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Custom Gauges & Gauge Faces Personalize Your Dash

If your instrument cluster gauges are too basic or too plain, we discuss custom gauges that add colorful style and lots more vehicle info - from practically any input source!
Custom Gauges & Gauge Faces Personalize Your Dash

If you have a vehicle that you're planning to hold onto for a while, keeping it in excellent working condition can really boost its value and enhance your enjoyment as you slip behind the wheel and forget what year it is. However, if your car or truck has an instrument cluster with a speedometer, gas gauge, and virtually no other information except idiot (warning) lights, not being able to monitor the condition of your engine systems can be risky if problems go undetected. Perhaps you are satisfied with the gauges themselves but want to personalize the instrument cluster with a splash of color. Whether you're looking to add gauges or replace humdrum-looking original ones, we've got the fully functional, self-contained gauges and custom gauge faces you seek.

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A "gauge face" is the backdrop piece of your instrument cluster with etched or printed numerical markings for RPMs, speed, fuel, and other criteria. Gauge faces are where your eye falls constantly, and they define the look of your in-dash instrument cluster. Because gauge faces are located behind a protective layer of clear plastic, they typically don't suffer from damage, spills, or fading.

Auto Meter American Muscle Direct Fit Gauge Panel Kit
The Auto Meter American Muscle Direct Fit Gauge Panel Kit is one of many we offer for classic vehicles.

So why replace a factory gauge face with an aftermarket one? Vivid backdrop colors, more stylish designs, backlighting with distinctive hues, and materials which are visibly higher in quality are just some of the reasons - and you'll find the best examples of gauge faces on the market in our Custom Gauges section. Replacement faces match the size, shape, and gauge placement of your originals, so they'll fit tight and look right once they've been swapped in place.

Along the left side of our gauge products section screens, you’ll find check boxes that make it easy to narrow your selection by gauge type, size, and color. Additionally, you can select analog or digital, electrical or mechanical, and choose between in-dash, pedestal, or dash top fitment styles for certain gauge applications.

Custom Gauges Product Option Boxes
Check boxes along the left of the screen allow you to narrow your selection.

Gauge Face Kits

Custom gauge face kits inject a pulse into your instrument cluster with distinctive color. For example, U.S. Speedo's Daytona Edition gauge face kits offer a choice of red, white, orange, green, pink, yellow, or blue backdrops. Screen printing results in high-quality markings along with sharpness across the entire face of the assembly. Polycarbonate plastic construction provides durability underneath as well as solid value.

For those who prefer the look of bare brushed stainless steel, we have the U.S. Speedo Stainless Steel Gauge Face Kit which includes a silver metal faceplate with a choice of background colors and lighting.

If you want black on your face plate, choose the U.S. Speedo Stealth Edition Gauge Face Kit with blue backlighting and new needles. Like shimmers of blue? Then the blue-gray anodized finish on the U.S. Speedo Aqua Edition is for you. All three of these stainless steel kits use silk screening to apply designs - ensuring numbers, demarcations, and other graphics stay sharp and crisp for the life of your vehicle.

Us Speedo Daytona Edition Gauge Face Kit
The U.S. Speedo Daytona Edition Gauge Face Kit.
Us Speedo Stainless Steel Gauge Face Kit
One of multiple versions of the U.S. Speedo Stainless Steel Gauge Face Kit.
US Speedo Aqua Edition Gauge Face Kit
U.S. Speedo Aqua Edition Gauge Face Kit.

Individual Custom Gauges

Individual Custom Gauges Variety

In our Custom Gauges section, you'll find a variety of stylish individual gauges which can be added on top of or underneath your dash, or used in place of an existing gauge. While we’ve got analog and digital gauges that display virtually anything you can imagine, we’ll focus on RPMs, speed, fuel level, boost pressure, air/fuel ratio, and water-ethanol pressure in this article.

As with our gauge face plates, you'll find colorful designs and materials which add luxury and/or sportiness to the interior of your vehicle.

Aem Serial Data Stream Gauge
The AEM Serial Data-Stream Gauge.

If you are running an AEM Engine Management System and prefer a sophisticated gauge that can display everything digitally at the touch of a button, take a look at AEM's Serial Data-Stream Gauge. Not only can it function as a tachometer, speedometer, coolant temperature gauge, fuel gauge, and voltmeter, but it can monitor channels of any information your vehicle is equipped to provide. That includes exhaust gas temperature, air-fuel, oil pressure, oil temperature, intake air temperature, and so much more. It can be calibrated for different tire sizes and gear ratios, and it can record any data for further uploading to a PC.

Should you like the styling of the Serial Data-Stream Gauge and wish to equip your vehicle with more than one of them, they are designed to link together and work in sequence. For example, it's possible to leave one gauge permanently reading RPMs, then use the second for all other functions. Or, display information can be divided up between multiple gauges any way you see fit. Each gauge also includes two outputs for triggering vehicle warning lights such as low fuel, high coolant temperature, etc.

Tachometers

We’ve got a great selection of analog and digital tachometers. If you prefer the look of classic chronometer time pieces, consider Auto Meter's Golden Oldies or Prestige Pearl in-dash tachometers in analog form for 4-, 6-, and 8-cylinder engines. Whether you prefer analog or digital styling, our in-dash tachometers are designed to install flat in either a pre-cut or existing hole.

Auto Meter Golden Oldies In-Dash Tachometer Full Set
Auto Meter Golden Oldies In-Dash Tachometer (full gauge set shown).

Many of our tachometers offer the ability to log data. For example, the Longacre AccuTech Stepper Motor Style Data Logging Tachometer records RPM readings 10 times per second for a sustained period for later playback. Quickcar’s Extreme LED Digital Tachometer can be used as an RPM indicator or a shift light. It also includes a recall feature that displays the highest RPM reached during your run.

Longacre in-dash AccuTech Stepper Motor Style Data Logging Tachometer
The Longacre in-dash AccuTech Stepper Motor Style Data Logging Tachometer.

If you prefer tachometers that mount externally on a perch anywhere inside your vehicle, take a look through our “pedestal” style gauges.

Speedometers

In our speedometer section, you’ll find units with built-in odometers and programmability to adjust for changes in rear axle gear ratios or size of tires on the vehicle. Many offer digital readouts for all information, or just for the odometer display. Browsing through our selection, you’ll find speedometers rated to display various top speed levels – from traditional to very high.

Auto Meter GT In Dash Speedometer
The Auto Meter GT In Dash Speedometer.
Holley EFI Speedometer
The Holley EFI Speedometer.
VDO Vision Black In-Dash Gauges
VDO Vision Black In-Dash Gauges.

Check boxes referenced at the top of this article will allow you to find mechanical units designed for older style mechanical connections from a cable rather than electronic pulses.

Fuel Level Gauges

Bosch Style Line Electrical Fuel Level Gauge
The Bosch Style Line Electrical Fuel Level Gauge.

We’ve got hundreds of designs of fuel level gauges, each calibrated for the electrical resistance readouts that traditional fuel level sending units put out, ranging from 0 ohms on a completely empty tank to approximately 30 ohms for a completely full one.

Boost Pressure Gauges

In our boost pressure gauge section, you’ll find stylish digital and analog gauges that display boost pressure – for turbos and superchargers, fuel systems, or anything else. Depending on your specific vehicle application, we’ve got boost gauges that display readings up to 15, 30, and 50 psi, for example. Many of our gauges record boost readings to varying degrees, so look for that feature if data monitoring is of interest.

Tanabe Revel VLS Black In-Dash Digital Boost Gauge
The Tanabe Revel VLS Black In-Dash Digital Boost Gauge.
AEM Analog Boost / Fuel Pressure Gauge
The AEM Analog Boost / Fuel Pressure Gauge.

Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge

Proper air-fuel mixture is essential to getting the best performance, mileage, and it helps avoid engine knocking damage caused when the mixture has too much air in it and not enough fuel. Tanabe’s Revel VLS In-Dash Fuel Gauge and Auto Meter's Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge are just several of the air/fuel ratio gauges we carry that offer a digital numerical readout along with a light bar that displays green, yellow, or red as air-fuel percentage is monitored.

Auto Meter Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge
The Auto Meter Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge.
Tanabe Revel VLS In-Dash Fuel Gauge
The Tanabe Revel VLS In-Dash Fuel Gauge.

Water/Methanol Injection Gauge

And if you've got a motor built up with a water-methanol system, we’ve got the AEM analog Water/Methanol Failsafe Gauge that lets you keep a constant eye on your flow rate thanks to an analog needle with a wide sweep between 0 and 1,000 cc's per minute.

AEM Water/Methanol Failsafe Gauge
The AEM Water/Methanol Failsafe Gauge.

In addition to the above, we have temperature gauges, voltmeters, ammeters, gauge mounting panels, wiring harnesses, and gauge senders, in short, everything you need to create your own one-of-a-kind instrument panel. Whether you take the simple route and change the background color, or go all-out with a completely customized gauge cluster, we want you to be pleased with the end result. There is great satisfaction to be had in driving down the road, glancing down at your personalized set of instruments.

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