Pontiac Solstice Forum - View Single Post - mod of stock gauge cluster in V8's??

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Originally Posted by mbannon

Has anyone else noticed that the glass in the tunnels is tilted the wrong way? It is 'top in/bottom out' and for taller drivers it reflects the top of the windscreen glass. I think the whole design of the instrument cluster is dreadful. The numbers on the kilometre speedometer are so small that we older guys have to wear reading glasses to see it. How can you keep track of engine temperature if you have to click through the DIC to see some cockamamie digital readout instead of a proper needle gauge. Same goes for the turbo boost. Don't the designers ever sit in one of these cars? (End of rant.)

100%. I think I heard somewhere that the guage cluster is from some small GM truck. To keep costs in line for that introductory $20k price they had to use what they had laying around.

Again, I agree with your rant, but let's face it...by the time you got behind the wheel for the first time you were already smitten. You'd have bought that thing even if it had...

	solmio Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Quote: Originally Posted by mbannon Has anyone else noticed that the glass in the tunnels is tilted the wrong way? It is 'top in/bottom out' and for taller drivers it reflects the top of the windscreen glass. I think the whole design of the instrument cluster is dreadful. The numbers on the kilometre speedometer are so small that we older guys have to wear reading glasses to see it. How can you keep track of engine temperature if you have to click through the DIC to see some cockamamie digital readout instead of a proper needle gauge. Same goes for the turbo boost. Don't the designers ever sit in one of these cars? (End of rant.) 100%. I think I heard somewhere that the guage cluster is from some small GM truck. To keep costs in line for that introductory $20k price they had to use what they had laying around. Again, I agree with your rant, but let's face it...by the time you got behind the wheel for the first time you were already smitten. You'd have bought that thing even if it had...