Well, I finally finished the entire install of the dual - gauge pillar pod in my 1997 Civic CX. The wiring part took the longest, but only because I did alot of poking and probing. The setup looks and works great - almost like it belongs there. The green light cover in the tach makes the brightness a bit less than I'm used to, so I may remove the green cover and see what it looks like without it.
Since everything is still fresh in my mind, I thought I'd write a detailed procedure for those of you who may want to do the same thing. I chose a tach and clock, but the same procedure can be used if you want to install any other types of gauges.

Here's the link:

http://www.conceptualpolymer.com/honda_corner.htm

Please let me know what you think!

Dave

 

not bad since you dont have a tach. matches up well with the color. looks good!

 

Thanks! The pillar pods are offered in gray (like mine) and black. The only difference between the color of the pod and the color of my interior is that pod color is more glossy. The fit is not quite perfect, but close enough so that most people wouldn't notice without looking closely.

Dave

 

nice install, tho I do have to ask how much did you spend? Just wondering how factual your pro's n con's list is.

 

I spent about $230 altogether, since the only tool I had to buy was the Electro-tek circuit tester (less than $6). The stereo has a clock, but it is displayed only when the stereo is off - kinda weird. That's why I installed a clock in the pod. The nice thing is that I can easily swap out the gauges for different ones, if I ever need to. For instance, if I ever swap out the instrument cluster for an inexpensive EX version, I can always pop in a vacuum, oil pressure, or other gauge into the pod.

The advantages and disadvantages listed are my opinions, of course. Some Civic owners don't like pillar pods, but the interesting thing is that there is very little install info online for those who do like them.

Dave

 

where did you get the dual pillar pod? I can only find triple pillar pods that cover the entire pillar, all the duals i can find only cover up about a foot of the pillr and it looks really bad [&:]

 

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

 

That's it!

 

WOW, very nice write up!

looks good

if you want to e-mail that write up/pictures to one of the mods we could post it in our DIY section

 

Thanks! I can email you the PDF file in a short while; I just have to correct a couple of minor details.

Dave