get the Defi stack display that replaces your stock speedometer/tachometer/gas gauge thingy (forgot the name. haha). cant get any more low profile than that

 

Wow, that SARD looks RICEy .

Here is a somewhat stealthier and cheaper alternative:

http://www.mastrowrx.com/

These look quite cool installed; with four variables (gauge readouts) on the screen at the same time and the boost represented as a linear value (a bar that grows and shrinks with boost level) it looks like a chunk of the Starship Enterprise has been grafted into your dash. I balked at the price, initially, but it is actually an incredible value: for instance, 4 Defi gauges with peak hold and the link module for them = $1100 + labor for the install ($160) and you'd still be 3 gauges short of what the S.E.C.S. can measure with NO sensor install.

HKB, do you have a link to that DEFI "stack?" This is the first I have heard of it. Technically, anything that can read ODBII sensors should be able to give WRX/STI drivers a readout, but I'd want something tuned specifically to read out Subaru Impreza values, like the S.E.C.S. -- boxer engines are unique animals.

Oh, and finally -- mods, this obviously belongs in Interior/Exterior, not EJ20

 

You can go with the Omori gauges mounted in front of your gauge cluster. Can't see them from outside unless you really look in to the car and they look awesome. Got them from www.j-spectuning.com

 

If you want to keep your guages low key, try going with the HKS Camp system. Its about the same price as the Defi Link meter package, but the only drawback is that you have to have a screen for it to be displayed, but it comes with a ton of features like data logging, and other goodness. CHeck out www.hksusa.com or www.z1auto.com You should be able to find plenty of info there.

 

Hmmm... $905.00 without install, and you don't even get a display of any kind? Last time I checked, a display like the one shown was in the $400 range, so we're talking $1300 if you install all the sensors AND the display yourself, and then you give up your stereo (both DIN slots) to boot.

 

thats true meilers, but you could just move the stereo to where the clock is and or is you got a flip out stereo with a screen you could use the second rca inputs for the Camp system. now you have a dvd player, cd player and a full vehicle monitoring system. Also if you think about it wiring the Defi guages with the sensors is a pain also but if you were going to do it yourself it would be the same amount of work. The only other advantage to the HKS system is the added cool factor of having it. you have to admit thats its pretty tight

 

wow sard! that thing is freaking dope ive seen the stacks cluster installed in a bmw and i asked the owner how he got it installed and he told me that it was a biatch and very expensive

he ended up paying like 800 bucks i think to get it installed and fitted into the cluster area
it looked freaking sweet non the less and id do it over a gang load of gauges anyday
edgar,

 

Yes, it is indeed tight. However, typically people with a LCD on the dash have those RCA jacks plugged into their PlayStation 2 8)

 

i dont have the defi stack display. i have only seen pictures of it in magazines. its pure pimpage and low profile since it replaces your stock cluster

 

do you know where to get the Defi stack display? I think it would be pretty tight

 

Do you mean this?

http://www.stackinc.com/tuner.html

No offense, but that thing is UGLY. Even worse, it only displays the normal gauge information that is already normally there - speed, tach, gas mileage, trip odometer and odometer - unless you add sensors and the logging software. I suppose if you were concerned with shaving tenths of a second off your lap time or tuning your vehicle several times a year, the logging feature would be useful -- but if they are going to capture race telemetry they could at least make it look nice.