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Old Aug 12, 2006
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Installing Gauges but confused on a few things help would be appreciated

First I wanted to know if all the gauges would still work if I hooked them up like this


Then I wanted to know for the power source which grey/red wire is it behind the gauge cluster there are 3...
is it the one I did it on?




2?


or 3?



in the middle of this so any help would be appreciated o and how do I ground it? do I need to get a grounder to put behind a bolt or can i just stick the wire behind a bolt and screw the bolt in? a bolt such as the grounder for the cig lighter
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thats a very thin wire to support 3 bulbs of 5 watt each. either use led bulb or pick a different power source like ignition or a new power wire. i think the red/black wire is the one for dash light.
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the only red black one is on the green clip not the blue one
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what year is your car. i know for 01-02 the dash light is on the blue connector and its the red/black. now you can test these wires just get a tester with led light and connect one clip to ground and then put the test point into each pin to see if it lights up when dash lights are on.
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I have an 04 lx

and it seems they are for sure not the right wire

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03-05 has different wiring. im not sure which it is.
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yea lol i figured that out when I cut a wire and it didnt work as a power source
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/\ Trial and error. That's how all the cool guys do it. There's only so many wires, right, guys?
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yea AWESOME suggestion...its cool I enjoy having power to my gauge cluster
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