white face "glow" gauges? anyone have them?

MoonlightGT · Jan 14, 2007

do these work with the factory lighting behind the cluster? or do i have to do the complete install of the inverter and stuff to make them "glow" at night? has anyone done these before? is it hard ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/i530...tegoryZ43952QQihZ020QQitemZ300070363274QQrdZ1

DropTopPony · Jan 14, 2007

its a complete kit, you don't have to mess with the factory lights..you do have to tap into the dimmer switch to power it up.

DropTopPony · Jan 14, 2007

heres pics of mine

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DropTopPony · Jan 14, 2007

they are upr

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Matt94GT · Jan 14, 2007

those are the best ones, the mac/bbk overlays that use stocklighting suck, they dont light up at night worth a crap.

96mod289 · Jan 14, 2007

MoonlightGT said:
do these work with the factory lighting behind the cluster? or do i have to do the complete install of the inverter and stuff to make them "glow" at night? has anyone done these before? is it hard ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/i530...tegoryZ43952QQihZ020QQitemZ300070363274QQrdZ1

i have these they work great. i removed the factory lights from the cluster because it gave the guage faces a weird glow.

Greggerex · Jan 14, 2007

I have these gauges from the same guy on eBay.

I snapped a couple of pics during the install (nothing TERRIBLY useful). They're HERE.

Just solder the 2 leads to a 12V and GND connection on the back of the cluster and stick the inverter (it comes with an adhesive) in there somewhere.

It wasn't too bad.

bigjohnson4.6gt · Jan 14, 2007

are there pinholes for the rpm stopper on those? because i got some from american muscle and they didnt have any so i tried to tap a hole in it and they didnt work lol and i had to return them

Greggerex · Jan 14, 2007

With some frustrating effort I got them on without any modifications or having to remove any needles. 8)

MoonlightGT · Jan 16, 2007

Greggerex said:
I have these gauges from the same guy on eBay.

I snapped a couple of pics during the install (nothing TERRIBLY useful). They're HERE.

Just solder the 2 leads to a 12V and GND connection on the back of the cluster and stick the inverter (it comes with an adhesive) in there somewhere.

It wasn't too bad.

great pics thanks. hey, how did you install the overlay without removing any needles??

Greggerex · Jan 17, 2007

MoonlightGT said:
great pics thanks. hey, how did you install the overlay without removing any needles??

Through the shear awesomeness that is me.

But seriously, it was a super pain in hole - but I didn't want to have to worry about resetting the needles properly.

The overlay that I got from that guy came in 3 pieces as can be seen in the pic below:

Both the overlays and the needles are kinda bendy, so I slid each piece slowly over the needles and wiggled them into place. For example, the two outside overlays would be slid from the top left towards the bottom right and the middle overlay from the bottom left towards the top right. Each case you slide against the grain of the needle, so once you clear the needle, you just have to wiggle the overlay in place over the humpy things.

Not sure how helpful that is, but I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. 8)

bigjohnson4.6gt · Jan 17, 2007

i just ordered mine off of ebay :banana:

Greggerex · Jan 17, 2007

:dance:

whty98 · Jan 20, 2007

I just got mine installed from american muscle, the blue or green back light kind. The needles are still off, do like moonlight said and just slip them on so you don't have to worry about resetting the needles. Good luck

ALITL8 · Jan 20, 2007

i personally like the reverse glow better... thinkin about getting a set soon ;D

whty98 · Jan 21, 2007

Here is a picture of them after the install, I'll get more of them in the car and all lit up. The only compliant is around the blinkers/high-beam in dicator, I couldn't get it to center properly.

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ALITL8 · Jan 22, 2007

looks good!! i see what youre talking about though around the high beam indicator.

btw, you need gas

ripper · Jan 22, 2007

Heres mine everything matches now even the shifter handle has a white top lol

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RIFTER11 · Jan 22, 2007

I just posted pics recently after i got mine put in. I was given the MAC/BBK ones for christmas, so i just
used them. they look really great, still fighting with the damn needles :rant:

whty98 · Jan 24, 2007

:hammer: thanx I just got gas before I went back at $1.80 ;D

My needles aren't perfect but I'll fix them when I go back this week and fix the white part on the blinkers. Then PICTURES!

Are the phantom guages back-lit? If so what color are they?