What's the hot poop in gauges these days?

[Caver Dave]

FFS, I think I've got most of those parts in a box at the shop

 

[DSM Turbos]

No he wasn’t.

I’d say you were more fun when you rode dirt bikes. But you were faster so that isn’t true either.

 

[StretchASU]

I’d say you were more fun when you rode dirt bikes. But you were faster so that isn’t true either.

I’m a C class rider again after 2 years or so of having a garage ornament. Cmon out to a tri state race. It will be fair now

 

[LBarr2002]

I like the OG look of them and I have quite a few as a start.
I wanna clean up the wiring and minimize it all I can. That's the main reason behind going digital.
I had a gas station cheeseburger today so I'll have plenty of poop time later to surf the options y'all posted

Everything wired into two connectors.

 

[skyhighZJ]

All this high class mumbo jumbo. The man said simple yet effective. The answer is easy and at every corner oreallys.

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

All this high class mumbo jumbo. The man said simple yet effective. The answer is easy and at every corner oreallys.

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No lie I would put this exact set on my ride under a 10 inch windows tablet. It just work

 

[Jody Treadway]

I will say on this build I'm going to do my best to make the effort to keep things nice and tidy. It very well may be my last real build.
So I want to make things really nice (not an afterthought). Since I can't interface my Ford PCM with the LJ dash to make the gauges work. I'd prefer to have an all in one sort of thing that looks nice.
@Shreddinlettuce: spoon feed a 48 year old guy what you mean by Windows tablet and how I would monitor items with it?

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

I will say on this build I'm going to do my best to make the effort to keep things nice and tidy. It very well may be my last real build.
So I want to make things really nice (not an afterthought). Since I can't interface my Ford PCM with the LJ dash to make the gauges work. I'd prefer to have an all in one sort of thing that looks nice.
@Shreddinlettuce: spoon feed a 48 year old guy what you mean by Windows tablet and how I would monitor items with it?

Basically it converts analog signals to something that reads on a tablet

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

Back to the original post… one gage works with android tablets

Jeep TJ Wrangler (1997-2006) and Jeep Cherokee (1997-2001) Digital Das

This kit includes: OneGauge Hub – The central hub that connects to all of your sensors, encased in a 3D printed enclosure Fuel level, voltage, turn signals, and 3 indicator inputs (12v triggered), and a tachometer (RPM) input is included in every setup. A tachometer adapter may be required and...

www.theonegauge.com

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

I really like the idea of being able to hold the gages while looking in the engine bay from a tablet

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

watched a few more of the vids. you can get the one gage tj pod and also have an android tablet via a 2nd channel and Bluetooth for a $100 upgrade

 

[Croatan_Kid]

With all these gauges and assorted wiring, this scene keeps running through my head

 

[Bebop]

The One gauge stuff isn't waterproof at all. That's what the BK buggies were running at first and they all failed in less than 6 months.

The 3.5" and 7" Holley stuff isn't great either. The Pro Dashes are better but they are touch screen which I don't like for offroad.

I have about 3 good options in mind for a somewhat "limited" budget : AIM, AEM and Stack.

In all cases the cost is going to be superior to a set of analog gauges. Additionally, due to the fact you cannot interface cleanly/simply with canbus, the wiring of a screen with multiple sensors vs separate gauges isn't much more complicated.
Given your parameters, unless you actually want a screen, I'd go with Autometer electric gauges for simplicity and the waterproof/elementproof aspect.

 

[justjeepin86]

One thing to add. Make sure they are dimmable if using LED illumination. Mine piss me off and I can't run them at night. I have not researched if I can ultimately dim them with resistors or a controller.

 

[LBarr2002]

One thing to add. Make sure they are dimmable if using LED illumination. Mine piss me off and I can't run them at night. I have not researched if I can ultimately dim them with resistors or a controller.

Mine have a resistor in line to dim them. The dimmer switch on the multifunction stalk in the LJ doesn't work once the cluster is removed.

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

These look pretty cool to me, reduced the amount of individuals, has cel and such potential

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/New-Vintage-USA-69257-01-1969-Series-3-in-1-Gauges-Black-Green,377567.html