Need some help I put the holder in and some cheap sh*t gauges to see what it would look like but the holder over laps onto the dash, do u have to trim it to fit because I have tryed to force it but this is as good as I could do

I had to trim aprox 15mm off the front on my gauge pod to get it to sit properly.....i wasnt happy either...

try and source an FPV pod. you won't be disappointed. Perfect fit, clips straight in and looks great!

I had to trim aprox 15mm off the front on my gauge pod to get it to sit properly.....I wasnt happy either...

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Cheers mate ill try that

Dont trim 15mm off it one hit take it in stages to make sure you get the perfect fit, i used a dremel with a cut off wheel. I dont know if its ford or ss inductions quality contol thats up to sh*t but they all seem to fit differently....

you should not have to trip it you have to push it back abit to make it fit right I have done 10 of these and everyone fitts right if you push it in right.

Ian

Heres the difference. Original FPV guage holders are injection moulded, so they come out of an injection moulding machine exactly the same every time. Aftermarket holders are Vacuum Formed, which means that every single one is moulded from a sheet of plastic. Each one then has to be indivdually trimmed to the required size to get rid of excess plastic that is part of this process. This involves a human input, hence the variations in each one. The tooling for injection moulding to make these would be around $30-$35k. The tooling for a vacuum formed unit would be no more than $5k. The reason the aftermarket guys do not use an injection moulded tool is because it would take alot of sales to recoup there return on investment. I know this because I have spent 27 years in the engineering plastics industry and have been involved in all forms of plastics processing,design and setup. Hope this helps answer your questions. By the way, I'd be interested in knowing if people are interested in an injection moulded 3 pod guage holder, identical to the FPV one but with a 3rd pod to allow for afr gauge or any other gauge to fit, this would be identical fit to the original gauge holder, ie no trimming and no ugly press studs, simply clip in as per the OEM unit. If I had enough interest, I may consider tooling up for it.

Cheers

Jeff

Edited 14/05/06 12:44 AM14/05/06 12:44 AM by Phoon

By the way, I'd be interested in knowing if people are interested in an injection moulded 3 pod guage holder, identical to the FPV one but with a 3rd pod to allow for afr gauge or any other gauge to fit, this would be identical fit to the original gauge holder,

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Does a bear in the woods?

put me in for a definate on the three gauge holder