Colinb17's kinda sorta build thread - now with 4-link and long travel

Do you push the grommet to the side or through the middle? I'm getting tired of having a puddle on the driver side every time it rains

 

i actually cut a slit in it, next to the hole that all of the factory wires come through. so the entire grommet is still intact and in place. i cut a small slit for a wire or two, and it just stretches with each new wire. can be hard to get a wire through, but it's never let water in, even in deep crossings.

 

I just use a metal coat hanger to punch thru the factory grommet. No water or mud thru it ever...

 

i've had to do that a couple of times with smaller wires. not to make a new hole, but to feed them through the existing one.

 

I just randomly push threw it,...

 

Yeah my lotek was the same too. Got it to where it could screw down and mounted it up.

I also have 2 gauges in steering wheel also

 

for the horror stories i had heard, i was actually pleased with how it went in, even though it isn't near factory.

i have a feeling i'll be adding the steering wheel pod..... i have a wideband afr and volt gauges coming in the mail tomorrow, but i also want to add transmission temp and oil pressure sooner than later.

 

What u have now? In a pillar I have fuel and oil psi on steering wheel I have boost and afr

 

just the ones i listed. i'm not supercharged, so boost is obviously non needed, and fuel pressure isn't nearly as vital. but afr and oil psi i feel are important to the health of any motor. i also want the afr to keep tabs on the tune on my URD MAF calibrator.

i have the colt gauge coming because of everything i run off my truck, and i want the transmission gauge so i can keep an eye on things when i'm toying and wheeling.

 

Does your ultraguage fit between the steering wheel guages?

 

I think being supercharged fuel psi is more important for me. I wouldn't mind adding more but only place I have available, unless I move my add switch, is underneath the ac controls

 

i was thinking about putting the voltage gauge in the dash or center console, which would then free up a spot for one more, but unless i ever supercharge, my phone pulls and displays pretty much everything else i need from the obd2.

 

Coat hanger can be sharp enough to slice the insulation on a wire. I use a stiff zip tie with the wire taped to it and spray some windex on it for lubrication.

 

what app are you running to monitor your info coming from the OBD2?

 

Torque. I paid the $4 for the upgraded version with the extra features.

 

Yep. Works alright. I prefer my ultraguage, at least for tracking MPG and fuel, but Torque and the adapter are cheaper. I use that in my DD now.

 

i've never used it to track mpg, so it's been great for my purposes. spits out more info than i'll ever need. i have two screens of gauges on it that i typically use while driving, and then the pitch and roll meters that i use while wheeling. has options for like 7 different screens, but i haven't even added gauges to those yet since i don't knwo what to monitor lol.

 

what kind of info does it show you?

 

It doesn't show tranny temp does it? I know the ultra guage doesn't but I never thought to check the torque app... Tranny temp is the only thing I'm missing and would like... I imagine with my 4.88's my tranny is just fine though. haha