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Old 10-21-2001, 11:07 AM
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glowing needle question

Do they fit in the Maxima GLE?
is it hard to install?
how will it look WITH the indiglo gauges?
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Re: glowing needle question

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Do they fit in the Maxima GLE?
Yes.

Search would have revealed this answer.

is it hard to install?
Depends.

You can also send your gauges into http://www.importintelligence.com

Search would have revealed this answer.

how will it look WITH the indiglo gauges?
Don't know, might look good, might not.

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do they needles fit i30's? those blue ones are cool...
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Old 10-21-2001, 04:18 PM
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http://www.importintelligence.com

They are universal. Search would revealed that answer.

Broken record anyone?

Originally posted by black019
do they needles fit i30's? those blue ones are cool...
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Originally posted by clee130
http://www.importintelligence.com

They are universal. Search would revealed that answer.

Broken record anyone?

Yes the needles from importintelligence work on an I30...
here is a pic of mine, that I just finished.
It's easy to instal just give yourself time to do a good job, the parts are fragile. I also have Chrome rings on my gauges and white faces... so thats what it will look like with those. I don't think they will look good with the Indiglo faces unless you go with the red needles.. it's a contrast thing...BTW I kept my stock bulbs for the background lights, but the whole dash turned a light shade of purple... I like it
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what bulbs are behind my gauges? can i change them? how do i get the gauge apart?

just messing with you clee..

you are the best at searching though..
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Old 10-21-2001, 08:48 PM
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did u guys order from importintelligence.com
are their service good?
because i have paypal and it's on CHECK banking account
not credit card
they said I need credit card so I don't know what to do
What should I do guys?
I emailed them... I hope they are not like PR CAI people...
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They were cool to me... but I have a CC.
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They were cool to me... but I have a CC.
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Old 10-22-2001, 12:54 PM
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dammit

It SUCKS that Nissan decided to make the needles for '98 and up opaque instead of clear like the '97 and earlier. Man I want those glowing needles. How can I do this without pulling my needles or changing the gauge cluster?
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Re: dammit

Originally posted by jerzeeMax
It SUCKS that Nissan decided to make the needles for '98 and up opaque instead of clear like the '97 and earlier. Man I want those glowing needles. How can I do this without pulling my needles or changing the gauge cluster?
i dont think there is a way

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Re: Re: dammit

have import intelligence make you a custom kit like they are for me.. they are gonna sponsor my car.. and put custom logo in each gauge, white on black carbon fiber.. with hyper red needles.. pretty sweet deal.
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well you would have to pull the needles off anyhow... just go to the junk yard and get needles off of a 97.
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Re: Re: Re: dammit

Originally posted by thebigsadler
have import intelligence make you a custom kit like they are for me.. they are gonna sponsor my car.. and put custom logo in each gauge, white on black carbon fiber.. with hyper red needles.. pretty sweet deal.
what u mean a custom kit?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: dammit

yeap.. it'll be pretty hot.. red numbers instead of white.. carbon fiber with white wording.. sweet deal..
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do they have them for the 5th gen??
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NO search will NOT work for me because i already know the answer
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Originally posted by mingo
do they have them for the 5th gen??
They are universal, therefore, they fit the 5th gen. Which was answered already earlier in this post.

Originally posted by mingo
NO search will NOT work for me because i already know the answer
And if you already knew the answer, then why'd you post the question?
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it says they are NOT universal, and they will not work with a 98+ Max...
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Well... if you want to start getting technical, then yes, they will not work with a 98+ Max because the needles are not opaque. The rings will fit into the needle base, but if you don't have an opaque needle, then the needle won't glow.

But they are "universal" in the fact that the rings should fit into needle, the needle just won't glow. You'll just get a glow under the needle base.

But since you need to take the needles off to install the indiglo needles, you could swap them out for some previous model Max needles.

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it says they are NOT universal, and they will not work with a 98+ Max...
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a ha... well then that is what i am going to do
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If you have white face gauges... Let me warn you about putting clear or white gauges on your car... you need to take some glass dye, or a sharpie (permanent marker) and color in the bottom of the needle. It is hard to see that little sucka telling you "that you have just exceeded the speed limit in front of that cop". I'll post that it looks like on Sat when I fix mine.
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Originally posted by SLC I30t
If you have white face gauges... Let me warn you about putting clear or white gauges on your car... you need to take some glass dye, or a sharpie (permanent marker) and color in the bottom of the needle. It is hard to see that little sucka telling you "that you have just exceeded the speed limit in front of that cop". I'll post that it looks like on Sat when I fix mine.
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