Time for gauges - I hate paying for a name

[four_by_ken]

Just looking for some decent prices on gauges, anyone have any recommendations? Probably going with Autometer, but open to suggestions. I hate paying for a name.

Thanks
Ken H.

 

[Shaggy]

<font color="green"> Nordskog makes some really nice gauges. I went with Autometers, but if I seen these ones I might have gone with them just to be different. Apparantly they made a name for themselves with gauges for boats, but they appear to be very high quality. They make a speedo that runs on GPS signals that's pretty cool, no cable to run and probably highly accurate.</font color>

 

[lizard]

With nordskog your get to pay for a funny name. $109.00 per guage... makes pro-comps look cheap.

 

[bigmack]

I have Autoguage in my truck, I believe they are made my Autometer. I got them at Autozone for around 30-40 dollars. It has temp, oil pressure, and volts in a chrome housing. I have used these before in my other trucks and they have never given me any problems.

 

[Calclips]

I have an autogauge tach in my truck. Its a good tach, but when I turn my key off the tach always reads about 1200 rpm. When I turn the key forward it drops to 0, so I'm not really complaining about it.

 

[83ZZ502_Jimmy]

FYI
It is not supposed to stay on 0 when there is no power to it. It is called Air Core movement. Tachs that do this are much better and more accurate. The instructions usually say that somewhere. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

My .02,
John

 

[83ZZ502_Jimmy]

The reason the NordSkog's are so expensive is really in the way they work.

They are full sweep electrical guages. They look and move like a mechanical guage, but offer the flexibility of being an electric guage with a sender. (Wire vs. hose, tube etc)
IMO a wire is easier to hide/route/run than plastic tubing or braided lines.


John