Judson
Veteran Member
I've been looking for a long long time for a gauge pod that is low profile, doesn't block the cluster, isn't blocked by the dash cup holder (and takes up the space where a double din radio would sit).
Ideally a triple gauge cluster above the vents would be best but no one makes one for the MK4, and generic ones look like ass.
I think I may have found one but dealers are up in CT, NY, NH, and NC; not anywhere near me...
http://www.rexspeed.net/2012/en/dealer.php
Here's the unit. It is meant for an Evo:
(pic link didn't work, so I pasted below).
If you choose one of the close-up pictures you'll see the left side of the pod is slanted up so it tucks up against the instrument cluster bubble (for lack of a better word).
Now in the Evo pic the gauges appear to stand quite high. But if you look at our MK4s, you'll see that our bubble is much taller allowing for this pod to tuck in close and be fairly low profile in nature.
Here is a night-time pic :
(pic link didn't work - see below)
Our MK4 dashes slant away from the driver and thus a good cluster has to angle back towards the driver:
(pic below)
So the ideal gauge pod would slat the gauges towards the driver and tuck up close to the instrument cluster so they look integrated and "designed that way."
I think this one does the trick. No other vendor comes even close to offering something that works.
Thoughts? If anyone in one of the states listed ever had the time to study one in person, I would like to hear about it.
Jud
Ideally a triple gauge cluster above the vents would be best but no one makes one for the MK4, and generic ones look like ass.
I think I may have found one but dealers are up in CT, NY, NH, and NC; not anywhere near me...
http://www.rexspeed.net/2012/en/dealer.php
Here's the unit. It is meant for an Evo:
(pic link didn't work, so I pasted below).
If you choose one of the close-up pictures you'll see the left side of the pod is slanted up so it tucks up against the instrument cluster bubble (for lack of a better word).
Now in the Evo pic the gauges appear to stand quite high. But if you look at our MK4s, you'll see that our bubble is much taller allowing for this pod to tuck in close and be fairly low profile in nature.
Here is a night-time pic :
(pic link didn't work - see below)
Our MK4 dashes slant away from the driver and thus a good cluster has to angle back towards the driver:
(pic below)
So the ideal gauge pod would slat the gauges towards the driver and tuck up close to the instrument cluster so they look integrated and "designed that way."
I think this one does the trick. No other vendor comes even close to offering something that works.
Thoughts? If anyone in one of the states listed ever had the time to study one in person, I would like to hear about it.
Jud