Posted February 3, 201015 yr so im going to start this off with the type of car i have its a 95 mazda millenia sthis would be the start of my future big install i purchased a stinger svmb volt meter my goal was to make it look as factory as possible , and since the car does not come with a factory volt reading, if i ever sell it this can be a added feature, so this is why i am wanting to make it look factory. so 1st came figure-ing out the location in the dash so after careful thinking decided the best possible location would be in the upper left hand corner of the dash this is wer the factory alarm light is located and since i dont have a factory alarm is a empty spot and perfect location for my new meter so then i took the meter apart and soldered a wire-ing harness to make it easy to remove if need be.then i adjusted the meter to match my electrical and installed it on to the dash.so after all of this and installing everything back on this is my end result ..........
February 3, 201015 yr wow, very nice. cleanest volt meter install ive seen. good thinking! haha stock stinger volt meter, that would be pretty sweet...did you check the voltage at the battery and meter after install? just in case of a little resistance in stock wiring, it might not be any, but a thought. Edited February 3, 201015 yr by watts09
February 3, 201015 yr Author wow, very nice. cleanest volt meter install ive seen. good thinking! haha stock stinger volt meter, that would be pretty sweet...did you check the voltage at the battery and meter after install? just in case of a little resistance in stock wiring, it might not be any, but a thought.yes i did to make sure, and it was dead on! and if i ever have to adjust it again, that dash part is easy to take apart.
February 3, 201015 yr Looks great man.I have one exactly like it I need to install. Hopefully mine will look that clean.
February 3, 201015 yr Author NICE!! i like it!! congrats!!! and is that a fluke dmm i see? lolyes it is its an old one i have own it for a while now !
February 4, 201015 yr Author also something else i did to this install was a turn off switch. i install this switch for my radar detector so i can shut it off if i want at night to have less lights . the radar is hard wire to the car so i dont have wires just hanging everywhere .so i decided to wire the meter to that switch also to be able to turn it off whenever i wanted.and here are some pics of my hole dash and were my radar detector is located at. Edited February 4, 201015 yr by ivan95m
February 4, 201015 yr I like the stealth and factory look of the meterand the detector, no wires=very clean interior. you have me thinking how i can do this in my car haha i dont think ill have such luck
February 5, 201015 yr Author I like the stealth and factory look of the meterand the detector, no wires=very clean interior. you have me thinking how i can do this in my car haha i dont think ill have such luck thanks! yeah is really not all that hard at all i just dint want to use up my cig plug for the detector so i can have a spot for my phone charger .and i dont like the wire just hanging down from the windshield.
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