Haha .

Thats on the list...when I installed the **** I didn't have time to modify the boot to run the wire down the inside.

I'm waiting for my leather samples to arrive for a new shift boot, so I may just wait until I get the new boot to modify it.

 

Here's what I did:
-http://store.42draftdesigns.com/VDO-...auge_p_67.html
-And got the tubing kit and red LED. Total was $52.50 shipped.

-Removed the driver vent and took out the vertical fins.
-Made a template out of a cereal box based on the size of the boost gauge (so it was a 52mm circle). This template was glued onto the back-side of the vent.
-Used a Dremel with the side-cutting drill bit cut out the shape of the template.
-Cleaned up rough edges with a #1/#11 hobby knife.
-Mounted and glued in the boost gauge with epoxy.
-Masked off the glass of the boost gauge and cleaned all exposed surfaces of the vent and gauge with rubbing alcohol, then sprayed them off with an air compressor.
-Painted everything with a low-gloss black (high temp engine paint, because I had it laying around). 3 coats did the trick.

Took off the masking tape and installed the gauge hardware and it was done! I wired the positive wire to the ignition line contained behind the knee bolster. A hole was drilled in the duct for the wires and tubing, and then I ran the hose through the ECU box and into the engine compartment.

 

Do you have a picture of the finished product?

 

Ya but wher did you mount it to?

 

Ok guy's i went with R.A.I motor sport's with there "podI Stewart Warner Boost Gauge Package"


it was only 99 buck's with shipping and handling that was about my price range for it so im happy

ill post some pic's of it when i have it in the car untill then hear is some eye candy

http://www.raimotorsport.com/Podi-B5.../podisp023.htm

 

i wish that podi made the dual pod for the b5. i'd be allllll over it. ive got the single and i love it. if your interior is black itll be perfect. i've got the tan int. so it was a little more tricky for me but i love it.

 

Ya when i saw it i made up my mind right there because for the other one that mount's in the ac vent is kind of a hazard cuz you gotta look over to see it and you lose the road perception i would think.

 

Yeah... took them today after work. I only saw one other B5 or B6 with their gauge in the driver vent. Maybe I just didn't look hard enough? To me it is the most unobtrusive location that doesn't require A LOT of work.




And yes I do realize it's not perfectly straight

 

I'm in texas right now and I need that vent for some oh so sweet sweet SWEET Air conditioning.

 

Air still comes out of there... it's just not directional Bit different in SoCal, I can still count the number of times I have hit the AC button on one hand since I bought the car.