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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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Indiglo gauges (4 color) stopped working - causes?

My indiglo guages (aftermarket - 4 color, with another button to switch brightness) seem to have stopped working. Any thoughts as to the cause? I took apart the front and everything is hooked up correctly. Fuse issue?

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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 03:14 PM
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the ballast or w/e its called for the indiglos prolly took a ****... pur ur SE gauges back on, there so nice, why would you want different?>
Old Feb 19, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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no offence but aftermarket sucks compared to our SE gauges. If you had GLE or GXE that is a different story
Old Feb 19, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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Your car is rejecting the .
Old Feb 19, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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its probably the inverter. this happened to me. Search on ebay for the inverter and you should be working again.
Old Feb 19, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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The infamous inverter is most likely the culprit as holla said. I'm on my third one now, pieces of poop. If this one goes out the overlays stay in and I'll have led's shine on the gauges or something.
Old Feb 19, 2006 | 10:30 PM
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No offense taken - I bought the car used and it had the indiglo already installed. The real question is this - is it easier to replace the aftermarket indiglo with the SE gauges, which I don't currently own, or just redo the inverter? Thanks for the thoughts though.
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 06:45 AM
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can anyone tell me how to install indiglow gauges? im really interested in putting them in mine..i have a GLE. anyone's help would be awesome!
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by triax37
No offense taken - I bought the car used and it had the indiglo already installed. The real question is this - is it easier to replace the aftermarket indiglo with the SE gauges, which I don't currently own, or just redo the inverter? Thanks for the thoughts though.
THE SE gauges might be under the indiglos.. Most people overlay them on top.
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by bmiller95max
can anyone tell me how to install indiglow gauges? im really interested in putting them in mine..i have a GLE. anyone's help would be awesome!
no, there more trouble than good, inverter goes out boom, or the needle sticks to them, or you mess up installation and need a entire new gauge cluster.
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:22 AM
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THE SE gauges might be under the indiglos.. Most people overlay them on top.
You're right - I took apart the dash this morning and the SE gauges are right underneath. There are some wires going directly to the indiglo sheets - do I take these off and reattach them to the SE original gauges? Otherwise, how do the SE gauges work at night?
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:31 AM
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SE gauges work with #74 bulbs in the back of the instrument cluster... it should be functional right now if the previous owner didn't remove the bulbs.
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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ya, but ur SE gauges back on and put LEDS in, it'll work a LOT better, and it won't look as cheap either...
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by s0ber
SE gauges work with #74 bulbs in the back of the instrument cluster... it should be functional right now if the previous owner didn't remove the bulbs.
All the bulbs are there - whether they still work or not is anyone's guess. I'll take out the indiglo and see how it looks when it gets dark. Thanks for your help - the easiest "mod" I've ever done.
Old Feb 20, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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They should still work your good.
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