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So I was at the dealer today (hmmmmm.....lot full of shiny new STI's (wipes drool from chin)) to pick up my shifter bushings when what do I see on the counter, free for guys like me who cant resist cool swag and who grew up in the days of the Sears Christmas catalog? Why it was a SPT/STI performance and accessories catalog. So I casually thumb through it while waiting on the bandit in disguise to return with my parts. So what do my eyes behold............? Why its the STI steering column mounted boost vac gauge. Well now, I say to myself, this would be a great upgrade for my current gauge. And so I left the parts department with this thought tickling the back of my mind. As I walk outside I stop once more to drip saliva upon the virgin glass coat of a dealer upgraded STI. Curious, I look at the listing sheet on the window and glance over at the upgrades. Low and behold, they have my boost gauge and they only wanted a pittance of $495 US! A small price to pay to have a piece of the great and mighty STI installed in my car, dont you think?!

Are you joking? I hope so! $495 could buy defi gauges.

It was listed in the dealer installed upgrades on the right. I cant believe it, even with labor written in.

You mean one of these:



Have not decided if I want to use it yet or not.

No, thats the suckier part. Its quite small and sits in an oblong pod on the left side of the column. It matches the interior but looks like an eBay item. (not knocking ebay). It was on all the STI's in the lot.

then this then?

Yes! Am I totally confused? How on earth is that thing so expensive!

Because it reads in Kilopascals!!!!!

If I ever get an STi, I will be certain it DOESN'T have that gauge. It's ugly, and doesn't fit the STi at all!

You sure that wasn't with labor included? Because I show list price for the part as $237.

subyluvr2212 wrote:You sure that wasn't with labor included? Because I show list price for the part as $237.

It has to be. I wouldnt pay $50 for that gauge.

I got that spt booklet too. Kinda neat, but way too expensive for everything. Fun to look at though.

Yeah....I hate the stock gauge.....a lot of the older 02 or so WRX's have it

That brochure has PINK! Sooooo muuuuch piiiiiinnnnnk!!!!

Thanks to that lovely after market signature color my wife is all for upgrading the 'ol tleg when the funds start rolling in. Hell, she even wants a WRX and she is quite good with the 5spd! If only they came in pink Id be rollin in a new 07! LOL.

Shell kill me when I tell her that those expensive tidbits will have to be painted black to add to the stealthiness!

I love seeing STI's or WRX's with all pink underpinnings. It's so cute... in a sick and perverse kind of way.