im usually against a pillar gauge pods, but i saw these and instantly wanted them. now my question for you guys...... is it worth it?



its 250 bucks, comes with the gauge pods and a blank cf cover for the passenger side. hey if people want these, maybe i can ask chuck or maybe these guys if i can get it cheap with enough people



http://www.teamprototype.com/cfparts/gauge/fc3s_01.jpg

Mark could probably make them for cheaper then $250

good idea

hot damn, wish they were for t2's



kevin.

nice ...whos selling them?

i saw it on e bay..... but its a lil pricy

Chuck ....Oh ..i need to read more..sorry...i might be down for a group buy

nope, chuck isnt making them, i can ask if he can though

I'd buy a set if you had them made (assuming they would be priced cheaper than $250.

i e mailed mark to see what he can do for us.... maybe we can get a group buy goin for this and get the cost down

you would have to remove your auto seat belts.



I would make them if you pre-sold 20 of them to make it worth my time.

i was already working on carbon A pillars but got caught up in other projects and now i see someone beat me to it. mine are going to sell for about $75 a side plain and $95 with gauge pod.

rockshox make it and ill buy it https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR



can you make me a steering column guage while youre at it?

you would have to remove your auto seat belts.



I would make them if you pre-sold 20 of them to make it worth my time. [/quote]

hey rob, how much would it cost if you made it...... so i can guage interest from the other forum and this forum

I've had the a-pillar gauge pods...they suck. I had to keep looking around them to see to the right(right hand drive). I got the CF mickey mouse gauge pods from border....they don't get in the way and I quit straining my neck!

how much do cf mickeys go for?

i was worried about the view too but with the autometer pod i have the pods are right in line with the pillar from the drivers seat so no no extra view was lost. that said i think stock the view isnt too good and i think there is room to get about another half inch of view if new pillar trim is made correctly.

you would have to remove your auto seat belts.



I would make them if you pre-sold 20 of them to make it worth my time. [/quote]

hey rob, how much would it cost if you made it...... so i can guage interest from the other forum and this forum [/quote]

cheaper to have rockshok make them then me, not worth my time

for $75

well i didnt think i was THAT cheap. i probably will never get around to doing pillars for a T2 so feel free.

I definitly wouldnt make them for a TII, FD guys spend the cash, not

FC guys. Besides S5 FCs cant use them anyhow.



I guess I am spoiled when it comes to doing side projects, I wont

take on projects if Im not going to make money on them.

plus the fact I only use TOP grade materials and have a tendency to be

extremely critical of my own work, a by-product of working on boats all day.



I see no money being made in this for me.

For someone using cheap epoxy with no uv shield, then laying one layer of

CF and then maybe one more layer of glass- they can make it cheap. I cant.

i hope you arent talking about me since i use top quality materials as well.

not at all, hope it didnt sound like that https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

tailor them for the canadian and japanese people and aussies....they can all use them on s5 cars



and i can too since my car is from up north







but i dont want them ... just letting you know about other markets

that would require left hand and right hand models

id love a guage pod like that but in my opinion thats too much carbon fiber in a way to obvious place. how about a cheaper paintable fiber glass version???

you can paint carbon fiber just as well as fiberglass, the carbon fiber piece will (hopefully) be lighter.





i'm with rob here, 75 for it is ridiculous either the guy is not making money (stupid) or they are not comparable to what was photographed in the beginning of the thread.



high grade epoxy resin and CF fabric alone will consume alot of $75, then add the cost of making the mold and materials consumed in the process. Not even including time it's already not worth it.

im with you on this one.



I dont think I would make CF ones anyhow, I can make them

from a better material and have the same texture as what the pillar trim

is made from now if I want and it would not be nearly as time consuming

as fiberglass ones, they would be flexable so they wouldnt crack if someone

was a bit rough putting them on, and they could still be painted if someone

wanted to.



I had thought about making them in black, but for the method I was thinking of

making them in I can easily change colors.



Problem is I would still want to make about 20-30 of them to make it all worth

my time.



By the way- besides the wet/dry CF, most of the CF stuff people are selling

is one layer of CF then its fiberglass, the CF is for looks, im not into doing

that.