►►► 335 Boost Gauge Kits and Pods - RiXeffects ►►► - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

RiXst3r · 03-17-2008, 02:40 PM

Now offering high quality boost gauges pods and full install kits for the 335.

WWW.RIXEFFECTS.COM/groupbuy.htm to order

Guage Pod Kits include all the tubing, wiring, tap-ins, zip-ties and connectors needed to install the gauge. They also include full easy to follow instructions for installing. They also include the pod, and your choice of digital or mechanical gauges. This kit is specifically designed for the 335.

The project started by fiberglassing a gauge into the corner... but it took about 150 hours of sanding and reshaping to get it to where it is now... and then there was the leather texture, and having that survive the process of creating molds for production. I have years of fabrication expirience, and have created many custom car interior products, and projects...

This is a completly hand made peice, its just a replicated hand made peice... like a re-print of a peice of art... LOL

Pretty early on, I took my prototype to a plastic injection shop, and wanted to get quotes on having it made that way... I ran into several problems... the shape isnt compatible, no plastics matched the dash properly(because the dash is rubberized), etc, etc... which led me to a different process... reactive rubber molding. This is more of a "one off" method... where it takes over an hour for each peice to cure, and also must be poured and extracted by hand.

Right now these are made by hand, using the production molds. Its about a 2 hour process of mixing, degassing, pouring, de-molding, trimming, etc.. We can make them at a rate of 1-3 per day.

The rubber I use is a silicone based ultra strong rubber that was designed for the special effects industry. It costs $200 PER GALLON!!!

So... all that to say... you guys are going to get your money worth... this isnt just some cheasy plastic injected part from china... its got a personal touch of love from me to you

POD WILL FIT ANY 52mm boost gauge

Install is easy and completely reversible.

The digital gauge is very very accurate. 90% of my customers choose this gauge, because they want to know for sure an accurate reading above all else.

It uses a piezo-electronic sensor which responds faster and is more accurate. It adjusts itself for ambient pressure and ambient temp for pefect calibration at any altitude.

It also has the following features...

Peak recall
0.1 PSI resolution
Numeric and bargraph recall, with user-adjustable peak-display time
Integrated semiconductor sensor (no external sensor required)
Park-light dimmer
Bi-directional 12-segment bargraph AND 3-digit display
User-settable bargraph scale
User-settable day and night intensities (9 levels each)

You can read more here:
http://www.veisystems.com/bhm-m.html

mech. gauge pics at http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107134 thanks to Mr. 5...

Order at www.rixeffects.com/groupbuy.htm

Pods are in production, shipping is in 1-2 weeks on NEW orders.

orders will be shipped in a first come first server order.

-Rick

ACTUAL PRODUCTION POD: (notice leather texture -will be on all pods) (Thanks to e90AW335i for the photo

)

KIT:

From left to right, here is what you see:

- Numbered Certificate of Authenticity for the pod, hand signed by me. Because these pods are hand made, we have to reject close to almost 10% of them sometimes, so each one is approved by me.

- The pod, made of ultra strong silicon based rubber designed for the special effects industry, at a cost of $200 per gallon. It also gets a fresh coat of automotive UV protectant before getting sealed up, hence the shine on the leather texture.

- Your chosen guage. This photo is of the mechanical gauge, but the digital is availible as well, and the digital is what I personally prefer (which is why I am backordered on digital gauges!)

- Install instructions. Full pictorial instructions that take you step by step through routing the vacuum lines and hooking up the wiring. I even had my wife go over them to make them "idiot proof" (not that my wife is an idiot! ) but you enthusients should have no problems at all...

- Wiring Diagrams. Details wiring diagrams for how to hook up the power lines and dimmer lines to the gauges... (as if it wasn't easy enough already )

- Vacuum tubing kit from newsouth performance. I spared no expense... this is the best of the best of tubing kits, as recommended by several users and moderators on these forums.

- 3 conductor wire, quick disconnects, tap-ins, and heat shrink tubung. Everything you need to properly install the gauge, and even quickly remove it for dealer visits. The wire I chose has a slight stiffness to it... this makes it easier to "poke" it up through the a-pillar without the need for other wire fishing techniques. The digital gauge kit also includes a few resistors and a capacitor to "filter" the dimmer line from any noise, but this is of course optional, and your choice if you want to use the dimmer or not.

BLAZED · 03-17-2008, 04:48 PM

nice!!

dmkaldas · 03-17-2008, 06:37 PM

RiXst3r · 03-17-2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLAZED

nice!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmkaldas

oddjob2021 · 03-18-2008, 02:01 AM

cant wait buddy, april right?

khoda355 · 03-18-2008, 02:04 AM

i might just buy this to look cool

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oddjob2021

cant wait buddy, april right?

hopefully sooner

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khoda355

i might just buy this to look cool

Nothing wrong with that!

OC 335i · 03-18-2008, 01:52 PM

Not bad Rixster. Good work man.

hl0m4n · 03-18-2008, 01:58 PM

maybe a noob question but does it have an on/off switch?

Anup@Project 808 · 03-18-2008, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hl0m4n

maybe a noob question but does it have an on/off switch?

It goes on and off with your car.

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hl0m4n

maybe a noob question but does it have an on/off switch?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cipher5

It goes on and off with your car.

Yes, it turns on and off with the car, and you can easily add any standard switch as well, so that you can turn it off when not needed (long trips, etc). The instructions will cover this option, and show you mounting options and which wire to install the switch on, if you choose to add one

-Rick

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OC 335i

Not bad Rixster. Good work man.

Thanks!

Tmac911 · 03-18-2008, 07:05 PM

Free Shipping? XD

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tmac911

Free Shipping? XD

Sorry, not at this time... I am just starting out

shipping is calculated during checkout from the order form

-Rick

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 07:21 PM

Thanks for the orders!

PM's replied!

dmkaldas · 03-18-2008, 07:28 PM

when is the group pods+gauges being shipped?

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmkaldas

when is the group pods+gauges being shipped?

starting this weekend.

cn555ic · 03-18-2008, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RiXst3r

starting this weekend.

Is paypal still forcing you to randomly ship out 7 units to people, or its going to be shipped according to your original list? I can't wait to get this guage!!!

hl0m4n · 03-18-2008, 08:52 PM

i will have to see the switch before i make the order. i do like the setup though alot and installation seems easy. just tuck the wire through like a v1 hardwire to engine bay and voila? any drilling, cutting, etc to tap into the boost pipe?

instructions would be nice too so ill be waiting for that.

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cn555ic

Is paypal still forcing you to randomly ship out 7 units to people, or its going to be shipped according to your original list? I can't wait to get this guage!!!

Original list... paypal issues are all solved

RiXst3r · 03-18-2008, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hl0m4n

i will have to see the switch before i make the order. i do like the setup though alot and installation seems easy. just tuck the wire through like a v1 hardwire to engine bay and voila? any drilling, cutting, etc to tap into the boost pipe?

instructions would be nice too so ill be waiting for that.

There are vacuum lines running to the diverter valves... simply add in the included vacumm T, run the vacuum tube into the cabin, then wire the gauge like a hardwire v1... its that simple.

Its completely reversable with ZERO modifications that would leave a trace.

There are several boost gauge DIY's already, if you want to look at those, its basically the same, except I am just taping the 3 wires in the cigarette lighter plug for the hardwire, where others chose a more difficult route for some reason.

Here is the vacuum tubing that is INCLUDED in the kit.

What do you mean by "see the switch" ? What switch? No switch is needed for the install, it turns on and off with the car, you could add one if you wanted, but most people wouldnt.. the rest of your gauges don't have switches to turn them off

-Rick

The brass part is the fitting that goes on the back of the gauge

03-17-2008, 02:40 PM	#1
RiXst3r BimmerPost Supporting Vendor Drives: www.p3cars.com Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,095 iTrader: (10)	►►► 335 Boost Gauge Kits and Pods - RiXeffects ►►► Now offering high quality boost gauges pods and full install kits for the 335. WWW.RIXEFFECTS.COM/groupbuy.htm to order Guage Pod Kits include all the tubing, wiring, tap-ins, zip-ties and connectors needed to install the gauge. They also include full easy to follow instructions for installing. They also include the pod, and your choice of digital or mechanical gauges. This kit is specifically designed for the 335. The project started by fiberglassing a gauge into the corner... but it took about 150 hours of sanding and reshaping to get it to where it is now... and then there was the leather texture, and having that survive the process of creating molds for production. I have years of fabrication expirience, and have created many custom car interior products, and projects... This is a completly hand made peice, its just a replicated hand made peice... like a re-print of a peice of art... LOL Pretty early on, I took my prototype to a plastic injection shop, and wanted to get quotes on having it made that way... I ran into several problems... the shape isnt compatible, no plastics matched the dash properly(because the dash is rubberized), etc, etc... which led me to a different process... reactive rubber molding. This is more of a "one off" method... where it takes over an hour for each peice to cure, and also must be poured and extracted by hand. Right now these are made by hand, using the production molds. Its about a 2 hour process of mixing, degassing, pouring, de-molding, trimming, etc.. We can make them at a rate of 1-3 per day. The rubber I use is a silicone based ultra strong rubber that was designed for the special effects industry. It costs $200 PER GALLON!!! So... all that to say... you guys are going to get your money worth... this isnt just some cheasy plastic injected part from china... its got a personal touch of love from me to you POD WILL FIT ANY 52mm boost gauge Install is easy and completely reversible. The digital gauge is very very accurate. 90% of my customers choose this gauge, because they want to know for sure an accurate reading above all else. It uses a piezo-electronic sensor which responds faster and is more accurate. It adjusts itself for ambient pressure and ambient temp for pefect calibration at any altitude. It also has the following features... Peak recall 0.1 PSI resolution Numeric and bargraph recall, with user-adjustable peak-display time Integrated semiconductor sensor (no external sensor required) Park-light dimmer Bi-directional 12-segment bargraph AND 3-digit display User-settable bargraph scale User-settable day and night intensities (9 levels each) You can read more here: http://www.veisystems.com/bhm-m.html mech. gauge pics at http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107134 thanks to Mr. 5... Order at www.rixeffects.com/groupbuy.htm Pods are in production, shipping is in 1-2 weeks on NEW orders. orders will be shipped in a first come first server order. -Rick ACTUAL PRODUCTION POD: (notice leather texture -will be on all pods) (Thanks to e90AW335i for the photo ) KIT: From left to right, here is what you see: - Numbered Certificate of Authenticity for the pod, hand signed by me. Because these pods are hand made, we have to reject close to almost 10% of them sometimes, so each one is approved by me. - The pod, made of ultra strong silicon based rubber designed for the special effects industry, at a cost of $200 per gallon. It also gets a fresh coat of automotive UV protectant before getting sealed up, hence the shine on the leather texture. - Your chosen guage. This photo is of the mechanical gauge, but the digital is availible as well, and the digital is what I personally prefer (which is why I am backordered on digital gauges!) - Install instructions. Full pictorial instructions that take you step by step through routing the vacuum lines and hooking up the wiring. I even had my wife go over them to make them "idiot proof" (not that my wife is an idiot! ) but you enthusients should have no problems at all... - Wiring Diagrams. Details wiring diagrams for how to hook up the power lines and dimmer lines to the gauges... (as if it wasn't easy enough already ) - Vacuum tubing kit from newsouth performance. I spared no expense... this is the best of the best of tubing kits, as recommended by several users and moderators on these forums. - 3 conductor wire, quick disconnects, tap-ins, and heat shrink tubung. Everything you need to properly install the gauge, and even quickly remove it for dealer visits. The wire I chose has a slight stiffness to it... this makes it easier to "poke" it up through the a-pillar without the need for other wire fishing techniques. The digital gauge kit also includes a few resistors and a capacitor to "filter" the dimmer line from any noise, but this is of course optional, and your choice if you want to use the dimmer or not. Attached Images __________________ PROcede V4 -- (beta V4 now shipping!) - Only $945 with FREE SHIPPING CLICK HERE TO ORDER! - http://www.p3cars.com/catalog/vishnu...er-for-335135/ Last edited by RiXst3r; 06-09-2008 at 04:38 PM.

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03-18-2008, 08:52 PM	#20
hl0m4n Brigadier General Drives: 335i-->328i Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY Posts: 4,284 iTrader: (27)	i will have to see the switch before i make the order. i do like the setup though alot and installation seems easy. just tuck the wire through like a v1 hardwire to engine bay and voila? any drilling, cutting, etc to tap into the boost pipe? instructions would be nice too so ill be waiting for that.