It’s no secret that many gearheads dread making precise electrical connections in their vehicle, and that’s particularly true when it comes to cutting, spicing, or soldering into the factory wiring harness.
In fact, that apprehension has often stopped folks from upgrading their factory gauges with modern ones.
So the gauge gurus over at New Vintage USA came up with the ingenious Snap-Adapt system.
The system essentially consists of a socket that you build into a custom adapter which allows you to plug your New Vintage USA gauge cluster into the factory harness without any modifications. The system requires no soldering, no cutting, and no splicing—if you can use a wire crimper tool, then you can build the Snap-Adapt connector in a handful of minutes.
Better still, New Vintage USA includes easy-to-follow pinout diagrams with each kit that explain which wire goes to which pin on the clearly-numbered connector terminal. The only other specialized tool you’ll need is a simple circuit tester or multimeter to check the pins—again, the NVU folks will show you exactly how to do that.
New Vintage USA makes these Snap-Adapt kits for a mix of vehicle applications (click here to see them all), including these popular rides.
- 1970-80 Camaro
- 1970-72 Chevelle
- 1978-82 Corvette
- 1967-86 Chevy/GMC truck
- 1992-98 Chevy/GMC truck
- 1969-73 Mustang
- 1979-86 Mustang (some may require two kits)
- 1973-96 Ford truck
- 1970-81 Firebird
- 1978-87 Buick Regal
- 1978-81 Malibu and Monte Carlo
Get a closer look at how the Snap-Adapt system works in this detailed video direct from NVU:
Nothing available for 1st gen Camaros