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Old 02-05-2006, 07:51 PM
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Car: 1991 t/a black on black
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pics of youre white faced gauges

im thinking about putting these in my 91 t/a, i know, i know, they're *****, but due to welding (even with a mask) for the past few years, it makes my gauge cluster kind of hard to se at night, and these things are cheap enough to buy, i figured i might give it a shot.

oh, and for those of you who have installed them, how hard were they to put in?
thanks a lot,
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yo i have a 92 z28 mine were a bitch. mostly the cutting i was a afraid of f-in it up. its like 6 bolts to take the guage c;uster out u have to put the tilt steerin whell all the way down
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Old 02-05-2006, 09:26 PM
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Scott at customgaugefaces.com did mine. I haven't installed them yet.
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See I hate the white faces but would like to see some custom gauges. Maybe the back of it lights up green or something, I don't know...just not liking those white backgrounds...
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I really like them. Makes them alot easier on eye during the day. However they don't help at all at night. Its actually harder to see at night. I just have the overlays so thats part of the reason. I imagine the real white guages would be brighter.
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i have 2 leds inside of mine so it looks great when im showin my car off but they turn on wit the rest of my lights so i still have the bright white back guages. bought em on ebay. i got the climate control, guages, shifter selecter for like $20, kinda pricy but its worth it, will have better pics up soon
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Its actually harder to see at night. I just have the overlays so thats part of the reason. I imagine the real white guages would be brighter.

i disagree- i think its easier to see at night and mineare not the overlays with mine i had to cut the black guages off and place and glue on the white back guages sry pick comin soon
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Originally posted by chevylover5
Its actually harder to see at night. I just have the overlays so thats part of the reason. I imagine the real white guages would be brighter.

i disagree- i think its easier to see at night and mineare not the overlays with mine i had to cut the black guages off and place and glue on the white back guages sry pick comin soon
I'm shure its because of my overlays. The light has to shine throught both the old guages and the new overlays. They do light up blue though I would grab a night pic but I forgot to bring my camera back to school.
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mine are silver and indagle just the numbers and you can see them in the day too lol easy to install and paid 15 bucks on ebay heres my link to see http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2151423
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i love the silver gauges, whered you get those.
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I have the overlays, and the only time i have a little trouble reading them just before dark. It's still light enough that the white shows up, and the markings when illuminated just aren't quite bright enough over the whiteness.

I have the brightness cranked up though, so when it's completely dark I have no problems with it.
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heres mine off....



and on (in daylight)...



i know kinda blurry. yes i know i covered those other guages and thats cause i hooked up aftermarket ones under the center a/c vents and idnt want to have 2 of the same guages there.
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hey steven i like the outside trim the silver look i didnt buy didnt think it would look good but it does ill have to see about that since mine are silver ans by the way i got mine off ebay 15 dallors there always on there i still see them
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I got the Brushed metal guage surround from ebay.
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Steven, what gauges are those?
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Originally posted by Cam91z
Steven, what gauges are those?
Yes yes, do tell...

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What do you mean what guages?

Its a stock 145MPH Speedo 91 cluster.

Its got McEwen (spelling?) white guage face overlay and brushed metal surround from ebay.
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