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Old 07-15-03, 01:41 AM
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Cool Pics of my gauge cluster

Inspired by One Last Try, I decided to try my own gauges. I did these a little different than his but the idea is the same. Check these out and let me know what you think.

PS - My wife did most of the work. Pretty much all I did was pull the cluster and take it apart.
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Old 07-15-03, 01:43 AM
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They almost green in the pics but they are a nice blue.
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Old 07-15-03, 05:25 AM
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nice!

you and the wife did an excellent job...i'm sure brian will be proud.
Old 07-15-03, 04:56 PM
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Looks nice with the blue screen of the HU
Old 07-16-03, 12:55 AM
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Originally posted by Vegassc400
Inspired by One Last Try, I decided to try my own gauges. I did these a little different than his but the idea is the same. Check these out and let me know what you think.

PS - My wife did most of the work. Pretty much all I did was pull the cluster and take it apart.
That’s a nice looking job you and your wife did If you don't mind me asking what did you have your wife do to lights ?? LOL you have her paint them with nail polish ??? J/K

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She's a little more patient than I am with the small exact type of projects. On the back of the gauge face there is a white piece of plastic. All we did was cover it with some blue tinted plastic from the craft store. turned out pretty good I thought.
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Originally posted by Vegassc400
She's a little more patient than I am with the small exact type of projects. On the back of the gauge face there is a white piece of plastic. All we did was cover it with some blue tinted plastic from the craft store. Turned out pretty good I thought.
LOL, well tell your wife she did a nice job and thanx for the DIY.. I may look into this way of doing it when I get around to messing with my cluster, right now I am focused on my CAR PC / Audio system...

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WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DID YOU CONSIDER BEFORE DOING THE WORK YOURSELF. ARE THE DASH KITS REALLY EXPENSIVE???
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WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DID YOU CONSIDER BEFORE DOING THE WORK YOURSELF. ARE THE DASH KITS REALLY EXPENSIVE???
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I answered your original post....


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Old 07-17-03, 05:34 AM
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What kind of headunit is that?
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Pioneer DVD. Just a heads up for the people who were thinking about trying this way. Do not do it. I pulled the cluster again last night to work on another problem and the plastic I used is already warping from the heat. One Last Try's solution sounds like a better alternative. repeat DO NOT DO IT THIS WAY.

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Old 07-18-03, 08:40 AM
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Why do you not recommend it? I tried it and the blue is definately dimmer. Do you notice the same problem?
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Dimmer than what? Are you not running sylvania #24's?
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It's dimmer than the stock lights during the day. I can hardly read the numbers. They are just glowing and moving needles. =)


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