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Subject:Re: instrument cluster foil replacement
From:Richard Koller
Date:Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:51:14 -0400

Dennis, have you seen the Vanagon.org system in action as well? And does
the GW system totally eliminate the stock dynamic oil warning system with
the their version? Or is this a choice?

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been installing the GoWesty kits. I like the brightness of the waring
> LEDs, the integrated dynamic oil pressure warning system and the
> illumination LEDS. But since it is Friday I'll add that what we really need
> is an upgraded instrument cluster. We need speedometer/odometer that really
> works without the bouncing needle, electronic instead of cable driven and
> the ability to add more instrumentation including volts, oil pressure oil
> temperature, and especially for automatics transmission temperature. And
> while some of that will be available on the scan gauge for the GW EFI that
> is not a user friendly interface to use while driving. Personally after
> installing that system I find using that scan gauge display while driving
> is as bad as using a cell phone.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of
> Richard Koller
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 12:41 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: instrument cluster foil replacement
>
> Hi Vanagoneers,
> I need to replace the instrument foil in my '90 syncro and I was
> interested to know the various opinions of the List comparing the GoWesty
> with the Vanagon.org products before I buy one or the other. The cost isn't
> my concern only the quality and or userfriendliness of each.
> Thanks
> Rick Koller
>