Blue gauge needles and hyper amber interior!!
 

Hey people,

This is a project I've been working on for some time now. My 02 cluster got ruined, and I ended up using alot of parts from the 01 cluster. I have a sedan, so I finally decided to do the interior lights a bright amber color. I just removed all the factory gels and condoms and cleared the gauge faces with acetone.

I then decided on blue gauge needles, which you must have an 01 cluster to do. It was a huge pain trying to do this with an 02. Eventually, I'll post a DIY if you guys want. Onto the pics! The camera didn't exactly get the color right. It's a really bright, true amber color. Blue needles are from LEDs. The amber on everything matches, and I've got a pioneer deck with OEL that matches pretty well. I'll post new pics later.

http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...Pic-11-med.jpg

http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...Pic-31-med.jpg

http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...Pic-21-med.jpg

Not bad. I took the orange gel thing off on the temp knobs/ fan and defrost button under the radio. It looks like a light white, like your pic. But I give you props on the needles.

looks sweet

I thought more people would be interested in this. I've read tons of posts about people wanting needles like this. Oh well.

DUDE!!!! You need to PM me or email me and let me know or even IM me cause I wanna know about that. I tried to do this with my Saturn but the needles weren't a clear Lexan, I was workin on it with other needles from different cars but the Saturn was totalled before I finished.

yea dude im interested on how u got the red out the needles... cause i have an 01 sedan.. and id like to do that since my whole dash is the color of ur needles... please tell...

def. interested. I want to make my dash either blue or red.

Either way Im gonna do the whole dash and HVAC that color.

I'll make a DIY for this but not for a few weeks. I actually tried it by just clearing the needles and they lit up a nice amber. Blue really does look better, though, and matches my deck.

If you have an 01, the needles should be clear except for a layer of orange paint on top and bottom. You can get it out with ethanol, but it's really much more complicated than this. You also have to paint and do some other stuff to channel the light properly. Wait for the DIY :)

lol no.. PM me with the needle info.... i know how to make the bulbs blue... but PM me with the info on how to get the needles blue...

yea heres what mine look like... i want the needles blue , then im gonna change the gauges red.. :)

http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...titled-med.jpg

Looks nice. I'll have the DIY done tonight hopefully. I really need to clean up and relax a bit.

cool thx

gearbox- that's tight! can't wai tto see the DIY

osoboosted-what kind of gauges are those? and how are you gonna change it to red?

osoboosted - do you have the pioneer DEH-P6500 deck? i think i have that same one, but mine lights up green. how is yours blue?

o and i love the blue needles. we defeniatly need a DIY on this.

VERY sweet looking guages gearbox! cant wait to see the DIY

DIY is up in the tech forum!

Uh, when you say "hyper amber", you mean a reddish colour like Pontiacs and BMWs right? In the pictures the colour looks white.

:confused:

Basically if I open up my dash, acetone the cluster and remove gels / condoms, I will have amber lighting? Seems too easy.

No, hyper amber means true amber color straight from the backlight bulbs. It's really easy to do. Acetone cluster faces (back), remove bulb condoms and gels. Everything will match exactly. If you have an 01, you can also clear the needles and have them light up amber, too.

that looks really nice

http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...Pic-21-med.jpg

wow! Sweet man! Thats basically what ive been waitin to see! I want my guages to be WHITE (like 03) , and the needles to be blue... Is that possible to do?