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Thread: My official gauge question thread

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    TahitiTiger
    I got married over the weekend! and my gracious wife has said it was ok to use half of our wedding money on the Tahiti
    So my questions being, at what point do you say the boat is a restoration, to hell with it, I want it to look cool, and go real fast? Example, originally the boat had metal flake uphoulstery with tuck 'n roll. Now it has red marine vynal just flat, the engine is all original looking from the outside, and so will be the paint job. I was carefull to make sure the stereo was hidden under the decking, so as to keep that original look.
    So now the gauge question, I have decided to use some of the money on a gauge set. At the moment I have Teleflex Marine, Auto Meter, Stewart Werner, and Sun Pro gauges in the boat! I am sure the SWs were the O.E. cause the boat had more of those (not working) than the others.
    At the moment my boat has a very old Teleflex speedo. This POS is the main reason I want new gauges, never reads faster than 35. And in the no wake zone it claims I am going 20 at idle! So I know it is effed up. I know the best out there is GPS speedos, but wow those things are pricey! This boat will never see anything more than the mildly built 455 thats in it, so any thing past 60 I seriously doubt. So do I go old school and use all SW marine gauges, go affordable with Beede, or go for flash (and personal favorite)and dead nuts accuracy with Auto Meter?
    Thank you all for your help
    TT

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    Mr. Crusader 83
    I have the white beede gauges from Rex and i like them. They are white with red trim rings.
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...CK_CAR_002.jpg

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    wet77
    I like the white faced autometer marine gauges I have, easy to read work great
    If you do not want to spend the money on a in dash GPS you can get one like I did that you can bring with you in the boat and take it out and use it everywhere else!
    They go for about $120
    http://www.***boat.com/forums/attach...1&d=1175007439

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    wet77
    Gauges --Autometer pro comp marine white faced
    http://www.***boat.com/forums/attach...1&d=1175007746

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    1968Droptop
    Gauges --Autometer pro comp marine white faced
    I say it's your boat, put in what you like. If your asking what I/we think looks and works the best, then I too vote AM ProComp white faced guages. I just installed a complete set of AM PC's in my boat, easy to read, accurate, and they look fantastic !!!

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    Let me throw a couple things back at you that may help with your decision. If all it is ever going to have is a mild 455, why do you need "dead nuts accurate"? Also, if you are restoring it, why would you put white faced gauges in it? If you are going to update it, call it that and run with it. If it's a resto, think through what era/look you're going for.
    Just my .02

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    I had to compromise on the look I have because of the gauge size (2 5/8"). I wanted a resto look with black faced gauges, but the closest I could find was Autometer Procomps. Someday, I'll put a set of SW's or Sun's in it to get the right look.
    http://www.freeboardchallenged.com/s...nt02011607.jpg

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    Taylorman
    I have the white beede gauges from Rex and i like them. They are white with red trim rings.
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...CK_CAR_002.jpg
    Hey crusader, you have more pictures of your interior?

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    Autometer gauges. Like you, I couldn't/wouldn't afford the gps speedo
    just yet. Still had ta know how fast n such so........ Similar setup as
    wet77 Except I was too cheap to even buy the mount. Homemeade gps
    mount from some scrap aluminum I had laying around. Painted it to match
    and it works pretty good. Had it out for the first time in some super rough
    water this past weekend, and it didn't come loose.
    Not unlike most of my stuff...........it's crude but effective.
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/gauges.jpg
    Didn't want to put any screws into the dash so it's mounted from behind.
    That sounds bad don't it? Behind the dash that is.
    Remove a couple thumb screws and you'd never know it was there.
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...gps_holder.jpg

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    460 jus getn it
    White faced beede / red bezals.

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