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09-25-2008, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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changing my gauge light color
hey guys i want to change my gauge light color. its a 96 trans am the cyrrently the color of the gauges are red and i want to change them to blue. what do i have to do to change that? Would i need to take the dash out or could i get it from underneath somehow?
Thanks
~jim
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09-25-2008, 09:00 PM
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um, i think you would have to do something like white face gauges that are blue "screened." i don't think the actual bulbs are red. you mean like the speedo and tach numbers right?
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09-25-2008, 10:13 PM
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blue sucks. i tried it in my car and its too dim. and the needles stay kinda reddish. unless u get blue leds...that mite work.
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09-25-2008, 11:24 PM
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Didn't your brother either talk about doing this or do it?
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09-26-2008, 07:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
um, i think you would have to do something like white face gauges that are blue "screened." i don't think the actual bulbs are red. you mean like the speedo and tach numbers right?
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yeah and the lighting behind the a/c controlls and the lighting behind the headlight and parkinglight controls.
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Didn't your brother either talk about doing this or do it?
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i think he wanted to to but he hasnt done anything yet with that.
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09-26-2008, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Slo86Bird
blue sucks. i tried it in my car and its too dim. and the needles stay kinda reddish. unless u get blue leds...that mite work.
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well i was going to use LED's. do i have to take the dash apart?
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09-26-2008, 08:51 AM
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yes. and take out the cluster and remove the lights and swap them.
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09-26-2008, 09:14 AM
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is that a big pain in the ass? i found a product from thunder racing. they are white face overlays. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...n%26ie%3DUTF-8
i figured i would buy them and they buy blue LED's
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09-27-2008, 01:20 PM
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i think that would be your best bet. i did white face overlays in my truck and they look nice. on my old computer, i found a site that has white face inserts for the a/c and headlights too. just google around for a bit, you will find them.
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09-27-2008, 10:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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okay, thnx man. i really want to get this done, im not that big of a fan with the red. i have always loved black and blue theme
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09-28-2008, 08:09 AM
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They are overlays, putting them on isnt going to make it change color at night.
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09-28-2008, 10:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deadtrend1
They are overlays, putting them on isnt going to make it change color at night.
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i may have not looked at them correctly then. the ones i installed on my truck i had to wire up and they were blue. i am sure they make the same thing for this car, just not this particular one then. maybe i'll go internet shopping
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NR Automobile has been manufacturing gauge faces since 1986 and is the the premier manufacturer of front lit, back-lit (reversible) and electro-luminescent gauge faces.
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straight from the site
Last edited by sweetbmxrider; 09-28-2008 at 10:03 AM.
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09-28-2008, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
i may have not looked at them correctly then. the ones i installed on my truck i had to wire up and they were blue. i am sure they make the same thing for this car, just not this particular one then. maybe i'll go internet shopping
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I have a cluster sitting in my room. When I get home later I'll check it out. You may be right.
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