Glow gauges and inserts
09-08-2005, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by camaro94
those are allright, but I'd dish out the extra dough and get the blue flames. They are very nice.
I love ebay. Ill be ordering my cam very soon...
09-08-2005, 08:45 PM
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Ebay is great if you watch who you buy from. I have been very lucky not to get ripped. All the mods on my car to date have come from there. I have spent a 1/3 of retail price on there. This includes a stock hood that had less than 75 miles on it, brand new wheels and tires, t top conversion kit, glow guages, inserts, new t top ABS\covered headliner, all new door switches and bezels, etc...... and I have a bunch more to figure out if I want to get.
09-09-2005, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Jpack
What did you use as your power source? I tapped into the rear defroster circuit on mine. No problems noticed. If you are going to try to go direct power, say to the battery, hook and inline fuse up. Mine hooked to the defroster should'nt be an issue as it never gets used. Hooking to a constant power supply, you will have to turn them off or you'll kill your battery.
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Originally Posted by JSShark
how much did you pay for the gauges?
. God I love ebay!Rob
09-09-2005, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Jpack
Ebay is great if you watch who you buy from. I have been very lucky not to get ripped. All the mods on my car to date have come from there. I have spent a 1/3 of retail price on there. This includes a stock hood that had less than 75 miles on it, brand new wheels and tires, t top conversion kit, glow guages, inserts, new t top ABS\covered headliner, all new door switches and bezels, etc...... and I have a bunch more to figure out if I want to get.
Rob
09-16-2005, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by teamricespanker
how much work and how long does it take to replace the guages and inserts?
. I took about a week of tweeking to get mine right. Because I was in a hurry, it took longer to fix it and make it right.The hardest part is pulling your dash out and then putting it back, past the **** steering wheel. After that just mark where your needles are at and pull them off (also could try taking a picture with a digital camera). Then slowly remove the black plastic dash peice. It's only held on with double sided tape. If you go too fast, you'll crack it or break it (like I did
). Then put the indi-glow one on and put it back in the car. Don't put the clear plastic cover on just yet. Test it first to make sure the needles are moving right and are pointing properly. If everything is a-ok, then put it completly back together and back into the car. Then attach the power line to a source and your done. Also you might want to change your turn signal bulbs to a different colour. If you leave them as is, they will be white. I changed mine to blue, to match .Takes anywhere from a day to a few hours. It took me about a week, because I didn't know what I was doing at the time
. Now that I know whats involved I could do it again in much less time and with much less problems.Also, whatever you do don't use any cleaner on the inside of the clear plastic cover. Not even water. I don't know why, but mine fogged up when I tried cleaning mine (because there was dust on the inside). And now it's permanently fogged in some areas. So be carefull!! I got rid of some of the fogging using a clear type of grease or maybe it was extra virgin oil. Can't remember. Same thing happened to the chrome guage cover. I got it all fingered up and had to clean it using oil, when installing it.
Rob
09-17-2005, 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by graphicsgod
Depends if you do it the wrong way . I took about a week of tweeking to get mine right. Because I was in a hurry, it took longer to fix it and make it right.
The hardest part is pulling your dash out and then putting it back, past the **** steering wheel. After that just mark where your needles are at and pull them off (also could try taking a picture with a digital camera). Then slowly remove the black plastic dash peice. It's only held on with double sided tape. If you go too fast, you'll crack it or break it (like I did ). Then put the indi-glow one on and put it back in the car. Don't put the clear plastic cover on just yet. Test it first to make sure the needles are moving right and are pointing properly. If everything is a-ok, then put it completly back together and back into the car. Then attach the power line to a source and your done. Also you might want to change your turn signal bulbs to a different colour. If you leave them as is, they will be white. I changed mine to blue, to match .
Takes anywhere from a day to a few hours. It took me about a week, because I didn't know what I was doing at the time. Now that I know whats involved I could do it again in much less time and with much less problems.
Also, whatever you do don't use any cleaner on the inside of the clear plastic cover. Not even water. I don't know why, but mine fogged up when I tried cleaning mine (because there was dust on the inside). And now it's permanently fogged in some areas. So be carefull!! I got rid of some of the fogging using a clear type of grease or maybe it was extra virgin oil. Can't remember. Same thing happened to the chrome guage cover. I got it all fingered up and had to clean it using oil, when installing it.
Rob
. I took about a week of tweeking to get mine right. Because I was in a hurry, it took longer to fix it and make it right.The hardest part is pulling your dash out and then putting it back, past the **** steering wheel. After that just mark where your needles are at and pull them off (also could try taking a picture with a digital camera). Then slowly remove the black plastic dash peice. It's only held on with double sided tape. If you go too fast, you'll crack it or break it (like I did
). Then put the indi-glow one on and put it back in the car. Don't put the clear plastic cover on just yet. Test it first to make sure the needles are moving right and are pointing properly. If everything is a-ok, then put it completly back together and back into the car. Then attach the power line to a source and your done. Also you might want to change your turn signal bulbs to a different colour. If you leave them as is, they will be white. I changed mine to blue, to match .Takes anywhere from a day to a few hours. It took me about a week, because I didn't know what I was doing at the time
. Now that I know whats involved I could do it again in much less time and with much less problems.Also, whatever you do don't use any cleaner on the inside of the clear plastic cover. Not even water. I don't know why, but mine fogged up when I tried cleaning mine (because there was dust on the inside). And now it's permanently fogged in some areas. So be carefull!! I got rid of some of the fogging using a clear type of grease or maybe it was extra virgin oil. Can't remember. Same thing happened to the chrome guage cover. I got it all fingered up and had to clean it using oil, when installing it.
Rob
