i have a 5 in autometer tach mounted just in front of the ceter vents...i just fabricated a metal strip and bolted it to the dash....ive had it like that since feb and the plastic still hasnt gotten weak due to the weight of the tach....its also a lot easier to read than if it was on the pillar

 

not quite what i meant at all.. lol

 

this this what you were talking about oc? (NOT the circled part, but where the tachs located)



if i were you, id go with the 90s norm and put it where everyone else has :thumbup:

 

I've always heard them called frog eyes. h:

I hope I don't ever go blind so I have to get a HUGE tach... h: :db:

 

Yeah i was leaning tords mounting it on the pillar...looks like it will be on tomorow...

 

huge tachs are no no for hondas in my eye... Gives lotsa attenion to us little civic owners.... I used to have one... Then it got stolen... Best thing that happened was gettin rid of that huge thing!!

 

Here's where I put mine. Call it what you will, but my CX didn't come with one stock and shift lights are wonderful. I just laid the tach in place, marked the front of the bracket with a pencil, pulled the cover, lined everything up and drilled the holes, attached the mounting frame with 2 short bolts and some washers and a nut on the inside to keep it secure then bolted the tach back inside. Held securely and worked great. I had to unbolt the tach from the mounting frame and just lay it across the dash when I got the car inspected because it blocked access to the sticker but that was the only issue I ever had.

 

BTW, here's an easy way to wire up the signal wire too. If you look on top of the drivers side harness plugs, there a small 1 wire plug that's usually taped to the top of the in-car harness. It's a diagnostic port for hooking a tach up inside the engine way to check idle and whatnot. I just cut the plug off and connected the tach's wire (I think green but check the paperwork) to that after running it through the firewall. I ran the other wires through the vent in the top of the dash and down to where the old lower console used to be. I had removed most of the interior from my car, so I just cut off the plug for the stock cigarete lighter (the acutally port was removed with the interior panel) and wired everything to that. I ran the light's power through a little $2 switch from radio shack so I could turn the tach's light on and off independant of the stock dash lights (at night the tach disappeared if the swtich wasn't on).

 

didn't say i liked it.. lol

just said its available... and yeah the non circled part is what i meant

 

i could not agree more.. i like the nice big easy to read tach.. and i LOVE having a shift light



people talk shit abotu them... but pretty usefull