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Old 09-18-2004, 07:41 AM
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Will I screw up my gauge?

my GXE has ugly black surface gauge..I want a white one.. like this..
http://www.importintelligence.com/index.html

I just wanna know if that's easy to install, I don't want to screw up the accuracy of the needles...1 of my friend has grow gauge and one of his needle was screwed up... Is it safe to install it by myself?

BTW..there are color options..but the color is whole gauge face not the numbers...so white looks better.. or anybody knows other way I could get a better looking gauge face? i don't want grow ones..just regular..
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Old 09-18-2004, 08:00 AM
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yes. its not hard at all. just be extra careful with the needles.
took my about 40 minutes for a complete install.
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Old 09-18-2004, 08:13 AM
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hmm...so how exactly do i have to do to avoid mess up my needles? any directions? thx


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yes. its not hard at all. just be extra careful with the needles.
took my about 40 minutes for a complete install.
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Old 09-18-2004, 08:27 AM
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The gauges in the pic wouldent fit a maxima. They are from a sentra. Maxima goes to 160 and if you install those, considering if they fit, they will not be accurate.

I seen gauges on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7922481730

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Old 09-18-2004, 09:36 AM
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Bla_sd, you have pm
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Old 09-18-2004, 09:38 AM
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I'm still waiting for someone to make the reverse indiglos for the 5/5.5 gens like the 4th gen's have.
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Old 09-18-2004, 09:52 AM
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you just got to be really carefull not to put too much pressure on the needels and do not pull on the needls..
and plust i got some reverse gauges from procarparts.com.
and i had to do some modifications to it to get a fit.

my advice just get SE gaugese that ft perfectly
 
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where to get se gauge besides ebay and org...coz not many ppl would sell se gauge...

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you just got to be really carefull not to put too much pressure on the needels and do not pull on the needls..
and plust i got some reverse gauges from procarparts.com.
and i had to do some modifications to it to get a fit.

my advice just get SE gaugese that ft perfectly
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Old 09-18-2004, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Bl_asd
where to get se gauge besides ebay and org...coz not many ppl would sell se gauge...
se on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33675
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Old 09-18-2004, 10:26 AM
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I was about to post my link to my auction but you got to it before I do. Thank you for the link.
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Old 09-18-2004, 08:07 PM
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One of my friends installed indiglo gauges from eBay on a Frontier which should be similar. Its not that hard to do if you are handy. The entire guage cluster comes out with the housing. Then you unclip the housing cover and take that apart.

The gauge needles may be spring loaded so I would not pull those out. Its hard to get them back in. Also, if you stack the two sets of gauges, then the needles will get stuck.

I personally think the cheap ebay gauges are cheesy. Look into getting the factory SE gauges which are titanium color. They are not indiglo at night but they look great in the daytime.

Another much easier mod would be the gauge bezel. Get the brushed aluminim. That what I have and it looks awesome and its much easier to put in.
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Old 09-18-2004, 11:35 PM
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Hey just stick with the black guages. They look nice to me it goes perfect with the interior. If u get the indiglo guages its gonna look to ricey. To me those indiglo guages should stay with the civics and acuras
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Old 09-19-2004, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by MAXINXS
I'm still waiting for someone to make the reverse indiglos for the 5/5.5 gens like the 4th gen's have.

they do make them look on my cardomain page you should be able to see em
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Originally Posted by Xplayboy69x
they do make them look on my cardomain page you should be able to see em
Are they compatible with 2000s?
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