Anyone have experience with one of these yet?

http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm

It looks interesting and much less than a ScanGuageII. I have SGII in both of my primary cars now but am always looking for more toys.

 

My friend has one on his Subaru, I just saw it this past weekend. Less slick than a more expensive gauge, but the price can't be beat. I'm thinking about getting one for the Mini myself. Even if you buy it just to read and clear engine codes, it's worth it. You ever check the price of code scanners in the auto parts stores?

 

Anyone get one? How well does it work with the mini?

 

interesting. subscribing. Most likely you get what you pay for, but ya never know

edit: all the reviews ive googled on other forums seem incredibly favorable... ill add it to my list lol

 

Looks very interesting. Here's some info I found comparing it to the Scan Gauge http://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=12565

Some good photos too. Too bad this unit has the control buttons in the back.

 

i was thinking about getting a Scanguage but i just ordered on of these instead... i will keep you guys updated

 

so i got mine in today ... its really really nice, its much better esthetically then the SCII. it recognizes about 33 gauges i believe.

first thing i did was check to see if i could see manifold psi.. it works but obviously there is a factor to play in when your trying to figure out the boost your making. 14.5 is 0 on a boost gauge. if the UG says 25psi that means your really pushing about 10.5psi... its not hard to figure out just takes some time to get used to. my car read 14.5 psi with the car key in the off position so i know its accurate. UG is going to be updating there firmware soon to allow custom codes and commands so i dont see an issue with getting this thing to be a regular boost gauge in the future.

what i dont get is how they can sell this thing for so cheap... it comes with a very nice window mount and everything!

im thinking about mounting it infront of the tach because its so small and wont really get in the way. and it will help saying i have an 02 and cant have my speed show up on the tach :(

ill do a more in depth write up on it when i have played around with it more

 

Let's see some pics

 

you ask and you shall receive lol

i thought it fit alright here what do you guys think?

 

I like it! Much nicer looking than the SG II. 6 functions displayed vs 4.

 

Thanks . Looks good. In these cars it's tough finding a perfect mounting spot. Is the display info hard to read while driving?

 

That does look pretty nice. Let us know how you like it after using it a few times.

 

subscribed. might be in for one of these soon. I need a speedo near my tach as well.

can you change the color of the readouts?

 

I WANT ONE!

Unfortunately my MINI has metric gauges and according to the site:

Non USA Customers: UltraGauge does not currently support Metric units

Is that because the unit does not understand the data coming from the OBDII connector or because it simply does not display info in Metric but displays it on Imperial units?

I don't mind getting Imperial readouts, actually that would be awesome since I live in the Mexico/USA border and travel a lot to the States with my MINI and I would love to see MPG, MPH and such instead of Kilometers per hour.

I will contact the vendor but what do you guys think?


Thanks!
RayanMX

 

Just got confirmation that the UltraGauge will work on my Metric MCS, it will just display all gauges in English units, which is fine with me.

I will get one TODAY!

Cheers!
RayanMX

 

guys i just letting you know i put up a video review of it in the interior forum.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...53-review.html

 

Too bad I waited... They're sold out until 2nd week of March... :(

I'm thinking of getting an OBDII Bluetooth adapter instead and use Torque app on my Android phone.

Seems to be really nice and robust!

Regards,
RayanMX

 

how do you change your mini settings now

 

what mini settings? there is nothing im missing other then the outside temp which i could display on the ultra gauge if i wanted to.

 

His MINI has the navigation systems, so the controls for changing the car's settings aren't on the tach.

 

I conected the gauge to my car 03 R53 but it's always says searching..why?

 

Beware I sent mine back because it drained my battery and gave me a check engine light. I worked with tech support for about two weeks and then gave up. I wrote a thread about it. There were others with the same problem. Hopefully they will get it fixed. Seemed like a great little gauge.

Larry

 

For some reason the UG only has the battery drain issue on the 2006-2011 models.

http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragaug...xceptions.html

 

I have a late build 09 S and I just installed the Ultra Gauge EM, it has the metric & other extra gauges. It now has a boost gauge and can display 8 parameters on screen.

I've known about the batt drain issue but for the price of just a code reader, i took a chance. was planning on just unplugging it at the end of the day, just to be safe. i didn't remove it after 3 hours and the car starts (no deat batt, whew!).

However, if it is left plugged in and i start the car, i get a symbol on the tach. MINI on a lift, nothing else on the dash lights or the OBC. no codes on the Ultra Gauge either. The car drives fine, no problems otherwise. tried it a few times and same thing.

For now, i have to make sure to plug it in only after ignition on or starting the car. I'll somehow have to fashion a switch to power it on/off at pin 16 (12V of OBD), the OBD port on the car is too low to hook up a switched OBD port and the Gauge.