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Old 07-28-2001, 10:16 AM
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Instead of going through the trouble and money of changing the guages, which is all that much or anything, I replace all the stock bulb in my 97 guages and replaced them with red ones from Wal-Mart. I like how its a different look. I also took a Sharpie marker and colored the needs, and replaced the bulbs in my Electronic AC Deck. It looks really nice, and most people think it came stock like that. If anyone wants to know how its done, just let me know, and I will give you directions.
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Old 07-28-2001, 12:05 PM
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Originally posted by 97GreenMax
Instead of going through the trouble and money of changing the guages, which is all that much or anything, I replace all the stock bulb in my 97 guages and replaced them with red ones from Wal-Mart. I like how its a different look. I also took a Sharpie marker and colored the needs, and replaced the bulbs in my Electronic AC Deck. It looks really nice, and most people think it came stock like that. If anyone wants to know how its done, just let me know, and I will give you directions.
Sounds cool, what size bulb did it take? Go ahead and post some insturctions. Thanks, take care
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Old 07-28-2001, 04:24 PM
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The bulb size is 194, you will need 5 total. The fuel one is a different size, and I could not find red, so i colored that one with a red Sharpie marker. But it matched really well.

Steps:
1. Take the 2 screwes out from the top of the black guage peice, and pull that out very carefully.
2. Take the 3 screwes out that hold the guages in place.
3. Pull the guages out some, and unhook all the wires.
4. There are little turn peices that hold the bulbs in, take those out and replace the bulbs.
5. For the fuel guage, there is a turn peice that is marked fuel, take that out and color it with a red(or desired color) Sharpie.
6. Put all the bulbs back in place, screw the 3 screws back that hold the guagues in place, put the black peice back in place and screw that in.
7. Enjoy.
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Old 07-28-2001, 04:34 PM
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If you need pictures, go here:
http://www.geocities.com/amixam69/nissan/dash/
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Old 07-28-2001, 04:34 PM
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I've done that too... i bought 4 hyper white wedge bulbs with a blue tine and 2 res bulbds... Put 5 in the dash and one in my shift area... Looks nice... haven't colored the needle yet... i'll put pics up soon...
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