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Anyone have any idea as to what A-Pillar pods might work with the Colt/Mirage? I have some gauges in Autometer Gauge Cups..but would rather have them mounted up on the pillar. Maybe something from the Honduh or Miatas..would work. Any ideas?

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95 Eagle Summit Wagon (F/S Soon)
94 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
93 Eagle Talon TSi/AWD
92 Dodge Stealth R/T TT
06 Mitsubishi Raider DuroCross V8

1G talon is an almost perfect fit!

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Not really. I took an autometer 1g dual pod and did some reshaping with a propane torch. You really gotta reshape the bottom angle quite a bit to really get it to match the pillar but I got mine almost perfect. I got access to a digital camera so Ill try to get a pic for everyone to see it.

You have to realize that the don't fit that well in talons either

Autometer pods fit PERFECTLY in 1gs. I bet since your in Canada your A-pillar trims are shaped differently being that your cars dont have automatic seat belts.

I saw a picture of a Miata with an A-pillar pod in a magazine..and noticed that it was about as wide and as flat the Mirage A-pillar. I was just wondering if anyone had tried to match either a Miata or Honduh type Gauge Pod to fit. I have a old 1Gen Talon Pod..but I don't think it's gonna fit on my A-pillar without some Major reshaping. You used a propane torch? Wow. Post ups ome pics..I'd like to see it. Ah well..I suppose I can mount the Autometer Guge cups irectly to the A-pillar trim instead. Pisser.

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95 Eagle Summit Wagon (F/S Soon)
94 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
93 Eagle Talon TSi/AWD
92 Dodge Stealth R/T TT
06 Mitsubishi Raider DuroCross V8

You wouldn't believe it, but the autometer pillar mounts from a 82-85 starion/conquest (the ones without the fender flares) fit perfectly. I have one, and it needed absolutely NO reshaping to mount it.

edit: I had this from when I had a conquest, and I do not know if they are still availble for sale though....

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Starquest aka AndyR on 2001-11-19 15:37 ]</font>

That might be it, because I own both a 1G and my colt, and i can tell you that they don't fit that well on either!

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AndyR
Wouldn't the A-Pillar pods for the 82-85 and 86-89 (widebody) Starquests be the same? I mean aside from the changes to the sheetmetal, and engine..nothing else was changed..right? LoTek still makes a gauge pod for the Starquest I believe..hmm gonna have to go check their website now. http://www.gaugepod.com is the site I believe.

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95 Eagle Summit Wagon (F/S Soon)
94 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
93 Eagle Talon TSi/AWD
92 Dodge Stealth R/T TT
06 Mitsubishi Raider DuroCross V8

Ordered one from carparts.com once, came in a box saying it was from a 97 Accord. Worked pretty damn well.

Jason

Hey BluFalcon, actually another change was the automatic seatbelts, the widebody had them and the narrow body did not. I think there might have been a year where the narrow body did have them, but I am not sure. anyway, my pod is from the A-pillar of a starion that does NOT have the automatic seatbelts... That should help.

I have a 2G dual pods, I'll try to check for fitment.

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Going back to what AndyR said about the pods from a early Starion/Conquest fitting on the Mirage/Colts:

I couldn't find anyone who made A-Pillar pods for for StarQuests, other than the later models with automatic seatbelts. However..VDO has a listing in their catalog for both early StarQuests and later "widebody" ones. the part # for the early StarQuest cars is: 240 314 for single pods, and 240 315 for dual pods. They also show a listing for a holder which replaces the factory clock, that holds two gauges 240 321. I have no idea if this will work with our cars or not. I'm gonna take a look at Summit's website..and see if I can get a price for these things..or to see if they're still available.

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95 Eagle Summit Wagon (F/S Soon)
94 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
93 Eagle Talon TSi/AWD
92 Dodge Stealth R/T TT
06 Mitsubishi Raider DuroCross V8

Well so much for that idea.....

Summit says they're out of stock on all VDO A-Pillar Pods. They say you can place an order for one..and they'll ship it when it comes in. Riiiiggghhht. Checked VDO's website..and they don't even have a listing for A-Pillar pods anymore. Guess my Catalog was just a little too old. Damn...

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95 Eagle Summit Wagon (F/S Soon)
94 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
93 Eagle Talon TSi/AWD
92 Dodge Stealth R/T TT
06 Mitsubishi Raider DuroCross V8