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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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OMG that is crazy.... I love the cutoff for the redline
Old Mar 28, 2005 | 11:27 PM
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very nice looking... the first pic you posted reminds me of my boys Audi A4 gauges --gauge rings and all.
Old Mar 28, 2005 | 11:47 PM
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Damn dude. That looks so sweet. I would love to do that but my odometer isn't digital so I'm guess from what everyone's saying I don't have enough room to do this?
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 04:35 AM
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 10:47 AM
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Where did you get your led's from?
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by sunten1
Nice work man

Damn I wish I wasn't so scared to solder....I don't know why, I have all the tools right hear, its just I have no idea how to use it...
really dude, it's SO easy. once u start u'll be like, oh man imma solder everything!!!! ... but ya, i first got one of those cheap soldering irons from radio shack, broke it now i have a $20 home depot soldering gun which i think it much easier to work with, check them out man, all these tools are so cheap, and easy to use. good LUCK!

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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by geo1317
i found 1.8mm leds that i stuck under the needles
i also used 5mm that i glued to the optics


I then used electrical tape to cover the optics for the needle so that i dont get the purple color.
thats the exact same thing I did but the results were not as good. Maybe the 3mm LEDs were not bright enough.



I have hots spots with the 194 bulbs and some of the letters and numbers are blocked by the electrical tape.

Good work!
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 01:55 PM
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You did a spectavular job. Very creative work. The cut off for redline is crisp and sharp.

I love that shift at the top, thats the icing on the cake. Isnt highbean in that place? still just sick.
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 04:16 PM
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damnnn man thats a sick job
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 04:50 PM
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Nice LED job. I wish I had some solder skillz. Right now, I'd be happy to have the courage to pop those off. How much did it cost to do the whole job?
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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nice job, here's mine

Old Mar 29, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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those has got to be the nicest dash led mods ive seen in the org..
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 05:57 PM
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WOW, That is a Sweet custom job...
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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writeup is needed... i;m still a little lost.

look quite sick man
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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wow those all are sick!! i want to do... Maybe a How To? u all just keep getting better and better
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 07:20 PM
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So why you are still not happy with them ?
Old Mar 29, 2005 | 07:24 PM
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where in Westchester are you? Im up there atleast every other weekend at my girls apartment in WhitePlains. We should meet up one night if your free. Sick job on the gauge cluster

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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 09:53 PM
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ok this is my next mod for suuuuuuure... i dunno where to begin tho!
is there already a writeup for LED gauges? if so, where?
then we just need a short writeup on the needle part.

funny thing is this looks better than that $100 intelliglow needle kit...

Awesome job man.

Devin
Old Mar 30, 2005 | 04:46 PM
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wow... tooo lazy even if i wanted ... soo sexy
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 12:24 AM
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ill give you 120$ for your whole dash thing
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 12:37 AM
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so nice....if i knew how i would probly do it
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 02:49 AM
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do urself a favor and buy some gas...ur almost empty...hehe...other than that....drool...
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:24 AM
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Yall click warios signature pic, that banner is a link to a how to. With that and the pictures hes posted it should be enough to get ya started.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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That's nice man!!! I just got my Maxima GLE about 3 weeks ago and it's tight to see that the Max has such a knowledgeable group of people that drive them. I need to try that. Once again, love the work.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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thats one nice gauge cluster quick question for all too make the needles clear is 220 a good grit or is something better for the job and how long did it take anyone who did it
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BLaKtOut
thats one nice gauge cluster quick question for all too make the needles clear is 220 a good grit or is something better for the job and how long did it take anyone who did it

if you have the needles off while you are doing it i heard you can use nail polish remover

i did the gauge cluster in a 2001 dodge ram and i used 400 grit
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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i want them the exact way you got em with the redline cutoff and shift light but with white needles i would pay you $150 for them shipped and ill send you my gauge cluster
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 01:20 PM
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Amazing... great job on that, i only wish my guages could look like that
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 07:35 PM
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i cant find aything on using LEDs to backlight the gauge faces... is this just done using the 194 bulb mod and 194 LED bulbs? if not, whats the procedure? i dont see any howtos anywhere for this.

Also, what color bulbs/ LEDs are used to backlight these gauges shown here? its almost like a white-ish blue???

Thanks in advance.

Devin
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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Hey I bet you can make alot of mooney if you offer those services on the org.
I'll be the first to pay!!!!!
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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looks very nice, a job well done!
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 11:52 AM
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anyway to have you do this????
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 01:17 PM
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Now that looks really great, I am planning to do all red but I my change my now. I am impress
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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Are you kidding me...


YOUR SIG IS TOO BIG!!!
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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Now that looks really great, I am planning to do all red but I my change my now. I am impress

now you should know better than to have a sig that big, either crop it down or take it off all together. . . sheeesh . . .
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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here just copy and past link and use one of these.





Man...
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 03:01 PM
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damn those guages look great. what MCD are those LEDs?
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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yes ali g rules great avatar
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 04:15 PM
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those are probably the best looking gauges i've EVER seen. and i've seen a lot of gauges, lemme tell you.
Old Jul 14, 2005 | 04:22 PM
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Nice job, man!!!!!! The best gauges out here on the ORG!!!!



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