So what is out there for adding gauges or info display to our cars? I'm not interested in an OBD2 dongle that I can connect to my phone or a laptop - cant' look at those while driving.

My RX8 had a nifty add-on called the GoodBox which intercepted the data between stereo head unit and the digital info display, and also tapped OBD2 to show up to 2 parameters (I usually looked at measured AFR and engine water temp) instead of the radio station info.

I'd also be interested in gauge pods or mounting arrangements that people have used.

Being that I'm in the 99-degrees-that-feels-like-NOPE South, I'd like to look at engine H20 temp, oil temp, and oil pressure at a minimum, reserving boost, afr, and/or egt for the future.

 

bump? no one?

FWIW, I've done my Google due diligence as well as searching the forum. Other than the voltmeter in the ashtray, I'm not seeing anything.

 

I think most people use the torque app on their phones with a bluetooth OBD2 dongle...easy to see when driving as most people mount their phones where they can see them while they drive

 

I'm trying to avoid that. I can't see close up really well without reading glasses - with which I can't see anything well more than 3' away. So basically, if I can see the car gauges and down the road, I can't read anything on my phone, and vice versa.

I guess I could get a bigger phone eventually - Apple seems to be headed to phablet-land without any remorse.

I'd rather put something on the nav display or have a discrete gauge.

 

 

You can run fairly large "gauges" - digital or analog - within the Torque app. My eyesight is pretty bad too but if you bump the brightness they're legible enough at a glance. I can't comment on the other methods, but it seems to work for me. It's definitely not as good as standalone physical gauge, but as bluetooth OBDII dongles are pretty cheap it wouldn't hurt to try.

 

You can mount an iPad on your dash? lol

 

I'll be trying to run a gauge made by Aeroforce. I have it on my boosted F150. It reads from the OBD2 port. has over a 100 paramaters it can display. Just need to find a mount or make one. it's a nifty gauge. even has scrolling through each parameter that you choose to have show. I love it. Check it out.

 

If I wanted a Tesla, I would have saved the extra 10 years for a Tesla. LOL.

 

ironically this made me buy an obd2 reader..
have it hooked up to an old android phone. and with a couple macros setup on my phone it turns on ans off with my car and goea directly into tourqe app so its a permanent thing.. kinda cool loads of info on the car.
anyone trying to do the same thing and need help with macros let me know.