Redid the gauges in my Regal a few days ago. Took out Auto Gage by Autometer gauges, and replaced with some Speedhut gauges. When I put the Autometer gauges in, I tried to do it cleanly. But it didn't turn out that way. I also put them in the worst spot I could find. Mainly because the oil pressure and water temperature gauges would only make it under the dash.
I ordered the Speedhut gauges with 18 ft of oil pressure line, which was way too much. 12 ft probably would have been fine. The install was fairly straight forward, crimp a few connectors, snap the harnesses together, give it power, good to go. I first put them in the same spot under the dash, just to make sure I had my wires right. That's when I took this video,
showing the dial dimming with the supplied inverter and potentiometer, and then the dial and pointer dimming with the stock dash dimmer.
Then I took everything apart and started trying to find a better spot. I was first going to mount them down the side of the dash, stopping just above the radio pod. But it blocked the fan speed switch, and I'd spent enough time almost ripping the gauges off the bottom of the dash, I didn't want to do it every time I turned the fan on. So I went with right on top of the radio pod with some heavy duty Velcro. My wires may not look the prettiest, but I can see the gauges clearly, their much more accurate than the Autometer gauges, and they look way nicer. I was trying to get the gauges to glow the same color as the lighted dash insert, but I'm a little off color.
I ordered the Speedhut gauges with 18 ft of oil pressure line, which was way too much. 12 ft probably would have been fine. The install was fairly straight forward, crimp a few connectors, snap the harnesses together, give it power, good to go. I first put them in the same spot under the dash, just to make sure I had my wires right. That's when I took this video,
Then I took everything apart and started trying to find a better spot. I was first going to mount them down the side of the dash, stopping just above the radio pod. But it blocked the fan speed switch, and I'd spent enough time almost ripping the gauges off the bottom of the dash, I didn't want to do it every time I turned the fan on. So I went with right on top of the radio pod with some heavy duty Velcro. My wires may not look the prettiest, but I can see the gauges clearly, their much more accurate than the Autometer gauges, and they look way nicer. I was trying to get the gauges to glow the same color as the lighted dash insert, but I'm a little off color.