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is the speedo going to be accurate?
Its accurate to the 140mph template i was given. Its also easily scalable. I have templates for the other speedos as well.
good deal then. i'm not really a fan of that style of gauge, but they look good.
Oo I like those.
Like to see them lit up?,nice
I wanted something that fit well with an autometer cobalt style after market gauges. There not quite identical though.
http://www.boostcontroller.com/products/GB-6103.gif
Heres my cheezy idea of what they would look like.
(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/830/dash2qg7.th.jpg) (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dash2qg7.jpg)
Very nice!
Thats one of the bummers about early 4 eyes (83-84), Cant change the Gauge Faces . :-(
So how are you gonna light em, LED's?
How about a 120 (125?) face for converting canadian 200kph speedos?
The plan was to remove the existing faces and apply the new ones over the top. I am still working on the black layer for the back (so there wont be any ghosting) and then use a layer of blue lighting gel placed behind the numbers to provide blue illumination using the stock lighting sockets (but upgrading the 194 bulbs to 2829 for better illumination).
Very nice indeed....I do like my rev indiglo in my TC.
I had the indigo gauges in my 92 SC. They drove me insane and i finally took them out. The Gauges didn't line up properly and I could never get the color dialed in correctly. During night driving (which i do alot of) they almost blinded me and killed my night vision.
Custom gauge faces FTW! I've been working on (and by "working on" I mean "not working on") a set of custom gauges for the Thunder Chicken for quite awhile now. I'm gonna go with a classic-style design, though...
(http://www.foxthundercats.com/images/smallclassictbirdtach.jpg)
(http://www.foxthundercats.com/images/smallclassicclusterblack.jpg)
I bet you could put some blue 194 bulbs in there or get some thing blue plastic sheet at the hobby store for the blue effect. I put some indiglo faces in my 94 cougar I used red 194's to make the needles red no the white. No paint just bulbs. Also these aren't so new but these are the one's I made for my 84 Turbo coupe.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/ipsd1/Whitefacesinweb-1.jpg)
I think they are the Shhhhizzzzzzzzzzit
I duno who's I like more... I want both now
So where do we order?
Sweet
O.K.,i like the gauges,Those would be great except for the tach.Can you make the tach for a Sport (No boost)?How much?What are they made of?How long would they last?Thanks.
Just an FYI to those who care, the actual green coloration of the stock gauge faces is sandwiched in between the factory face and the clear plastic backing that they are attached to. From the looks of it it'd be nearly impossible to remove.
Also the stock cluster lighting sucks, so if you can make it look good that would be quite a feat.
I have custom white-face Indiglos in mine right now that Panther37 made me, and anyone who installs indiglos without a dimmer is nuts IMO. I have a dimmer on mine and keep them turned down pretty far most of the time. On full brightness they are blinding.
Well,I'm not doing anything to my 140mph speedo unless I'm SURE everything will be as close to perfect as it can be.
Some projects have jumped ahead of the gauges for now. I will post up more pictures when i finally get a set installed. I am also going to look into modifying the standard gauge into a 150 mph. I am not asking anyone to sacrifice their 150 mph gauges by any means. I was just pointing out that the indigos i had for my TB-SC were inaccurate and obnoxious (even with a dimmer). As for accuracy, I'm A EE/CPE and very buttstuff retentive so i will tweak until everything lines up nicely.
-DZ
Keep me posted.I am interested.
Vinninetbird it is easy to make sure it is accurate. Peel your factory 140mph face and put it in your scanner and scan it. Then you take it over to Adobe and mod it how ever you want. As long as you don't mess with the spacing on the speedo or tach you should be fine. That is how I made mine for my 84 and I haven't been pulled over for speeding or anything so I would say they are dead on.