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Very nice, though i dont think ill be trying this one on my own...not good at this stuff. I did wanna ask if it shined more blue or green? im goin for blue in my ride and i love the gauges but if there is green it will turn me off. Do u know of gauges that glow a tight blue? would love the assistance. btw...great DIY my friend
PeArLhOnDa
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<< Very nice, though i dont think ill be trying this one on my own...not good at this stuff. I did wanna ask if it shined more blue or green? im goin for blue in my ride and i love the gauges but if there is green it will turn me off. Do u know of gauges that glow a tight blue? would love the assistance. btw...great DIY my friend
PeArLhOnDa >>
There is 1 shade of green and 4 shades of blue to choose from. The last pic in the DIY is the darkest blue. It's sweet, trust me. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] Looks just like the pic in person..maybe a little brighter is all. If I get a chance to use my friend's digicam again this weekend, I'll take pics off all 5 colors.
You and form3hide should go for it yourselves. It really isnt that hard. Only part that was a bit tough was removing the trim from the dash. Just give it a little muscle and it'll pop out. And once you get the first needle in, the rest are easy. I was actually pretty rough putting them on but everything turned out fine. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
And thanks for all the s guys. [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]
hey man.. those look freaking sweet.. where did you get yours? i checked autodynamic and they only have the reverse indiglo's for the manual... i've been looking everywhere for those.. thanks
I got mine at AutoDynamic for $80. That site has changed ALOT since I bought the gauges. Havent really looked at it that much lately since they dont really have the mods I'm looking into right now. I do remember seeing a site which sold them for $60. I'll post if I can find it again.
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Weird. Site just reverted back to how is was originally.
Looked around a bit but didnt find what you are looking for. Try Wholesale Hyperformance. They got a bunch of gauges without pics, so try contacting them. I only glanced at the gauge descriptions without pics so I might be totally wrong...but it's a start.
Check out Nopi.com. They have indiglo & reverse indiglo guage faces.
As for installation...unless you know what you're doing, i wouldn't advise diy. The needles on the guage cluster have to be removed because honda didn't make them perfectly round. They have to be aligned perfectly once the guage faces are applied so not to mess up your rpm & most importantly you're speed reading. My b/f's dad works at a place that installs h/u's, sound systems, and works on car dashes so he was able to do it for me.
<< 6. Now its time to put on the gauges. This is actually pretty easy but you do need to be careful. I would recommend not removing the needles. Some people say they had no problems after removing the needles, but I hear if 'calibration' on the needles are messed up, you need to buy yourself a new cluster. There goes $500. nono; It doesn't really which face you put on first. Might wanna do the right side since there is a extra (odometer) hole to work with. Work with the big needle first. Slide the face on until it reaches the black part in the center. You will notice hole doesn't seem big enough. Slide the face under the black part, and you will gain a little more room, but still not enough. Now, I just forced the needle through the hole. The needles actually feel pretty strong, but you still would want to be as gentle as possible. Do the same for the other needles. And don't worry about moving the temp and gas needles (clockwise). They actually have an internal 'stop' so it shouldn't drop further (counter-clockwise) than 'factory settings.' I decided not to test the strength of the 'stop' incase it wasn't that strong. >>
Did you just not read the DIY oblivious9? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
The only experience I had was watching my boy do it on his 97 DX.
Well i think the DIY is phat, and the gauges look hella cool. Im just nervous bout messin with my car like that. I mean, ive done a lot of DIY's and im very proud but some stuff, i dunno, just feel better shelling out the cash for a pro ya know?
maybe ill grow some ballz in the next week when i start moding the car..........MAYBE
