R32 km Gauge Faces

[Deuce]

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Awesome! FWIW... I'll pass on the R23 Kompressor... but sign me up for a VW/MERC/AMG R32 Kompressor.

[RobG]

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Xtuners:






Blackcat Customs:

[All_Euro]

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Thanks for posting the company links Rob! You mentioned, "… there are no icon's visible on the faces without a light on behind." Which company is which?

[RobG]

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Why does VW make the needles park at said values? Isn't that less accurate? Is there away to make the needles display the actual values in realtime, just so that they're theoretically more accurate?

When you hook up the vagcom and go to output tests, the needles do a full sweep, then park at the predetermined values. The needles can be placed at any location and the exact resting zero point is hard to judge so someone decided on 3000rpm and 100km. It's a way of ensuring that when the vehicle speed sensor says the car is traveling at 100km/h, the needles reflect that exact value.

[Fizzo20]

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That's fricken sweet! I've actually always wondered if anyone has done this mod. You did a damn good job! Looks OEM; would love to see em in person.
Wow that R23 cluster is pretty sweet too! Kinda reminds me of the R35 GTR speedo that starts on the bottom right hand side.

Here they are installed, took a bit of fussing with the Vagcom to get the needles to park at the 3000rpm, 100km/h, 1/2 tank and the 90deg mark.

One question, why does VW make the needles park at said values? Isn't that less accurate? Is there away to make the needles display the actual values in realtime, just so that they're theoretically more accurate? Say you're going down a hill at 100km/h and let off the gas so the rpm stays the same but the speed climbs. Would the needles still park at those values until you hit, say, 105km/h?

[RobG]

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I was working with two shops on these, Xtuners from Bulgaria and Black Custom Automotive from Niagara Falls, both delivered great products. Send off a couple emails and I'm sure you find what you are looking for. If you need a hand with the install let me know, I'm getting pretty good at it.

http://xtuners.com

http://www.blackcatcustom.ca/


This is a different approach, but seeing as the needles can be installed in any orientation, who says 0km has to be the bottom left?

[All_Euro]

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Wow - I'm just seeing this. Gauges look awesome!

Would love to do the same for my GLI as it's a US car. I mean… I can read the tiny little km/h numbers just fine... but it's pretty ghetto compared to these

[krchnv]

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Thanks very much Rob!
They are great!

[RobG]

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Third faces sold. Thanks Ivan, love the DBP .:R's

[VanDamage]

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That looks really good, definitely something I would do if I was lucky enough to own an R32. The MPH gauges would drive me mad

[RobG]

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I was working with two companies on these gauge faces, I thought the first company lost my request or was not going to deliver, but eventually came through and delivered another set of faces. They have a different manufacturing process than the first, there are no icon's visible on the faces without a light on behind. Otherwise same deal as the other faces I have, single km scale, international symbols for park brake/cruise and temperature in Celsius.

[J.Dubb]

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Thanks for the gauges I love them it looks awesome!

[J.Dubb]

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Wow that looks amazing I'd love to buy the extra set you have if you don't mind helping me install it! PM me and we can talk details!!

[stefan]

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Turned out great!

[RobG]

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ohh looks awesome! quite accurate?

They are quite accurate in terms of OEM reproduction. I confirmed the gauge speed with the actual speed with the iPhone speedo app and the other values with the vag-com. It's just another little the touch that makes the car a little more euro and less American.