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Raising the Redline on your Gauges

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Old 03-30-09, 04:26 PM
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Default Raising the Redline on your Gauges

Since the 1JZ swap in 2003 I've been wanting to raise the Redline on the gauge cluster. When I was doing the CCFL back lit mod I noticed the Red in the Redline was printed on the front side so I grabbed a hobby blade and scraped it off to 7500. if you don't have a steady had I recommend outlining the marks with tape to help the blade stay in the boundaries.







Just so you know the light behind is a desk lamp not the CCFL
Old 03-30-09, 04:32 PM
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you can still see the red edges
Old 03-30-09, 04:35 PM
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nice job man. u can only see the red outline when u look really close.
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yes in the middle picture you can that was not finished.
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Nice work
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Nice tip to know, does the 1JZ really have that red line though?
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HA, I take it to 7800
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Originally Posted by 2.5tsoarer
HA, I take it to 7800
nuff said then
Old 03-30-09, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 2.5tsoarer
HA, I take it to 7800
Really?! Is that the stock limit for the 1jz? Or is that safe in stock form? I know your's is modded out the wazzoo...
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thats what I have the Power FC set at.
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I would take out the redline all the way, but hey it's your choice
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Gotta say, nice xacto cutting.
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great idea, i never even thought about this
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kewl idea...thanks for posting it
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Originally Posted by neurocity
Gotta say, nice xacto cutting.
actually its scraping, lol but yeah the steady hand is due to years of wrapping vehicles.
Originally Posted by pmpdaddyt
great idea, i never even thought about this
Thanks !
Originally Posted by ConSynX
kewl idea...thanks for posting it
No problem. This is pretty much the only route we have since we do not have a JDM analog option like Hondas and Nissans.


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