2 1/16" or 2 5/8" gauges?

[bdepedro]

Alright, I need some advice on aux gauge (water temp, oil pres, volts, fuel) size. There are 2 different aftermarket gauge pods for the '69-70 dash. One is made by Year One: houses 2 1/6" gauges, is just a pod so I would have to assemble everything and would be about $700-$800. The other is made by JME: houses 2 5/8" gauges, comes complete w/ gauges wired complete but would run about $1100-$1300. My question is do you think the additional $$$ is worth spending to get the larger size gauges? Anybody using 2 1/16" gauges and can advise me on how easy/hard they are to read? Thanks.

 

[67Dylan]

I've used both and I prefer the larger gauges cause of their ease to read while at the car idles and while driving. Of course I have old eyes so that's part of the reason . I think it's gonna come down to preference and where you mount them.

 

[bdepedro]

I've used both and I prefer the larger gauges cause of their ease to read while at the car idles and while driving. Of course I have old eyes so that's part of the reason . I think it's gonna come down to preference and where you mount them.

I'm with ya on the old eyes, that's why I'm leaning towards the larger gauges too. I just have to come to grips with spending twice the money to have them because they come completely assembled and wired. The up side is it will save me a lot of work and I'm no professional so the job will be nice and neat.

http://www.jmeenterprises.com/images/69-70_alum_cf.jpg

 

[bdepedro]

That link shows the carbon fiber gauges, which are very cool looking, but I'm leaning towards the Ultra-lites w/ silver faces.

 

[spirockp]

I like the 2 1/16 gauges, but I have young eyes.

 

[67Dylan]

That link shows the carbon fiber gauges, which are very cool looking, but I'm leaning towards the Ultra-lites w/ silver faces.

That's tits!

I don't know how readable the smaller gauges are in that setup. I'm sure someone on here has one and could offer some insight.

 

[bdepedro]

That's tits!

I don't know how readable the smaller gauges are in that setup. I'm sure someone on here has one and could offer some insight.

The gauges in that pic are 2 5/8" dia., those are the bigger ones. If I can't see those I'm in big trouble. I figure that those are about the same size as the factory gauges which are fine but I do worry about the smaller ones, especially oil pres and water temp. I like to keep a very close eye on those!!!

 

[65ShelbyClone]

I like the 2 1/16 gauges, but I have young eyes.

I was going to say something along those lines.

2 1/16" is comparable to stock size, at least for 65-68 Mustangs. I prefer to keep a more stock looking interior and the smaller gages fit better into that requirement. I suppose if I started racing and needed high visibility, 2 5/8" might be better. In fact, that's where I see more of the larger gages: race cars. My plans are to keep the stock cluster and put aftermarket gages behind it.

 

[toddman0025]

I went with the 2 5/8" gauges the 2 1/16" just looked too small IMO...

 

[bdepedro]

I went with the 2 5/8" gauges the 2 1/16" just looked too small IMO...

In your pic, the 2 5/8" gauges look to be about the size of your stock dash gauges. We have the same factory dash and the stock size is good. I'm most probably going w/ the larger gauges although I have not received any info from JME on price and availability. So we'll see.