Blue lighted guages
10-20-2001, 07:11 PM
#42
Originally posted by JDM4LIFE
okay, when i took apart my gauges, i also noticed the back had a place that was already ready to be cut-out for the dash 1-2-D-N-R-P display. did the 4th gen's actually have those or were they just there for the possibility of it being like that?
okay, when i took apart my gauges, i also noticed the back had a place that was already ready to be cut-out for the dash 1-2-D-N-R-P display. did the 4th gen's actually have those or were they just there for the possibility of it being like that?
Heres a pic of the 3rd Gen unit.
10-20-2001, 07:29 PM
#46
I sent you a message... www.importintelligence.com
and I think it was like 70. yes I put it in myself... it was easy...
just time consuming... you don't want to half aas that job.
and I think it was like 70. yes I put it in myself... it was easy...
just time consuming... you don't want to half aas that job.
10-20-2001, 08:20 PM
#47
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Member j_bryan sent his gauges to Import Intelligence and they installed the needles for him.
Read the thread here: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....5&pagenumber=2
Read the thread here: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....5&pagenumber=2
Originally posted by thebigsadler
did you install the kit?
how much was it? from where?
did you install the kit?
how much was it? from where?
10-20-2001, 10:42 PM
#49
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 866
Originally posted by Toolrocks
Once you remove the blue condom the light is yellowish. I couldn't ever get the blue paint to cover the entire bulb like I needed, also like I just said it was kinda green. Yellow + blue = green. Damn!!! I'm still fooling w/ this. I
Once you remove the blue condom the light is yellowish. I couldn't ever get the blue paint to cover the entire bulb like I needed, also like I just said it was kinda green. Yellow + blue = green. Damn!!! I'm still fooling w/ this. I
10-21-2001, 07:18 PM
#50
Originally posted by JDM4LIFE
okay, when i took apart my gauges, i also noticed the back had a place that was already ready to be cut-out for the dash 1-2-D-N-R-P display. did the 4th gen's actually have those or were they just there for the possibility of it being like that?
okay, when i took apart my gauges, i also noticed the back had a place that was already ready to be cut-out for the dash 1-2-D-N-R-P display. did the 4th gen's actually have those or were they just there for the possibility of it being like that?
in to the back of the gauge cluster... Hmm I'll have to go back to play wiht these ideas...
10-21-2001, 08:02 PM
#52
[Q If the yellowish light (no condom)+blue paint=green, what about the yellowish light+green paint making blue? Has anyone tried this? [/B][/QUOTE]
I wish it were that simple but it's not. Blue is a primary color, adding yellow makes it green and adding yellow to green makes a lighter shade of green, kinda limey
That method just won't work. I even tried using the yellowish bulb with a purple paint but that didn't give a blue either.
What kind of paint are you using on the bulbs that handle the heat and stick to glass? I tried using a glass stain. It wouldn't really coat the bulb all over due to the shape of the bulb so I didn't get to test if it would survive the heat. The paint is known as glass stain and I got it a craft store. People use them in 'suncatchers'. I think I am going to remove my guages and put blue glass stain on the guages and use hyperwhite bulbs to shine through. If I put half as much effort into my classes as I do on this damn blue light crap I'd be brilliant. A++++++ Ralphy
I wish it were that simple but it's not. Blue is a primary color, adding yellow makes it green and adding yellow to green makes a lighter shade of green, kinda limey
That method just won't work. I even tried using the yellowish bulb with a purple paint but that didn't give a blue either.What kind of paint are you using on the bulbs that handle the heat and stick to glass? I tried using a glass stain. It wouldn't really coat the bulb all over due to the shape of the bulb so I didn't get to test if it would survive the heat. The paint is known as glass stain and I got it a craft store. People use them in 'suncatchers'. I think I am going to remove my guages and put blue glass stain on the guages and use hyperwhite bulbs to shine through. If I put half as much effort into my classes as I do on this damn blue light crap I'd be brilliant. A++++++ Ralphy
10-21-2001, 09:11 PM
#53
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 721
Originally posted by Toolrocks
[Q If the yellowish light (no condom)+blue paint=green, what about the yellowish light+green paint making blue? Has anyone tried this?
[Q If the yellowish light (no condom)+blue paint=green, what about the yellowish light+green paint making blue? Has anyone tried this?
That method just won't work. I even tried using the yellowish bulb with a purple paint but that didn't give a blue either.What kind of paint are you using on the bulbs that handle the heat and stick to glass? I tried using a glass stain. It wouldn't really coat the bulb all over due to the shape of the bulb so I didn't get to test if it would survive the heat. The paint is known as glass stain and I got it a craft store. People use them in 'suncatchers'. I think I am going to remove my guages and put blue glass stain on the guages and use hyperwhite bulbs to shine through. If I put half as much effort into my classes as I do on this damn blue light crap I'd be brilliant. A++++++ Ralphy [/B][/QUOTE]
I'm the same way, I spend more time thinking of a way to make my dash lights blue than on school. If only school was as interesting.
10-21-2001, 09:16 PM
#54
I'll let you know if I have sucess w/ the painting of the gauges. Yeah, school is boring although for a speech class I got to do an informative speech on car mods. I talked about intakes and exhausts. Oh yeah.
11-01-2001, 11:25 PM
#55
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Have a 95' GLE do u guys know if the gauge cluster bulbs are 194 ? And want to know if I can get a good deal on bulbs need couple of them to change the switch and one more question the gear selector for auto do they also use 194 bulbs?
11-02-2001, 12:17 PM
#56
Originally posted by asianpr3082
Have a 95' GLE do u guys know if the gauge cluster bulbs are 194 ? And want to know if I can get a good deal on bulbs need couple of them to change the switch and one more question the gear selector for auto do they also use 194 bulbs?
Have a 95' GLE do u guys know if the gauge cluster bulbs are 194 ? And want to know if I can get a good deal on bulbs need couple of them to change the switch and one more question the gear selector for auto do they also use 194 bulbs?
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