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My New Ultra-Gauge

I received an Ultra-Gauge for Christmas for the truck and couldnt be happier. I love this thing. I have never used a scangauge, but this thing looks so much better with the bigger display and all. very easy to use as well.

I still need to calibrate my mpg as our trucks do not have fuel sensors. It did confirm my Speedo is off 3mph. it is almost dead on with my GPS in mph which also shows my speedo to be 3 mph hour slow.

Another good thing is the fact it has a code reader/clearer. not bad for $76 shipped to the house.

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only thing i need to do right now is route my wire behind the A-Pillar plastic.

For those of you interested see below

ULTRA-GAUGE
 
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Looks nice. Just stands out too much in my opinion. At least the Scan Gauge can be mounted by the rear-view mirror and kinda be hidden there.
 
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Nice!! It does all the things scangauge can do and IMO it looks better while doing it. I don't mind having it stand out a bit, makes it easier to read while driving.
 
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How in the world did you twist that mount? You heat it up a bit?
 
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Damn, just might have to get one now!
 
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Nice Scott!

How does this thing compare to a scan gauge II?

$76 shippped aint bad adall. Where did you order from tell me please thanks.
 
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im not sure. alot of people say they like it better. it seems to be a good quality product with a bigger better display very simple and easy to use. it only has three buttons (Menu, Down, Up). My only two gripes about the unit is that the power cord is not detachable from the unit and that the buttons are on the back of the unit, so pods are out of the question.

just go to UltraGauge.com to order.

They keep costs down by not having fancy packaging (mine came is a regular shipping box (but well packaged). Also by not advertising, strictly word of mouth. Also no tech support. they have forums and stuff though. really great product
 
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Originally Posted by rangerboy101
Looks nice. Just stands out too much in my opinion. At least the Scan Gauge can be mounted by the rear-view mirror and kinda be hidden there.
i can mount this one there too, the cord is long enough, just dont wants to

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Nice!! It does all the things scangauge can do and IMO it looks better while doing it. I don't mind having it stand out a bit, makes it easier to read while driving.
very easy to read

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How in the world did you twist that mount? You heat it up a bit?
nope, it was hard, but i did it. it is a very well built mount too

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Damn, just might have to get one now!
DO IT
 
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Damn, just might have to get one now!
Yeah I seen ya eyeing that scan gauge II up here for sale....

I think that guy just lost a sale lol.
 
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on a side note. it displays 6 gauges per page and has three pages to display. you can set them how you want. you can also set it to cycle though them or stay on the same page. im gonna use it for its code reading capabilities to read and clear a code on my sisters car
 
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It comes with the mount right?

Yeah I think I'll be buyin this over a sg2... I like the big display
 
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I like it! Might have to get one.
 
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Originally Posted by TrePaul86
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It comes with the mount right?

Yeah I think I'll be buyin this over a sg2... I like the big display
Yeah it does Trevor. And its pretty stout too. You will definitely have to calibrate with ur bigass truck LOL.
 
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Hey Trevor, It also has a solid axle screen.

It gives you a number for how blingin your front differential is.
 
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OK I finally got tired of the effing wire getting in my way so I put on the old headlight and hid the wire behind the A pillar plastic.

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Bueno Senior!!

Looks great. Now im looking foward to one.
 
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dont understand how you just bent the plastic mount

i like it alot, but i dont get how you just....bent it. lol
 
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Originally Posted by rstangboi
dont understand how you just bent the plastic mount

i like it alot, but i dont get how you just....bent it. lol
haha me either! those thing are a pain in the a$$ to bend!
 
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We North Carolinians are crazy strong lumberjacks.
 
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I just use a hairdryer haha
 
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Originally Posted by rstangboi
dont understand how you just bent the plastic mount

i like it alot, but i dont get how you just....bent it. lol
Its made to bend. I just grabbed it and bent that ****
Man up haha
 
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Lol yea don't be a damn puss. Scotts retarded strong

Looks great man might get one for the truck naow
 
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ha i was going to say something about the wire, glad you did it....
also do you have 4.10s scott?
 
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Yessir----4.10 Open different though
 


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