just got my reverase indiglows, it taks about cdoating them what are they talking qbout has any one done this

 

english: they talk about coating the indiglos what are they talking about

 

hey king i just recieved mine today also i'm probably gonna start tackling them tomorrow. It looks a little tedious tho . And the instructions that come with it is probably the worse sheet of instructions i ever saw

 

go to www.maximadriver.com for instructions. they arent exact because they were for a 4th gen, but i used them and a voltmeter and was able to do it fairly quickly.

 

what is a voltmeter?..and what is it for?

 

you kinda need it, well i think so at least. it checks a wire to see what the voltage is that is comming out of it. once you rip off that dash your are going to see a sh*tload of wires back there. your gonna need to know what wire is ground and what wire has enough voltage comming through it to light up the guages. you must also make sure that wire only has power when the lights are turned on. i didnt thhink about it the first time, so as soon as i turned on the car they came on instead of comming on when you turn the lights on like they should. i know i used the group of wires that clip into the far right of the guage cluster. i cant remeber what colors they are tho

 

so i have to test each of the wires to see which one has enough voltage?

 

why not goto Radioshack, buy some "blade fuse taps", tap the parking light fuse with the wire for the indiglo transformer/power and just power the actual gauge off another wire in the car(ie- cig lighter, etc.) or just use another fuse tap on one of your other fuses(ie- ACC maybe)

 

noObs

 

just got mine install look aswome but dont know where to install inverter

 

just got mine install look aswome but dont know where to install inverter o yea and i need double stick tape thats my 2 cents

 

my cigarette lighter light is burned out so i just used that positive wire. i dont know the voltage but assume its 12volts most car voltage is 12.

 

hey kingrye did you do it yourself?..did you follow the maximadriver.com instructions or the crappy ones that came with them?..I think im gonna go ahead and go with thebull's method

 

i understood the concept its not hard. its like adding an amp to your car just find a hot wire tap,it ground,it put on the plastic grauge covers,dont break any thing take a part your car but not in that order.

 

no you dont have to check all of them. usually ground is black and power is red. in this case tho i think the wire was green(not sure at all). you dont have to cut the wires to test them or anything. i just tested it from that connector that all the wires come through.

 

so basically you just looked at it and was like it's not as hard as i thought..but im sure you had to follow some instructions..which one??

 

man i just put it all back to gether and no my speed do is sticking

 

well sorry about the bad luck.. that's why i didn't even wanna touch it...i went spend 75 bucks for at a local rice shop to do it. it hurt my wallet a little but hey at leat it's done right who knows how much i woulda screwed it up.. i suck at electrical stuff....and wow does it look great it'll add some percentage to my chick meter lol

 

***** take it like a man

 

ok i cant say pu*** but got mine fully installed and working

 

pics?

 

Where did you guys get them from. I was looking a long tiem ago. And do you think that you can hook them up so that you could use the dimer switch in the car on them. When you guys were trying to find somewhere to hook up teh wires too Y didnt you just use the power to the OEM gauge lights or at least the fuse.

One last thing do oyu have to remove the needles to get it done? and if you did do you haev to go and get them recalibrated somewhere?

peace
mike

 

where'd you get the reverse indiglo gauges for the 3rd???

 

eBay I think.

 

you can buy them from procarparts.com or they also sell them on ebay
its too hard to tap into the stock back lighting and my gauge came with a dimmer swith i wish i had a digi cmaera but sorry

 

yeah if anyone has a digicam pic of their new gauges PLeAsE!! share em!
i'll check that website out though thanx guys...

 

these are the ones i have but the SE kind, goes up to 145. But im lookin to sell mine cuz i need cash BAD and i can deal with the stock ones. How much dd yous get yours for? This way ill know how much to sell mine for.