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Anyone try to install Geno's guage in the airbag switch spot? I want to just let the switch hang back behind the dash. Appreciate any suggestions.
 
Charlie,

I was going to do the same thing you speak of... Put a gauge in the airbag switch location on a 98. 5. Should be pretty easy to do, just have to move a switch and some wiring. Not a problem. I never did get around to doing it on my 98. 5, but I still got all of the parts to do it. My plan was to move the airbag switch to the 1999 and up location, and get rid of the power outlet. I was going to install a trans temp gauge in the spot where the 98's had the airbag switch. Geno's even sells a little bezel to use in there that will hold a gauge.

To do this project, you'll need:

***New airbag switch bezel
***New dash bezel

It should not be hard to do, provided the 98 airbag switch fits in the 99+ bezel plate. I got all the parts here... Email me if you are interested!

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I installed a VDO 2-5/8" boost gauge in that spot by drilling a hole in a spare airbag switch bezel. I mounted the original airbag switch/bezel(still activated) inside the dash using velcro. It looks very good. I may mount a combination boost/egt gauge in the same spot, but I don't think the airbag switch bezel will neatly fit a 2" hole for the smaller gauge (silk screen letters and the key hole will not be fully cut away). I wonder if Geno's bezel is flat or curved?

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1998. 5 BE7L33 4x4, NV4500HD, 3. 54s, 255/85-16 Mud Rovers, Cummins uprate kit
 
How about a 3" combination gauge??? Do you think it would fit in the space that is now occupied by the airbag switch?

Tom
 
Unfortunately not. The opening isn't tall enough for a 3" gauge.

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