

they look great at night and are pretty accurate. they're just really hard to see during the day!

[lagos]

do you have them wired up to light up white during the day? are they still hard to see when they are white?

[6strngs]

do you have them wired up to light up white during the day? are they still hard to see when they are white?

is that what that other wire is for? lol. there was one that was supposed to be hooked up to a switched source (as in, when you turn your headlights on). What I thought that would do would be to make them not light up during the day and then only light up with the headlights on, but since I didn't hook it up they are lit up blue 100% of the time. So, if I hook that up then they'll light up white during the day and blue when I turn the headlights on? do you know a good wire to hack into for a switched power source that's easy to get to?

[lagos]

yeah the idea is that they are supposed to be bright white during the day. just buy a fuse tap and tap into your radio fuse for a switched 12v.

[6strngs]

into my radio fuse? is that really controlled by the headlight switch?

[lagos]

i dont have these gauges, but im guessing you need.... power, ground, and illumination. get power from radio fuse, and for illumination you can splice into the light around your cig lighter or anything else that would normally turn on when you turn your lights on.

[6strngs]

i dont have these gauges, but im guessing you need.... power, ground, and illumination. get power from radio fuse, and for illumination you can splice into the light around your cig lighter or anything else that would normally turn on when you turn your lights on.

I've already got power from the cigarette lighter. so, that other wire going to the cigarette lighter is for the light? I'll try that out and see what happens.

[lagos]

yeah from the light thats around th cig lighter.


alright no more tech support. i want to see some more reviews, pics and vids of these things in action.

[Celiracer18]

I have them and they look good however they are still in the box since i dont have the rest of my parts yet they should be decent for lighting during the day if you have just the bright white on and provided there isnt much glare. more to be said later when i have them in and all. Vid too if one isnt up.

[lagos]

bump, anyone else?

what about the green/white gauges? do they match our interior well? do the gauges even look good in green?

[x_itchy_b_x]

a friend has the green and white ones in his wrx. i think they would match. if i didnt already have gauges i would go with those.

[Batman722]

what about the green/white gauges? do they match our interior well? do the gauges even look good in green?

ok here's the deal with the green gauges. Stef has them with the 2 gauge pod.

they light up great in the day white, not the best pics but they are very readable in white durring the daytime.





and at night they light up bright green. They cannot be dimmed and are much brighter then the stock green bulbs (pic below)



now if you get some green LEDs for the stock gauge cluster, (she did later) then they will match much better, but not perfect, just much better. Here's a pic of the green LEDs in the stock gauge cluster.



Now I can't find a pic of the LEDs and the guages together, I'll keep looking and post it up if I find it.

my opinion
pros : they are pretty inexpensive and look good
cons : they aren't as easy to wire as other gauges because of the 2 color output (white/day, green/night), they can't be dimmed, they can't be wired to a dimable light source (or they won't light up properly at all), and the fittings/senders they come with are kinda generic.

[lagos]

i just ordered a set of green/white premiums with peak hold . the oil pressure sender they come with is TINY. a huge plus because you dont risk the sender breaking. the oil pressure gauge will also warn you if your oil pressure gets too low.

[phattyduck]

my opinion
pros : they are pretty inexpensive and look good
cons : they aren't as easy to wire as other gauges because of the 2 color output (white/day, green/night), they can't be dimmed, they can't be wired to a dimable light source (or they won't light up properly at all), and the fittings/senders they come with are kinda generic.

Can't be dimmed?!?!? That is HORRIBLE.

Blinding, distracting, and worst of all: cop magnet...



Are you sure they just don't work with the rising-ground dimming that Toyota uses? (my gauges wire up directly to the bulbs so I don't worry on my Camry... on my WRX, I had to make an inverting circuit to dim my gauges)

I'll find the circuit to use if they can be dimmed from the power-side of the circuit and post it here (radio shack has all the necessary parts).

-Charlie

[lagos]

i never had any of my gauges on the dimmer anyway. i like them full blast so that they are easy to read.

[elvasoshexai]

oh man, those premiums look better than the regular 'performance' ones... i should've held out until they had the introductory gb for those premium ones

[hurley97]

I believe the reason people with the blue gauges have trouble seeing them is because they don't have the color change option like the other colors, they are just blue all the time and that itself makes them harder to read in the day time.

Art, you should have told me you were thinking about buying them. I would have showed you mine in intimate detail, problems and all

[phattyduck]

i never had any of my gauges on the dimmer anyway. i like them full blast so that they are easy to read.

I most defintely turn them all the way up on the drag strip or anytime I really need to see them... but when they are on the a-pillar, they are distracting when cruising on dark roads. No need to see your boost or EGT when you aren't on it, right?

Personal choice though!

-Charlie

[lagos]

Art, you should have told me you were thinking about buying them. I would have showed you mine in intimate detail, problems and all

i had no idea you were rocking a boost gauge

[hurley97]

haha... shhhh don't tell anyone

[97sccelica]

i run prosports in my wrx, my room mate has them in his sti, and a friend has them in his evo9.

great gauges. and they read acurately when i compair to the logs from my AEM EMS

[lagos]

i run prosports in my wrx, my room mate has them in his sti, and a friend has them in his evo9.

great gauges. and they read acurately when i compair to the logs from my AEM EMS

great to hear it. i have also read reports of others saying that these are very accurate.

[SlowCelica94]

I was just about to ask about the accuracy. Lagos, what'd you think, are the readings right?

[lagos]

ill let you know once i get mine in the mail.

[lagos]

i just got them in the mail .... my first impression ...WOW. these are really well made. a lot better build quality then autometer. the oil pressure sender for the premium series is about the same size as the oem sender! i cant wait to install them.

[SlowCelica94]

Are they more or less expensive then autometer?

[lagos]

Are they more or less expensive then autometer?

about the same, but you get a whole lot more for your money.
http://www.prosportgauges.com/

[presure2]

i like those premium gauges.., art, are those the ones you got? i like the peak hold feature..

[lagos]

yeah those are the ones. i installed them today.

the good:
they look very cool.
peak hold is effn sweet!
no more nylon vac tubing to deal with
very accurate
tiny oil pres sender!

the bad:
install did take a lot longer then your average autometer
a little hard to see during the day, but not terrible
a little too bright during the night
had to shave the lotek pillar a little to get them to fit

over all, i like these a lot. i just wish prosport would ditch this whole idea of trying have the defi smoke out look. if they just made a normal gauge, that was reverse light, then i think that would work alot better in the real world.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jul 14, 2007 - 12:08 AM

[SlowCelica94]

All in all, given your pros and cons, I still feel like these are a hot buy. What's another hour or two outta the weekend for the extra install? I nominate these gauges for a hot-buy

[presure2]

All in all, given your pros and cons, I still feel like these are a hot buy. What's another hour or two outta the weekend for the extra install? I nominate these gauges for a hot-buy

agreed.

[lagos]

ill try to make a video of these guys in action. they do put on an impressive lightshow. my one buddy has defi's and even he was pretty impressed with these .

[hurley97]

not the best pics in the world but you can still tell the huge difference...


with the stock gauge cluster bulbs:




with LEDs in the gauge cluster:
color doesn't match 100% perfect but its pretty damn close and 100x better than the stock ones

[lagos]

ill have to pick those up, they look a lot better and brighter then our stock bulbs.

[lagos]

i just read this in the new faq they put up.

Q: How accurate are Prosport Gauges?
A: Performance Series are rated at 2.5% -Mainly due to Senders
Premium Series are rated at 1%

thats pretty darn good!