External meter housing and external meter applying external meter housing

The utility model provides an external meter housing and an external meter applying the external meter housing. A display area block is arranged on a selection side of a housing body of the external meter housing and provided with a light transmission part for allowing a light source in the housing body to penetrate the light transmission part to emit light outwards; and the light transmission part can be used for manifesting a pattern or a letter shape of a meter brand. Therefore, according to the external meter housing, the housing body can be internally provided with a controller, a display unit and a light emitting unit to form the external meter for a vehicle. The external meter is especially suitable for being mounted in front of a driver seat of an automobile, the light emitting unit emits light to the light transmission part, a bright meter brand mark is manifested towards the exterior of the automobile, and the effects of improving product appearance quality and avoiding counterfeiting of other perso