DIY: Reverse glow gauges

[NashvegasCG]

3m double sided tape? . Pull them off, smash them flat between to boards, put em in freezer enough to cool them off. Take them out and they shouldn't be warped anymore. Damn humidity

the problem with than is that they are not paper thin. they are about as thick 4 sheets of paper, but they have the light circuit board built in.. so i cant really flatten it.

 

[Thirteenth]

Do you have leds installed? And have you got a link for the seller?

Also, is the redline flushed in? I'd like to move it a bit if I buy

 

[Devil-V]

I'm afraid there's not much you can do about the warping, other than getting a different set of glow gauges with a better finish and possibly thinner. Judging from the amount you paid for it, it sounds like you've got a cheap set. I've got a set of unused APC gauges which are totally flat (manual transmission, no cut out or the AT shift indicators).

I eventually got a professionally printed gauge design, which needed the needles and factory gauge face removed professionally, and is lit up by the back bulbs.

 

[NashvegasCG]

Do you have leds installed? And have you got a link for the seller?

Also, is the redline flushed in? I'd like to move it a bit if I buy

no. and yes, ill post the link tomorrow. Its not that the gauges are too thick, but that the hole the needle goes through isn't wide enough..(off by millimeters). Not sure what you mean by flushed in??? it is what it is for $14

 

[Thirteenth]

oh i know, i was just wondering if it looked like the redline would be removed easily, say to a slightly higher rpm. i'd want to scratch it off and paint it if necessary if it wouldnt look like total ****.

 

[johnnydinh701]

here are the gauges i have, they are a little bitt different from yours

and then in the inside of my car

 

[Russianred]

These look great man,! Flows well with your other gauges, and they look clean.

So this mod seemed easy looking at it on eBay... ts pretty much self-explanatory so I'm not gonna do a full write up. Only words of advise would be have some needle-nose pliers.

Then this needs to be posted in Eye Candy. For example, i don't think this is easy and I have no clue how to do this since I never have. Since you posted this in the DIY section, do us all a favor and write up a DIY for it as well to justify posting it in this section, and to help others. So far, this thread tells me nothing about how you actually did this, besides a hint to using needle-nose pliers.

 

[BadgerType]

Added to DIY List

Thanks

 

[NashvegasCG]

here are the gauges i have, they are a little bitt different from yours

and then in the inside of my car

howd you get red needles?

 

[Darianjr1]

Here's the night pics... i love that it matches my gauges...

damnn thats gotta be my next mod for the ladies :leeann: