I'm going to put the SpeedOfSound triple gauge pod on my dash, but selecting gauges is difficult. It was a toss-up between VDO and Auto Meter until I discovered Speedhut, which lets you specify custom configurations for the gauges, and I think their black face/blue text might be a pretty close match to the factory instrument cluster.

What do you guys think?

(The configuration options are under the picture of the gauge.)

Does anyone have these gauges?

 

Well CRAP!

I went ahead an ordered the Speedhut gauges, as well as the SpeedOfSound Concept 2 gauge pod. When I got home from work, I got to read an email from SOS apologizing for the error on their web page that states their gauge pod DOESN'T FIT A 2010-2012 CAR.

That leaves me with two options - ricer A-pillar CRAP, or the BOSS gauge pod, neither of which I do NOT want to use.

Yeah, they offered to refund my money, but that just leaves me with $350 worth of gauges that I can't frakking use.

 

Well, I talked to Alan at SOS yesterday, and it seems that the pod does actually fit in the space available, but the indent in the dash (where you would put the LS pod), extends so far down the dash that when the pod is mounted, you see a gap between the back of the pod and the dash (if you're looking at it from outside the car through the windshield).

This seems to me to be a MINOR problem, and it wouldn't take much talent at all to engineer a filler piece to close that gap. I told Alan I was gonna try to revive my past fabrication skills and handle the problem. I refuse to let something that minor stop me from using an otherwise useful piece of kit (if possible).

 

Old racer creed --
"Necessity is the mother of invention"
good luck and post some pics of the final product

 

The fitment issue is with regards to the tray that's molded into the top of the dash. When placed on the dash, the base of the pod extends over the tray, which resultsin a significant gap. There are two ways I can see to address this:

0) Fabricate a filler piece that can be glued to the pod that fills the gap. This is the easiest solution because the part to be fabricated is a) simple, and b) small.

1) Fabricate a tray cover that either completely or partially fills the tray. This requires some forming, but has the benefit of not actually modifying the pod.

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I got my custom SpeedHut gauges yesterday, and it's not immediately obvious how to secure the gauges into the pod. They move pretty freely. A small annoyance - the sensor wires coming off all three gauges is the same color on all three gauges. Since I ordered them all at the same time, you'd think the wires would be different colors so they would be easily identifiable under the hood without having to label them in some way.

 

I fingered out a way to secure the gauges in the pod. I cut some velcro tape (the hook side because it's smooth) into three small pieces (1/2x1/2 squares), and attached them to the threads of the gauge at equidistant locations, and pushed the gauge into the pod. It held securely enough that it would take a significant bump/jolt to dislodge them.

The test-fitted gauges look pretty good in the pod.