After doing some digging it was difficult to find which two coloured wires from the light control box it was to utilise the dimming feature with the boost gauge. Everyone says Pins 7/11 which is purple for live and black for ground. It isn’t. That doesn’t allow dimming. It’s actually the Black wire for ground (as stated) and then the blue wire with a brown trace (the wire next to black) for the live. Just thought I’d post it up here incase anyone wanted to know for future reference.
I had the AET pod mount for a while and wasn't that impressed with it. I then saw dc 3d designs who make a 3d printed one that sits in the old vent housing and the silver ring clips over it. It now sits so much better, looks the part and the air can flow around the guage much easier due do the original housing staying in place. Cheaper too 👍
Some places do a thin metal mount that you put under the silver bezel then clip the silver bezel back on. I’m glad I’ve found there is one that the bezel works with properly as I was thinking about not getting one because of that lol.
Great job Steve. Keep up the good work. Great job for thinking on your feet. And saying what you really thought of the car mob from your supplier. It looks 100 times better. Not all models of that fiesta has a crome grill. So prob blacks more common.
So glad I watched this I’ll be fitting one to my A1 and I have the adapter to fit it on boost sensor so I would of binned that T piece and not slipped the pip in the pipe so I’ll defo be doing that nice one mate.
Turbosmart need to make that easier to install, you shouldn't need to go cutting metal down... Plus it'd be nice to have the chrome around it still without having to cut that down either, they need to make a revised version!
@@Sparkplugsteve any chance you know what the ID of the resistor pill is? I'm struggling to find one on eBay other than a 1.0mm and a 1.2mm originally for a Subaru Forester!
Ever have any issues after fitting it? Looking to put one on my car and interested in the long term reliability. My main concern was the "pill" moving or lighting failing.
Hi yes I did just splice in. Pins 7 and 11. Online I read this will make the light dim like the speedo etc but it doesn't unfortunately. But saying that I never dim my dashboard so doesn't matter.
condisering, you wash windows for a living. you are doing a hell of a job of your fiestas :) i would love to get in contact with you mate. best regards a car mechanic x) pls drop me a PM if you noctice this comment.
I know it’s an old video Steve but can you put links in the description for all the parts used especially the adapter plate kit for the vacuum line? Cheers bud
Having major trouble finding the hose in the engine bay after I feed it through the hole above the bonnet pull. Can even find where the bonnet pull cable comes through that side its so tight down there 😫 can someone please help
Great video, I have a question- what is the “pill” piece you put into the vacc hose nearest to the gauge? Haven’t seen any other videos show this and I can’t see this piece included in pictures or descriptions when looking on sites to buy from?
I have tapped in to pin 10 and 11 and I am getting no light from the gauge. I have used scotch locks and not sure if they have actually cut in to the wire or not, 🤔
@@Sparkplugsteve yeah I have used both wires from the pinned comment. Still no light. I wonder if the scotch locks haven’t properly cut in to the wire. Don’t want to take them off and have to deal with split wires 🤦🏻♂️ haha
How did you get the hose through the firewall? I literally just gave up. I tried taping it to a clothes hanger using harcore black tape. it just kept bending. Then I tried taping it to a long screwdriver. The screw driver went through (using alot of force) but left the hose behind! I have been trying through the existing grommet (where the bonnet release cable goes through)
Never use metal as a pry bar on interior panel parts or anything this is plastic. A quality plastic pry bar set goes for $10 on Amazon in the states and I’m sure from other retailers in Europe.