Who makes reliable gauges?

db · Post by db » Tue Apr 21, 15 4:40 pm

Having wasted a lot of time and worry this weekend staring at gauges that were mostly lying to me... I'm going to replace them with something I can rely on.
Are Autometer THE gauges to have or, like a lot of stuff these days, crap being hawked on the strength of a once-good name? Or Smiths or Stack?

Recommendations please?

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Tue Apr 21, 15 5:00 pm

I've got autometer sport comp in mine the seem fine.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Apr 21, 15 6:55 pm

Stewart Warner...

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Apr 21, 15 7:19 pm

Stewart Warner for me too, all metal construction and the new gauges still look the same good quality they have made for donkeys years. Cheap gauges are the work of the devil and totally pointless IMO.

db · Post by db » Wed Apr 22, 15 7:56 am

Thanks for the info. I quite like the look of the chrome bezel SW ones, are there any UK suppliers?

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Apr 22, 15 8:53 am

I don't think so, I normally order via Speedway or Summit.

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Apr 22, 15 9:48 am

jerry wrote:I've got autometer sport comp in mine the seem fine.

yep same here

summit

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Apr 22, 15 12:07 pm

I've used Sport comps in the past with no issues at all, they do look like a quality gauge. Sunpro is cheap plastic tat and I wouldn't fit those to a tot rod, and I suspect Moon gauges are made by them as well these days. I always prefer mechanical gauges over electrical ones for vital functions, I just don't trust the accuracy of the sender units. I also prefer the larger 2 5/8" diameter, easier to read and they look "right" in an American car.

db · Post by db » Wed Apr 22, 15 5:03 pm

Great ta. Yeah I trust mechanical ones much more. It was the electronic sender that was iffy on my oil pressure gauge at the weekend.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Thu Apr 23, 15 11:29 pm

stewart warner for me too

http://www.summitracing.com/int/search/ ... s%20Gauges