Ultra Lite II vs. Cobalt

[protour73]

Originally Posted by CreepinDeth

Badass.
Just gotta really appreciate the THROUGH the gauge LED illumination
VS the AROUND the gauge illumination. So muuuuuuuch nicer
BTW what is that lower left gauge ?? Diggin the A/F gauge in there as well.

I wish Autometer made a 3 3/8" quad gauge for the 3rd gauge hole in the Cutlass.
I'd be all over these for my 2nd makeover.

Hey Creepy Dude, lower left gauge is a Wideband O2 sensor gauge

[skatinjay27]

Originally Posted by CreepinDeth

IMHO stick with Autometers.
I've tried various gauges and even though a gauge is cheaper in price, doesn't mean it
will be comparable in performance and accurate readings. Some vendors have crappy sending units.

I bought a set of Glowshift 10 color LED gauges and they have absolutely horrible readings.
I'm guessing it's the cheap sending units they supplied.

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glow shift and new vintage are NO where near the same...
just cause you've never heard of them doesn't mean they are some cheap company like glow shift (i had a fuel pressure gauge form them)
http://www.newvintageusa.com/bigmarkdesign.html
also Stewart warner gauges are really good too.

i actually prefer the ultra 2s and the sport-2s over the cobalt cause i dont really care for the blue glow... it reminds me of a night club or something...

[marks914]

Both are the same gauge set with different cosmetic treatments. I believe both have a 1 year warranty. Decent product, it all depends on what you theme is. I'm not a fan of white face gauges though, even though we build a ton of them.
Mark

[realcoray]

Originally Posted by johnny5

Hi, just trying to decide on what guages to use in my 69 Camaro. I like them both and have seen them here

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=26239

My question is what do the Ultra light II do in the daytime if you have your lights on? I assume they would still be silver??

My car is blue and my Pioneer system has a blue organic display so the Cobalt may be the ones but I do like the silver guages. I currenty have a couple regular Ultra lite guages but they don't look great at night because of the old lighting technology used.

Between those two I'd say cobalt every day of the week. Through the dial lighting is so superior to around the dial style that I wonder why they even do around the dial anymore.

[johnny5]

Thanks guys, I think I'm definately leaning towards the Cobalts.

[jwalk]

Check out New Vintage. I went with their Redline series. They're a little cheaper than comparable Autometers.