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DIY - steering wheel boost gauge install
Compliments of Mr. Phil @ www.audiforums.com
ok well i just did this last night and took pictures of it this morning as i actually ran wire for the light in the boost gauge... hope this is helpful to anyone that may ask, so we don't have to keep hunting other forums for a DIY for something that is very simple
my car is a 1998.5 1.8tq with the AEB engine
pop open these lil covers and remove the bolts holding the knee padding area up.... the yellowish circle is for the two phillips head screws holding the plastic trim on the steering wheel if u wanna take that off
there is another bolt holding it in on the fuse panel area as well.. dont forget this
when u drop the piece, be cautious of your OBD2 port... disconnect to avoid damaging the wires
i ran the wires through this little area.. i know most people here are men and dont have skinny girl hands, but i managed to fit my fingers in here and pull out the wires
i ran the positive to the fuse here, which happens to be the license plate light
this is where I made my ground... works great, the bolt is going to require a t15 torx bit though, so if u dont have this and dont wanna buy one, i suggest u find your own ground lol
now finding a place to run the tubing through was a pain, so i eventually lifted up the ecu access box and found a natural hole in the firewall so i didnt have to drill... so this is where i chose to run the tube through
then i pushed the hard tubing through this grommet
and this is where i installed the T fitting for my vacuum... you can use the FPR up top if u want, but this is the most common so i did it here for sanity's sake
this is it mounted and installed after everything
and here is the light all shnazzy like...
WELL I HOPE THIS COMES IN HANDY FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO DO THIS BUT DONT EXACTLY KNOW HOW AND DONT WANNA HAVE TO HUNT GOOGLE OR OTHER WEBSITES... SO IF U WANNA STICKY IT SWEET.. IF NOT.. OH WELL, AT LEAST IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DO FOR THE LAST HOUR HAHA
Great pics adding to DIY
Posted by Diggymart on 4/18/20 @ 3:42:36 AM