Noobie! boost gauge

[bdip12]

Quick newb question about boost gauge install. I bought hte 42 dd A pillar VDO boost gauge. I"m pretty good as far as running the hose, mounting the pod.
My question is with the LED. I got two LED's from the company. When i pull the dimmer switch to splice is there going to be an obvious place that i plug the LED's in? Sorry about the stupid question but i'm new with electrical and LED's.

[junkboy]

here you go. a diy for the boost gauge. http://www.ottawa-vdubbing.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=139070

[bdip12]

here you go. a diy for the boost gauge. http://www.ottawa-vdubbing.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=139070

Read that several times and still doesnt answer my question. There are no good DIY's about wiring and the LED's. And that guy was installing a gauge that used bulb's.:gt-bb-chongin:

[Vampire Cockroach]

I'm pretty sure I wired my LED power wire from the middle wire going to the dash dimmer... and my ground wire to a random bolt touching metal that was inside the dash

if you pop out the light switch, you should be able to push from behind the dimmer to pop out the dimmer.. then slice up your LED power wire to the middle wire

just a little piece of advice, those quick-tap square looking things are your best friend with this job :upyeah:

hope this was of some help!

[junkboy]

just a little piece of advice, those quick-tap square looking things are your best friend with this job :upyeah:

yeah man, i have a ton of them. best thing ever.

i used an blue led with mine from newsouthperformances and i just followed that diy. it wasn't that hard. tap into the dimmer switch. the led has two wires. either wire can be postive or negative. still going strong after 1 year of uses.

[bdip12]

i'm sure i'm trying to make it much harder than it actually is.

[bdip12]

installing boost gauge now. still dont see where the led bulb is supposed to plug in. also, where are you guys running the wires in the a-pillar? drilling a hole?

[a4wdhybrid]

still dont see where the led bulb is supposed to plug in.
in the socket...where the normal bulb would go

[bdip12]

so the bulb that is in the dimmer switch? just pull apart the switch box and switch out the bulb?

[a4wdhybrid]

oh my goodness....

how would a bulb in your dimmer switch light up your boost gauge?

[bdip12]

thats the question. where the hell is the socket for the f'ing bulb.
not pissed at you. just frustrated with this ish.

[bdip12]

ok.....got the led in and good with that. hooked up the hose and turn the car on and.......nothing. I know its run right. why would i not be getting a reading?

[junkboy]

did you hook it up to the fpr?

[bdip12]

yea. its reading now. about 6 or so in vac. then when i am giving it load it jumps to about 5 or 6 boost. these sound right??

[a4wdhybrid]

no

vacuum while idle should read ~19-21

driving vacuum/boost is totally dependent on your right foot

[bdip12]

when i am sitting there at idle. it reads about 7 in vac. and i couldnt really get it about 6 boost when driving.

[a4wdhybrid]

something is not right

tapped incorrectly...kinked tube...something

[bdip12]

I'm thinking the hose has a leak in it. The braided part of the fpr hose was pretty much crumbling in my hands. Like dry rotted or something. Could a leak in the fpr hose give me those readings?

[a4wdhybrid]

possible

[Yareka]

Time to buy about 6ft of vacuum hose and go to town. With your mileage, all the braided hoses coming off the mani need to be replaced.

[greyvdub]

I'm pretty sure I wired my LED power wire from the middle wire going to the dash dimmer... and my ground wire to a random bolt touching metal that was inside the dash

if you pop out the light switch, you should be able to push from behind the dimmer to pop out the dimmer.. then slice up your LED power wire to the middle wire

just a little piece of advice, those quick-tap square looking things are your best friend with this job :upyeah:

hope this was of some help!

this is what I did when I did the install..

[bdip12]

this is what I did when I did the install..

Actually, the power wire is the blue/gray wire on the outside. the ground is the all brown wire on the other side. Not sure what the middle wire is for. If you hooked up to the middle wire, can you still dim the gauge with the rest of the lights? Mine dims with everything else.

[Vampire Cockroach]

if it already dims with everything else then leave it alone

the other wire will only make it full bright all the time