[Verdoro 68]

I've historically been anti-aftermarket gauges, but they've come a long way since the days of shoehorning a set of Autometers in the dash. The ones like jhein has that mimic the stock appearance look really nice. I feel like gauge and dashboard styling is such an important part of the personality of a car and I hate to see originals replaced with something that doesn't acknowledge the era of the car, but I'm also a big nerd about era-correct fonts.

[79 Phoenix]

I installed them in my Phoenix 2 years ago because I needed reliable gauges. Love them! Accurate, easy to read, reliable. Instructions for installation are well thought out. Makes installation not too hard. One thing you would need is to have a location to mount the processor that is fairly close to the gauge cluster. I highly recommend!

[nUcLeArEnVoY]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

I've historically been anti-aftermarket gauges, but they've come a long way since the days of shoehorning a set of Autometers in the dash. The ones like jhein has that mimic the stock appearance look really nice. I feel like gauge and dashboard styling is such an important part of the personality of a car and I hate to see originals replaced with something that doesn't acknowledge the era of the car, but I'm also a big nerd about era-correct fonts.

I agree, which is why I like the DD RTX gauges so much, especially for the 2nd gen Birds. It even has the same readouts and layout for said readouts. There's a new, more affordable competitor called New Vintage that makes period-correct, stock-look digital gauges for the 2nd gen, but they omit the volt meter and the two side gauges become the oil pressure and coolant temp rather than the combined gauge in the center; while the center gauge just becomes a fuel gauge.