Do Glowshift Gauges Suck? Review after 3 years of use!
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2019
- Thank you guys so much for watching! I will hopefully be able to make a video installing the oil temperature gauge when I buy it. For those who want some gauges I provided a link to the website! Thanks so much for watching! It means the world!
Glowshift website:
www.glowshiftdirect.com/?gcli...
My Boost Gauge:
www.glowshiftdirect.com/black...
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UPDATE (08/24/21)- Gauges are still working great with zero issues!
Good to hear that
for the oil temp, did you need extra wiring to make it to the fire wall?
@@knatzonum678 I don't have an oil temperature gauge only oil pressure. The oil pressure gauge came with plenty of wire to install. I would assume the same for the oil temperature gauge!
@@wesmartin8314 appreciate it brodie!
this might be a dumb question but does it work with superchargers
Thanks for reviewing these, I was lookin into getting some and this helped a lot.
So glad I could be of help!!
Nothing wrong with Glow Shift guages. I never had a problem with them, EVER. Most people who say they suck, like you said, make it about a status thing. Both my cousin and I have the same Dodge Ram 1500 boosted 5.7 Hemi. Since we modify together, we have everything the same except the guages. He has the expensive guages and I have Glow-Shift. Our transmission temps, turbo boost, and oil pressure all read almost exactly to each other. We have had these going on almost 4 years now.
That is awesome to hear! Super cool to hear about a side by side comparison!
Great review. I also have a number of GlowShift gauges. 4 years and not one problem.
I’m even utilizing a dual needle turbo air temp gauge with a pair of their liquid type sensors to measure charge air coolant and engine coolant temperature. I bet they never thought that would work!!! But it works great. Again. Great review keep up the good work.
Thank you for the kind words! Honestly means a lot!
Thanks for your honest review and information, I appreciate it.
Of course! Happy it was useful!
Thanks for making that video. I have never heard of glow shift gauges B4. I am looking to put some in my 2002 F150 4x4 mainly for the look. And by the way I am 60yrs old and you do a great review of the gauges . Thanks again. Sincerely Roger H.
Glad the video was helpful!
Awesome! Been looking for someone who’s used them long term. I just ordered a trans temp and an oil temp gauge for my Jeep Comanche. Thanks for the review. I’ve made up my mind
That is awesome to hear man! I'm glad I could help!!
Hows the trans temp guage treating ya?
@@TheKellisunshyne great! Never had an issue with them yet.
I'm glad I just reviewed your video because this entire time I was thinking I had a faulty Glow Shift Boost gauge because it was displaying a negative reading in my 86 Grand National. Now I know it's reading vacuum and that's a good thing. I went out and bought all new Auto Meter Cobalt Digital Series Boost, Oil, and Water Temp gauges with electrical sending units to hopefully fix the problem. After hearing your review, I don't think I even have a problem. I'm thinking about returning the Auto Meter gauges now.
Super glad I could be of help! I am always happy to hear my video helped someone! Thank you for watching!
Yeah I got in a newer wrx and it reads boost on the display and it’s almost ways in negative when daily driving
Just installed these on my 85 Cutlass supreme. Oil pressure, temp and voltage. excellent
Thats awesome! Thank you so much for watching!
Nice Video. My glowshift boost gauge should be here tomorrow. Now Im pumped
Thank you so much! Awesome man, glad I could help!
Great video, I actually hit the forward button by accident, landing me on your video but im glad to have watched it.. I have 3 glowshift gauges currently and looking to add a glowshift wideband.
Haha that's awesome! Thank you for watching!!
I love my glow shift gauges. Over a year old and still work great! Water temp and oil pressure.
Thats awesome to hear!
Just installed oil pressure gauge into my focus. Fun experience and very rewarding. Thing is about ford is the oil pressure sensor comes on only witg 5 psi. Going to also do this to my OBS ford
Good video. Helps people like me decide if I wanted to get those or not. Now I know it's OK. Thanks
Have a 91 Dodge D250 Cummins Pre 91.5 so Non/IC with Glowshift gauges, have had them about a year and a half. NO problems Boost, Trans Temp and EGT All work great and makes it easy to monitor, since I put in the 46RH OD transmission the EGT can get up there as the Non/IC had bigger injectors and more fuel. I agree GlowShift work great. Thanks for the review
That's awesome! Thank you for watching!
This an awesome vid broski. ‘Twas a veedub dude for eons. Auto tech man lol. Run a focus st with a bit of boost, and I love me car. 300 hp 370 tq. Just bought an a pillar and zee gauges. I appreciate the help man
Thanks man, I think ill order a set for my truck now; temp, oil, voltage
Get a trans temp
I recently learned something I did not know about factory oil gauges and perhaps maybe others... In some vehicles with oil pressure factory gauges what they display may not really be true. I recently drove such a vehicle and that is the only reason I looked it up because I knew that actual oil pressure does not behave as this one read. turns out the gauge only worked like an idiot light with you having to have extreme low pressure before the needle would drop down.... Another thing ive noticed on my 20 year old gmc is that when i plug into the obd and use an app to monitor various readings that they do not exactly match what the factory gauges are saying even though they are getting there info from the system itself.. the engine temp especially catches my eye... the factory gauge does not even make sense as the first half of its sweep covers 100 degrees but the second half only covers 60 degrees... at normal temp it seems to be ok but as temp deviates away from that the gauge becomes more and more innacurate while the app seems to behave and read in a more believable way.... if that makes sense? basically to some degree or another the factory gauges in some cases behave more like idiot lights is the point... even though they are gauges... for anyone who works on cars having accurate info is critical and I no longer will trust factory gauges by default as i once did to provide that info. ordering me a glowshift trans temp gauge today
Great video man you really deserve more subs🤙
Thank you! That really means a lot!
Nice video, I have some GS gauges on wishlist (boost, oil T and P) and was looking for reviews before pulling the trigger. This gives me some confidence :) also, haven't you had any leak or fisure on the oil sandwich plate? Is the part that I'm more heistant to get
Thank you for watching! I appreciate it a lot! I have personally experienced zero oil leaks from the plate throughout owning it!
Been running these for years. Even regularly pushing 65psi of boost on my compound turbos. Never had an issue
That's awesome to hear! Thank you for watching!
Have a few glows shift gauges. A vacuum pressure gauge, oil pressure ,and oil temp. Some of the colors don't look right because of the needle but overall I've been loving mine for about 4 or 5 years and there still working fine.
That's awesome! I expect mine to be around for a long time too!
FAKE NAME which way did you decide to install your oil pressure guage? Did you use the plate he refers to in the video? I have never heard of that method and am holding a glo shift oil pressure guage as we speak trying to decide which route to go lol
I just bought pillar pod, boost gauge, oil temp gauge and volt gauge from them for my bmw and it’s great. Haven’t installed them yet but can’t wait!
Thats awesome man! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
Wes Martin Thank you so much bro!
More people need to see this I tell everyone about these all my gauges are glow shift never had a problem with them
Thank you! Yeah I would love for more people to see it! I appreciate the kind words!
Great video young man
Thanks for posting this! I’m trying to figure out what gauges to put into my Veloster turbo and this helps a lot. Especially since I’m doing it alone. Also it’s nice to know what they are for and how they work. Tysm you don’t even know.
Sorry for the slow reply. I am so glad the video was helpful! Good luck on your veloster!
Awesome video bro and car as well. Hopefully you still have it lol. I have a MK4 GTI ive been wanting to get gauges for. What gague pod are you using?
Im going with Glowshift Gauges as well.
Yeah I actually do still have it and everything is still working haha. Here is the link to the pod I am using. Thanks for watching!
www.glowshiftdirect.com/black-triple-pillar-gauge-pod-for-1999-2005-volkswagen-golf/
very good video martin, these glow shift gauges are for any car? i got a (2004 e55 amg ) just curious thanks.
Thank you! Yes they are universal. The only thing not universal is some accessories and gauge pods! Thanks for watching!
I use there boost gauge on my first car too I've had my trans am since 2001 and it's now a turbocharged V8 GM performance crate engine with CX racing turbo headers and a T76 Turbo the gauge works just fine and matches my wideband better than autometer would have and matches my red gauge panel
That is so awesome! So cool to see them lasting that long! Sounds like an awesome build too! Thanks for watching!
Aem is so expensive also autometer but I’d definitely will try glowshift
I was set on some Dakota digital gauges for my c10 but I’m a father and husband on a budget so I might just check this out
Awesome! Super cool to see you still enjoying your passion on a budget!
Challenge for you. If you are reading oil pressure with a glowshift sandwich adapter, try reading your oil pressure at any engine block oil gallery. You will see less.
The sandwich adapter has taps that are plumbed to the upstream side of your oil filter. You are only seeing the pressure upstream of your filter. If your filter were plugged, your oil pressure reading would max out as your engine ran dry.
Move your sensor downstream of the oil filter if you want to see what's actually happening in your oil galleries.
I've contacted Glowshift about this and their reply was something like "everyone does it that way".
Save your engine. Move your sensor. The sandwich adapter could still be used to determine delta P across your filter, but it's not properly designed to show you oil pressure at the motor.
DADDDDYS BACK!!!!!!
My oil pressure gauge leaks. But I did not buy the Glowshift sandwich plate I got the Mishimoto. I’m thinking it’s a sensor problem because they use the same thread
I'm here because I have a Glowshift wideband gauge with my mild cam and a few ppl said that brand is inaccurate. I'm looking into a vacuum gauge and trying to find opinions.
Nice review, I've been looking at gauges and didn't want to spend $$$ a fortune on them 👍
BTW crappy weather, where do you live at ?
Thank you! I totally agree with that! I live in Pittsburgh PA, the weather is kinda the worst lol
Glad I found this review gotta civic project that I dumped a lot of money as far as the engine and the turbo kit but barley feel the need to drop $500 on gauges that could easily be read by cheaper alternatives. Might need to get a more accurate boost gauge but we shall see
That sounds like an awesome build! Thank you so much for watching! I hope your project goes well!
Just ordered mine cool review
Thank you very much!
Ive been running Glowshift since 2015 ( oil pessure, temp, voltage, fuel, tach and speedo) I think they look good and have all worked well and still function fine.
That's awesome to hear!! Thanks for watching!
I have theme in both of my cars and I love them.
That's awesome!
"theme"
Would you recommend for gloshift for transmission temp gauge?
Love the review thinking I'll use these since my pods wont look empty ..hahaha and won't have to go crazy on the spending .
07" Mazdaspeed 6
Thank you for watching! Haha nobody wants empty pods! They will look great!
Did you have any issued with the oil pressure sender? I went through a couple before getting a good one, Glowshift were great with their warranty. I've had mine in my Ranger since 2015
I have personally not had any issues with mine. I must have gotten lucky! So dope to hear yours is working for you!
👍Great video, I too bought glow shift gauge and works really good for a reasonable prize
Fantastic to hear!! Thanks for watching!
@@wesmartin8314 r u still running them
@@christiancole7156 Yup! Still running them. Start up every day haha
1.8t mk4? Witch thread sandwich adapter did you use ? Im having a hard time finding a solid answer for thread pitch for the oil filter.
I cannot find my original order sadly but I did some hunting online and found some info for you. I believe the thread pitch is 3/4"- 16 tpi so I went on Glow Shifts website and found this adapter. I provided the link below!
www.glowshiftdirect.com/oil-filter-sandwich-adapter-3-4-unf-16-thread/
I love my GlowShift gauges. I have a 02 ram 2500 turbo diesel and I have fuel pressure,boost and EGT. That work great.💯
That is awesome to hear!
How they fuel pressure gauge do??
Glowshift do you have a pillar pod for a 06 mustang convertible?
Tnx,i am just buying oil press,AFR and fuel press!! For my Peugeot 206 Gti 180
Thats so awesome! Thank you for watching!!
They work just fine no issues.
Awesome to hear!!
Nothing but positive results for Glow Shift Gauges.❤
Mine works great and looks good. Tech support was very good also.
I have the 1.8t in a Passat b5. What adapter plate did you get for the oil pressure? That’s all I need to hook my gauges up, but they have different thread plates.
I did a quick Google search and found that the thread size for most VWs including the 1.8t is 3/4-16. I would still dig into it a little more just to be safe but I will go ahead and provide the link to the adapter in that size. Hope that helped a little!
www.glowshiftdirect.com/oil-filter-sandwich-adapter-3-4-unf-16-thread/
So does your boost/vacuum gauge work with or without turbo the reson I ask is because I have a stock chevy hhr 2008 and I just want it to look and feel cool for now I until I get something new but it's all about that first car right so any I ben thinking about getting some cool gauges and led interior lights 😎 just so I can feel like I'm in fast and the furious lol.
If I am thinking correctly a boost gauge can just monitor vacuum pressure. My personal suggestion if you want to add gauges to your car is to purchase a gauge that will monitor something else. There are tons to choose from. Like voltage, oil pressure, oil temp ect. I wouldn't waste your money on something that isnt going to actually do what its designed to do! That way you still get that "cool" factor but everything is still functional
You have a link to this plate you installed in between the oil filter? I was thinking I needed to Tee - tap in to my oil pressure sensor/ sending unit . Also, for trans temp guage "yours is probably a manual" but on an automatic like in my 480hp - 4,900lbs suv id like to monitor the temp of the trans especially when I'm Running it hard or spraying.. do you think it'd be easier to tap into the hot side trans cooler line or do it the "glo shift test port way" along with the longer adapter ? Thanks
Here is a link to the page of all the adapters. You are going to have to figure out your thread pitch for your vehicle. Unfortunately I really don't have a confident answer for you. I would highly suggest sending an email over to Glowshift directly. They will have a lot more experience and knowledge than I do!
www.glowshiftdirect.com/oil-filter-sandwich-adapters/
i got BOSCH boost gauge from amazon for $28, it is cheap and making cracking sound when I hit about 12 PSI, but it read correctly, I have double check it with my MAC Vacuum hand pump with a vacuum/pressure gauge on it. the reading from the bosch gauge match up with a professional tool.
That sounds like another awesome alternative! Thank you for the info!!
Hey Wes, I wanted to ask, is your Boost gauge pretty accurate?
Hey! From my readings in my wrx the gauge tends to only be 1psi high or low. I concluded this by seeing what my ECU was reading when tuning the car and comparing to my glow shift gauge! Hope that helped
Good review.
Thank you!
Great comments young man
Thank you kind sir!
There's already a threaded hole in the oil filter housing for after market oil pressure gauge sender, you didnt need to buy a sandwich plate adapter if you're only installing the oil pressure gauge
Seriously is the desile fuel pressure gauge worth buying
Im looking for digital boost 60psl and wide band the color white with black numbers it will need to be custom made please get back with me if you can put me in the right direction to get this gauges made
sitting with these gauges in my shopping cart and before I clicked submit for buy...thought I would do one last look on the web. Thanks for the review. Buying them now. If I don't like them I am blaming you! just kidding. Putting them in my Datsun 280zx that is getting an LS 5.3 swap.
Michael Pait I got a 280zx2+2 1978 5speed for sale here in Alabama
I am glad you found the video! I really hope they turn out great for you as they did for me! That sounds like an awesome build man! Thank you so much again for watching!
Does GlowShift carry a warranty?
I love all mine zero issues so far i got all elite gauges GPS speedo tac oil volt fuel boost/vac
Thats dope! I always wanted to try thr elite series!
i bought a glowshift gaugeset and the boost gauge doesnt work
They accurate atleast the boost gauge I want to be within a psi or two?
Yup! They are within one or two psi. I found this out when tuning my WRX. The gauge was reading about 1 psi lower than what the ECU was reading. Overall accurate and consistent.
In my experience boost gauges are the least essential gauge to be accurate unless you are really pushing past the limits of what your car can handle. It’s more of just a flex thing.
Just to let you know they were originally made for all diesels. We have trouble with our diesels, watching our turbo, boost, injectors, transmissions overheating, because of all the heavy stuff we haul.
Wes, I just installed a narrow band guage like yours and when I first start the engine the pointer is steady around the normal area, then after about 30-40 seconds the pointer goes haywire, up and down constantly. My truck is a 99 Ford F-250 V10. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Unfortunately that is exactly what mine does. It will stay in the "normal" area until my secondary air pump shuts off (silly VW emissions stuff) Then will peg "rich" and wont come back down. I unfortunately do not know how to fix it. Sorry I couldn't be more help ☹
Narrow band operates with 1 volt bias thats why its erratic. A wideband operates on wider 5 volt making it 5 times more accurate and not as bouncy
Chris hit the nail on the head. I honestly do not understand the point of a narrowband gauge. Honestly it’s just a money grab that they make them in the first place. At a one volt spread you either get rich or lean. No need for AFR numbers. A lot of wideband gauges aren’t very stable either depending on the brand so I wouldn’t expect a narrowband gauge to be of any use. If you have enough mods to need to monitor AFR then it is IMPERATIVE that you get a wideband. Can’t tune without a wideband anyway.
If you think they suck you can’t deny that they’re cosmetically pleasing
Agreed 👍
So you don’t recommend an afr Glowshift gauge?
I do not reccomend the narrow band AFR gauge. I have heard good things about the wide band!
Eh from wes to wes thanks man I need a oil pressure gauge for my 95 impala and debating what to get want to get glow shift but seen some bad reviews about the sensor but if yours is working still after 5 years well then they must be alright
Appreciate it haha
Can you wire the oil pressure sensor to the dash too? I am asking that because i also want the beep that the dash does when the oil pressure drops
That is a good question, I am really not sure if that is possible. I would reach out to glowshift directly and see if they have any info for ya. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
@@wesmartin8314 That,or even if its possible to wire the gauge onto the stock oil sensor and let the aftermarket aside,thats would do the same job
Hey man, is the Oil Pressure Gauge Electrical or Mechanical? I am only starting to look into gauges and I know the difference between Electrical and Mechanical gauges, but I am wondering if the analogue gauges can be electrical? I get a bit confused there. The oil pressure gauge your showing is analogue, showing the pointer etc, rather than a digital number, but is it still a digital gauge that doesn't require a tube of hot oil in the cabin?
These gauges are electric, they have a pressure sensor that sends a signal to the gauge. No hoses are required to be run!
@@wesmartin8314 Cheers! So you definitely reckon for a middle of the road gauge they are worth getting. I have a 2001 WRX and am planning on putting a VF34 turbo in it but that is it. WOuld these be a good buy?
For the price they are definitely worth it! I have had mine for 3+ years with zero issues!
@@wesmartin8314 I was almost going to purchase some but it seems that the bad reviews outweight the good reviews.
Problem is, apart from AEM and DEFI, the only other place that seems to get good reviews is Autometer but that is a little out of my price range.
These glowshift are perfect for my price range but I have just read too many bad reviews so I am wary.
I only want boost, oil pressure and the wideband A/F Ratio
I put these same gauges on my turbo 328i and the boost gauge didn’t read boost and only vacuum even when I stuck my air compressor on the end of the gauge it just stuck at 0psi
That is not good! Sounds like a faulty gauge, I bet if you emailed glowshift they would get you sorted out!
My glowshift was $450! For my frs
I have two they are nice however I haven’t found a way or a how to on keeping the color of my gauges. I like light blue I choose this color each time I start my car. How can I set it to stay?
Sorry I never saw this comment! Sounds like you only have the gauge wired up to "ignition power". You also need to wire into a constant power like your battery for example. In your current configuration when you shut the car off the gauge has lost all power and its "memory" of all settings. Double check your wires and make sure you wire your yellow wire is going to a constant
@@wesmartin8314 thank you I will check that I thought I had it wired in correctly using a constant positive like you do for radio installation. Thanks for getting back to me!!
im thinking about getting some for my 1.8T jetta, would you reccomend these or the digital ones?
I dont personally have any experience with the digital ones. If I remember correctly the digital ones cost a little more. They will both do the same job. Juet depends on your budget and if you like the look of digital over traditional!
@@wesmartin8314 I was actually looking at the sets with the gauge pods and 3 gauges, I just feel that for boost it would be easier to only run the hose to the electronic sensor and not through the firewall
It is definitely a lot easier. I have the gauge with the sensor on my WRX and it is honestly a lot better. Running as little as possible through the firewall is definitely the way to go!
I feel soo much better about spending 3 hondo on this gauges. I was on the fence at first.
Glad the video was helpful! Thank you for watching!
I think you hit it on the head. For a mild budget set up they do ok. Definitely not the quality of AEM, auto meter, or banks but probably the best budget gauge on the market. I wouldn’t trust it to something as important as AFR or EGT especially on a performance build.
Thank you! I completely agree. Glowshift fills a good spot for a lot of people who need gauges but don't need them for anything insane. Thank you for watching!
My truck had these gauges when I bought it, I like them but
I hope they all work out man! 5 years is a super long time! I really hope I can squeeze a few more years out if mine!
i personally have had bad luck with electric oil pressure glowshift gauges
I have two, pyro and boost... For one thing, they are not readable in sunlight, and both have been replaced twice. The Boost gauge needle, my second one, is stuck at 8 lbs, but it does work. No way to adjust as far as I can tell to zero it out. This is with the key on, the motor is not running. Not happy, going with another brand.
To each their own, its unfortunate you had a bad gauge. This video was based on my personal experience.
@@wesmartin8314 No sweat, I know more than a few guys with them that have no issues... But 4 gauges in a year is a bit rough.
Is the wideband ARF gauge better?
Yup! Wideband is always going to be better. The wide band gauge uses its own o2 sensor and reads much more often and more consistently!
i just got a set of 3. oil pressure oil temp and a clock lol 05 wrx
That’s awesome! I miss my wrx sometimes. I hope you enjoy it!
Zero issues with mine also ..lol there not plumbed in yet ...
Glad you aren't having issues!! Might wanna get them hooked up though haha
I wonder if they sell a sandwich plate adapter for other companies gauges? I'm likeley gonna stick to Auto meter or AEM.
I unfortunately don't know. I would send them an email to find out!
@@wesmartin8314 gotcha, actually on two videos now I'm sold on the glow shift gauges. The auto meters when I took a look around, looked kinda dated. Even though I know auto meters are well built but the glow shift seem decent, and are less , and they look a lot better. The other channel I watched had a guy that's had em in his VW gulf for 3+ years and he's never had em break yet so I was like, I made up my mind..lol Plus the universal pillar mount is like $12.99...lol
@@wesmartin8314 oh wait that guy with the glow shifts for thee years is you..lol I'm tired , my bad...lol
Hahaha it's all good man! Thank you for watching the video! I appreciate it
I just installed a 7 color 30psi Boost/Vac gauge and its reading way below zero like 10-15 inches vac when the car is off, waiting for a GlowShift response on how to calibrate or if they will offer a new unit exchange. I just installed it but the purchase was in Dec 2018...
Well the 7 color gauge is fully mechanical. The 10 color gauges use a sending unit that reads vacuum pressure and then sends a signal to the gauge so I am confused how a 7 color gauge would need calibrated. I would check your vacuum hose and make sure it is hooked up to the correct spot for your car!
@@wesmartin8314 My thinking is it’s no good, maybe the pointer can be rotated or the numbers can rotated IDK. It sweeps around when you start to hear the turbo but it’s so far off I never get into the pressure side of the gauge. In light of that I don’t believe it’s hooked up wrong. I watched a video where a guy takes the front bezel and glass off and rotated the dial around to full boost and then just a bit further, then it went back to the zero position, but if that over extends a spring how accurate would it be?
So when I first hooked mine up with in my WRX I attached the gauge to a vacuum like near the turbo and it stayed at zero and only build a few pounds of boost (which was wrong) I then repositioned it to a hose off of my intake manifold and it worked as intended
@@wesmartin8314 None of that explains why it reads way below zero with engine off, around 14 inches or 7 lines under zero. It should read zero at that point no matter how its plumbed. Then when the engine is started its pegged at the bottom. As far as I can tell though, from the sweep of the needle its operating correctly but I dont really know since its currently sweeping over inches vacuum not psi portion of the gauge. I think if it was zeroed it would read where it should about 7psi or 7 lines over zero which would correspond with how far off it reads engine off...
Then I would just wait for a reply from glowshift. I am unfortunately not sure why yours is doing what it is
Nice bro , does this come with every thing .
For the boost gauge yes, it will come with everything needed to install. For the oil pressure gauge it technically comes with everything to install if you want to tap the sensor into your vehicle. I would highly recommend the sandwich adapter plate which is sold separately
@@wesmartin8314 thank u , will the wide band work for N/A application
@@torvarrisevans7254 yes an air/fuel ratio gauge will work on an N/A engine
What are they for? I just bought an 08 challenger srt8 and it came with two gauges like those and had no idea what they were for 😂😂
The gauges should be universal. As for what each gauge does it should be printed on the gauge face
Mine is wack won’t even read vacuum anymore does even drop when I turn off the car it just stays at 0psi
Sounds like you have a vacuum leak somewhere. I would check for one. The gauge is going to sit at 0 when turned off no matter what since its mechanical
Are you able to have the gauges off when using your lights off?
Make a seperate switch to turn them on
Are you referring to the lighting of the gauge? If so, you can tap into the wire that turns on the headlights to light up the gauge back light as well
Nice review,but GloswShift are not cheap at all.. in UK and rest of Europe you can have boost for like 20$ or something like that..
Thank you! Good to know! I unfortunately know nothing about the UK
How do you connect all them
There are a couple different ways. The instructions are pretty straight forward but the short and simple is that you tap into a 12v ignition source (meaning the gauge will only get power when you turn the key) Then you find yourself a ground for the other wire. Each gauge gets power the same way but since each gauge monitors a different aspect of the car it will be specific for each gauge. There are plenty of videos explaining how each gauge hooks up! Hopefully that helped a little bit!
You have one of those gauges hooked to a dimmer wheel?
I am unfamiliar with the term "dimmer wheel". If you are asking about what I have the dimming function hooked up to I have the wire run to my headlights where when I turn on my interior lights it turns the halos on in my headlights. I tapped into that wire so when I turn my interior lights on it also dims my gauges!
Honestly a wideband is one of the best things you can have as far as monitoring on a turbo car. I also have a couple glowshift gauges on my Subaru I'm making 18psi and haven't had a problem with my boost gauge. I've had to recalibrate my wideband a couple times but that is recommended anyway
The reason I mention that is the way your boost gauge is flickering, if you hook it up to where you dim or brighten your instrument cluster it will flicker like that..
So the gauge doesn't flicker at all. It seemed to have something to do with the camera. I don't know why it was only the boost gauge but it only flickered on camera haha
Subbed bro
Thank you! I really appreciate it!!
Paid $40 for my glowshift black series, used Miata market parts are dirt cheap.
That's awesome!!
Do you know they're accurate??? That's what counts after all
Yes that is super important! From my personal experience they read accurately and very consistently. The only thing is when it comes to boost they tend to be about 1psi below or above what you actually make. Which honestly isn't the end of the world. Oil pressure is also very accurate. An engine up to temperature should idle at about 20psi and my gauge shows that everytime.
@@wesmartin8314 How did you determine this?
@@tonydinh9044 The VW 1.8t should idle no lower than 18.9psi (warm). My glow shift gauge will sit right at 20psi at optimal temperature while idling. Now the boost gauge reading a psi high or low comes from when I was tuning my wrx. I have another glow shift boost gauge in that car and the boost gauge was reading a psi higher than the computer was saying (reading off of the ecu). For my application in the VW where I just daily drive the car 1 psi isnt a deal breaker for me. Hope this helped!
@@wesmartin8314 do you remember what sandwitch adapter is needed for the 1.8ts?
@@anthonystackhouse3126 I cannot find my original order sadly but I did some hunting online and found some info for you. I believe the thread pitch is 3/4"- 16 tpi so I went on Glow Shifts website and found this adapter. I provided the link below!
www.glowshiftdirect.com/oil-filter-sandwich-adapter-3-4-unf-16-thread/
I purchased three gauge from glowshift and non of it work.
Does it really matter how much you spend on gauges?
To some it definitely matters to others they just want things to work. Everyone has different opinion
@@wesmartin8314 thankyou very much for youre reply
Igot a quote for AEM water gauge $250.00CAD.. im juss gonna order a dragon gauge water tempfor 20.00CAD and the Adapter for the coolant hoses and temp sencor placement for 10.00CAD
Not always. Sometimes, the cheaper parts work better. Just need to make sure they're built properly
I did i did go faster🐥. , Yaah man aslong as its built properly itll work just as good as the next one as long as there on the same level
I think there analog gauges are probably better then there electronic ones. If had bad luck so far out of there electronic ones
Hard to go wrong with analog gauges!