What if ?

I went to the dealers yesterday and they want £139 for the gauge and £150 to fit it !!!!!!! WTF !!!!! they wouldn't negotiate either, they said that was Subaru prices for you and they don't make anything out of the fitment as it is a difficult and time comsuming job (Yeah, right, for monkeys !).
I asked about supplying my own gauge and they were ok with this, they also said I could have one fitted myself and NOT invalidate my Warranty. I think I would want that in writing. I have decided I want to fit the gauge to the right of the Clocks on the top of the dash as near to the upright post as possible, the more descrete the better.

Anyone got any website links for some decent gauges ? (not illuminated ones as I do not want the electrics touched).

XRS

I suggest you try Powerstation - they fitted my Defis

Robocop

Xtreme Scoobies charged £100 for fitting my 3 Defi gauges. A darn site more involved that fitting 1 boost gauge.

al3x

the boost guage is really simple. £150 notes is stupid!

peachy wrx

power engineering fitted my boost gauge for £30

What if ?

where are extreme scoobies based ?
If not local to Portsmouth, who else around here can I go to see?
anyone have a website address for Defi's ?

al3x

Xtreme are in Chelmsford, Essex, not very local!

jammers

Just a quick question - where did you take the feed for the gauge from? i have an 02 WRX and do not want it off the dump valve as it is not that accurate.
JP

Brun

Jammers - if your car is the same setup as a MY99 which i believe it will be then this pic should help. It's the nipple where the small white pipe goes in

Brun

What if ? - You don't need to mess with your cars electrics to have illumination. Just run your own feed straight from the battery. Here are the Defis for ya

4X4BOB

Fitted a Spitfire boost gauge to my 02WRX, took me around 1/2hour. illumination picked up from the back of the switches near the coin tray.
Don't have the car anymore but it looked A1 and all for 30quid!




bob

What if ?

some nice pic's there, where can I buy a Defi Boost gauge and who near portsmouth can fit them

Graham P1

Just got one from my local Subaru dealer. £139.99 for the gauge and all the bits needed to fit which included a easy to follow instruction sheet.

I was quoted £60 to fit (basically 1 hours labour). I thought that was rather expensive so fitted it myself. Fairly easy to fit, took me a couple of hours although I was taking my time. Certainly wouldn't pay £150 to have it fitted, thats taking the ****. A technician who would have fitted several should be able to do this in 1 hour.

Graham.

BLACK V5

Sorry for being a bit thick. So do you just fit a T piece in this hose to run the gauge from?

Thanks.

jammers

Bob,
where did you take the boost feed from for your 02 WRX, was it the same place as Brun?
Brun,
thanks for the pic .....
cheers
James

Graham P1

I simply T'eed off the pipe between the inlet manifold and the dump valve.

I understand some models (not sure what years) actually have a spare nipple on the inlet manifold next to the dump valve pipe which can also be used.

This pipe then runs through the bulk head, into the car. It comes in under the steering column. Then simply fits into the back of the boost gauge.

jammers

Yeh - i've had a good look for this nipple as in the above pic and can't find it, so i'm guessing my inlet manifold is a bit different to other years.
In that case do you think it'll be fine tee'ing off the pipe, next to the nipple in the above pic???

Graham - what model year car did you do that on, and thos ewere from the subaru instructions???

JP

scoobyboy

so now you understand why garages charge so much, because it's not that straight forward is it.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Those defi's look sweet mate.


What year is this car? Did it come with white dials if not where can i get some

Brun

The car is a uk MY99 and the white dials are std

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

luck get.

Can you get the kit for new age, i have always loved the white dial thing.

jammers

ohhhhhhhhhhhh ........

No i don't understand why they charge so much, as it is an easy job once you decide where to tee off, i've done it to a couple of other cars in the past.

Now if you don't have anything constructive to say ......

scoobyboy

if you have done it before then why ask all the questions?
and i've just seen what you do for a living and you say garages are expensive!

jammers

Because, put simply, i want to get it right and if there is a nipple that i can tee off from, then i'd rather use that. Obviously, you have no intention of constructively adding any comments, and then start to get personal, you remind me of someone ........