Holycack

Who makes a nice A-pillar pod for 3 guages, I have the tweeters on the A-pillar so I think it might be in the way. I would like one that is colored to match my dark grey interior. The only one I have seen is the black Auto-Meter ones.

Monty

As far as I know, every pillar pod will come in black. It is up to the owner to paint the pillar to match his interior. The preferred choice of pillars are AutoMeter.

thecatsfan

Holycack,<br><br>I have the Autometer 3 gauge pod in my 01. My interior is also dark grey. The gauge pod from Autometer was so close to the color of the factory A-Pillar trim that I didn't paint mine. Can't tell the difference.

RATTLINRAM

[quote author=thecatsfan link=board=7;threadid=15674;start=0#147429 date=1055183285]<br>Holycack,<br><br>I have the Autometer 3 gauge pod in my 01. My interior is also dark grey. The gauge pod from Autometer was so close to the color of the factory A-Pillar trim that I didn't paint mine. Can't tell the difference.<br>[/quote]<br><br> OK,,,,,,,,,, I been waiting for someone to admit to this! ;D Now I can say that I did the very same thing. I installed my gauges in the Auto Meter triple mount A-pillar with tweeter and had every intention of painting it after my install was all done. Once it was up there,,,,, it looked great to me. I've had lots of people look at the set up and nobody has noticed yet. Even when the truck is setting in the sun and you look at it from the front,,,,, both sides look the same. The up side was I didn't have to worry about screwing up the paint job on the pillar. (You know,,,,, the old &quot;Drop it in the dirt while the paint is still wet trick&quot; or the &quot;paint I used peels off after 6 months cause I didn't prep it right&quot; problem. [undecided]<br> I was well pleased with the Auto Meter A-pillar in the way it fit. I removed my stock pillar instead of covering it with the AM pillar and used the &quot;one screw at the top&quot; method to hold it in place. Fits like a glove! ;D <br><br>

TXRAM2

I did the same as Dennis, with the Propod. I have the agate interior, and the pod matches perfect. ;D Also did the one screw trick, but I used 2 instead. Saved the factory cover from cannabalism

Iron Horse

Could some body explain exactly where to put the screw? I have had my pod in for about 4 months now and it still isnt secured very good. :-[

Mechanos

Dang.... I've got the ProPod from Rod at Wildcat Diesel as well. Mine came in black though, so now I have to find some Agate paint for it. Anybody have paint code #?

berner

Your friendly Dodge dealer can get the interior paint code from your VIN and sell you a spray bomb that matches perfectly.

Mechanos

Funny you should mention that. I took my Function-14 printout with me to a dealer close to work over my lunch hour. My '01 interior code from the print out is -AZ Agate. Crossing that in the Mopar touch-up paint book spits out:

p/n 82201399
Code: LAZ
Agate Interior

about $8 for a 5 oz. rattle can.

BigBlue

You could do what I did and sand the pillar smooth and then paint it to match the exterior of the truck.

magnum

Mechanos, LAZ and AZ ARE the same paint code. For some reason Chrysler sometimes puts another letter in their code. If you were to go to any paint supply store or body shop, they could look up either code and come up with the same color.

Mechanos

Yes, this is true, but the auto paint store wanted quite a bit more to whip up an aerosol can and way too much for a pint when all I needed was a little dab to do this one pillar pod.

Thanks for the info on the paint codes....