One of the most important aspects of racing is knowing exactly what your car is doing at all times. You need to have the most accurate measurements for all the variables that your car is going through to maintain, tune and most importantly to know your car is operating at a safe level. Megan Racing 52mm Gauges offer extremely accurate and easy to read values so that you know exactly what is going on with your engine at all times. They feature a bright hyper-white backlighting provided by low-heat LED’s and a sleek tinted glare-and-scratch resistant crystal to aid in gauge perception while offering a nice touch to the interior of any car. Another excellent feature is that the gauges weigh only about 3oz each cause unnecessary weight is never something you want to add to a car.
Author
Haohmaru Registered User
Registered: May 2003 Location: Rhode Island
Review Date: Tue February 28, 2006
Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: $120.00
| Rating: 4
Pros:
Nice looking at night and inexpensive
Cons:
Unreadable during day due to high tint and glare.
I purchased 3 Megan gauges off of eBay the other day. Wow, 35 bucks a piece! What a deal right? No.
First off, I'll say the gauges looks real nice. That said, I hope you do most of your driving at night because that's the only time you'll ever be able to read them.
The tint is IMPOSSIBLY dark, making the dials barely legible. Besides that, you'd better hope the sun isn't out because the glare factor on these things make them COMPLETELY unreadable. The guy who QA'd the things must have had XRay vision.
So, I call up Megan Racing for a suggestion. The gauges come with two wires for lighting. One is for daytime driving (ACC wire, brightest) and one is for nighttime driving (wires to the lights switch, dims them when you turn your lights on). The tech suggested I connect the ACC wire to the Lights wire. This makes them even brighter ALL THE TIME. This helped a *little* during the day but they were still completely illegible when glare hit them. And at night they outshone everything else in the car, looking quite ridiculous.
Also, the Oil Temp gauge comes with a sender unit, but no wire. And the gauge has only one wire to connect the sender to. The two other gauges I've worked with both had two. And they have the most worthless instructions. The Turbo gauge comes with cheap nylon hose and for some bizarre reason is 53mm instead of the standard 52mm. The voltmeter was fine, but that's kind of hard to mess up anyway.
It's a good thing they were so inexpensive because I resold them on back on eBay and purchased Autometer Cobalts. I'm much happier with the quality (Megan gauges feel cheap) and they look much nicer to boot.
\\Greg
Note: I'm not dissin' your Megan gauge installation, this was just my experience and personal preferences. If they work for you, you will have saved a bundle.
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