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For those that were interested in changing the GXE gauge lights

Old May 6, 2003 | 06:32 PM
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For those that were interested in changing the GXE gauge lights

I had stated a while back that the actually back of the gauge of the GXE gauges were green and if you wanted to change the color I thought that maybe you could scrape the green off. Well I was wrong...I was digging through my storage shed the other day and found my old GXE gauges I had and noticed that since they were in a box with a bunch of other stuff that the face of them had been scraped. What I found out is the whole gauge is green with gauges painted on over it.

so long story short you cant scrape off the green so if you want to change the color just go with SE or indiglo gauges.

Some may already know this but figured I would share since I just found out and know some were interested in it.
Old May 6, 2003 | 06:45 PM
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I guess I'll just have to get some SE gauges. Joo got a PM
Old May 7, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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what year gxe gauges do you have?? my 91 gxe gauges didn't have any green colored plastic at all, it was the green condom things on the lights that made mine green...

These are the gxe gauges now (but in my se)



Old May 7, 2003 | 09:25 PM
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My GXE gauges are digital.
Old May 7, 2003 | 11:46 PM
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I baught a used se 89-91 gauges, they look great..






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Old May 8, 2003 | 12:34 AM
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Damn... is everyone using red lighting nowadays??? And here I thought I'd be different...
Old May 9, 2003 | 08:43 AM
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i installed '93 SE gauges with the 145 mph into my '93 GXE and it works fine and all i think pest2001 or william i think is him name has them too on his GXE.
Old May 9, 2003 | 08:49 AM
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Wouldn't your speedo be off if you put in SE gauges? Do you recalibrate your speed sensor or something?
Old May 9, 2003 | 09:07 AM
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125 se gauges will work on any 3rd gen vg

but 145se ve i dont know, i would think it would be off..
Old May 9, 2003 | 12:58 PM
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oh yeah, I forgot about the VG SEs
Old May 10, 2003 | 12:39 PM
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do 145 mph fit in 1994 gxe maximas?
Old May 10, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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they fit but the speedo will be off.. you need se gauges from 1989-1991 vg's that you can switch out and no speedo problem
Old May 11, 2003 | 04:03 PM
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could change the speedo gear in the trany or is it computer controled
Old May 11, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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Originally posted by mtcookson
what year gxe gauges do you have?? my 91 gxe gauges didn't have any green colored plastic at all, it was the green condom things on the lights that made mine green...

These are the gxe gauges now (but in my se)



Going a little fast there Mark? j/k
Old May 11, 2003 | 08:38 PM
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warp 9.9 engage
Old May 11, 2003 | 09:24 PM
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well... when you have a maxima like this it's kind of hard to not go fast...

Old May 11, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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damn it yu still have that pic of my interior... grrr.. its now black interior.. just need the seats and carpet, now if i can find a decent se wheel
Old May 12, 2003 | 12:10 PM
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i didn't calibrate anything in those SE guages. they work just fine in my GXE.
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