Has anybody fitted Dual 5” Screens Instead of Analog Gauges to their Spyder? Any advice, suggestions, or concerns?

[Cloak]

I ride a 2014 RT Limited, and I have been thinking of removing the analog temp and fuel gauges and replacing them with 5” car play screens (1 on each side).
Has anybody here done that to their Spyder? If so, any advice, suggestions, or concerns I should know about?

 

[Mikey]

Just unhook the gauges you have, and that info will go digital automatically on your dash/display! You can replace the gauges with filler plates or leave the old gauges there; I got the filler plates, looks great.

 

[2dogs]

Replaced mine with a 12v (cigarette lighter) receptacle and the other with a multiple USB port.

 

[OldAge]

I ride a 2014 RT Limited, and I have been thinking of removing the analog temp and fuel gauges and replacing them with 5” car play screens (1 on each side).
Has anybody here done that to their Spyder? If so, any advice, suggestions, or concerns I should know about?

Sounds like an interesting project. Definitely different. I just have a voltmeter on the right and a clock I can actually see on the left.

 

[racoon]

I ride a 2014 RT Limited, and I have been thinking of removing the analog temp and fuel gauges and replacing them with 5” car play screens (1 on each side).
Has anybody here done that to their Spyder? If so, any advice, suggestions, or concerns I should know about?

I used Google image search to find a picture of a 2014 RT Limited display.
I was able to also find a 5" Carplay display, but they're square and the areas on the RT display are triangular. I'm not sure how you would get it to fit.

 

[Cloak]

I’m going to have 2 screens, where the gauges are, but I’m going to do away with the gauges. They are going to mount on a ram style mount. They won’t be installed like the factory screen.

 

[racoon]

Interesting idea. Hopefully you'll share a lot of pictures of the process and the final result.

 

[Cloak]

Interesting idea. Hopefully you'll share a lot of pictures of the process and the final result.

I will definitely take pics and video.
I tried attaching some pics earlier of the racing stripe and pinstriping but it kept saying error and file too large

 

[racoon]

I will definitely take pics and video.
I tried attaching some pics earlier of the racing stripe and pinstriping but it kept saying error and file too large

This should help:

Thread 'PLEASE UPLOAD, ATTACH, AND INSERT ALL PICTURES/IMAGES AS THUMBNAILS!'

Dec 19, 2024

If you've been trying to add pics/images/attachments without success, then the most likely issues are that you're either not finishing the upload, attach, and insert (as a thumbnail!) process; or your source image/file is simply too large! So for the former, you need to finish the job properly; the latter, either scale it down or re-size it smaller until it will upload.

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• Peter Aawen
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[2dogs]

I have a Samsung Z Fold with a wireless charging system that will securely hold the phone in either the open or closed position. What a distraction! I can't imagine dealing with 2 5" car play screens. It didn't take me but about two seconds to realise how dam dangerous and distracting a multi function digital screen was. I can safely receive and handle a short phone call through my intercom system, and that's it! Anymore than that is too dangerous to deal with. JMHO if you want to stay alive on the highway.