03-13-2005, 12:10 AM
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Thanks Skyler & Schimmie :thumbsup:
Max, you can change the led behind the needle, or I think intelliglow needles are different colors and they glow behind the black cap thing.
Also: the only thing that kinda pisses me off about these faces is the cut on the fuel & temp sections. To have the marks line up and the warnin lights line up, the hole for the needle is way off. Anybody else have this problem?
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03-13-2005, 12:48 AM
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yea i had that problem too.... i just lined it up with the needle holes, and if the dummy lights come on I can figure out which ones come on, there just half-ass illuminated oh well
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03-13-2005, 12:49 AM
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what type of led is behind them? and how hard are the intelliglows to install??
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03-13-2005, 12:51 AM
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#24 I think is the led. I don't know about the Intelliglow...someone will answer, tho, I'm sure
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03-13-2005, 12:59 AM
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the intelliglows are the actual needles aren't they?? or are they just light rings for underneath the needles?
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03-13-2005, 10:37 AM
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They're needles....otherwise they wouldn't call them "intelliglow needles"...right?
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07-25-2005, 12:50 AM
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07-25-2005, 01:54 AM
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Nice gauges smlzalero, There the same ones as mine, cept u got a design in yours.
here my speedhut gauges.. got them back in the day of the pre-buy in 2001.
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07-25-2005, 01:57 AM
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Well, we know there's at least 2 members here with good taste, lol.
Are those the intelliglow needles or did you replace the bulbs behind them?
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07-25-2005, 02:04 AM
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Originally posted by smlzalero@Jul 25 2005, 05:57 AM
Well, we know there's at least 2 members here with good taste, lol.
Are those the intelliglow needles or did you replace the bulbs behind them?
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They're LEDS.. my 194 LED bulbs has 4 LED in 1- 194 bulb size. and theres a total of 5 - 194 bulbs in the back. So total i got 20 red leds in the cluster.
Another.. I don't have the gauge trim around the dash/gauges.. so you see light from the back of cluster from the leds glowing.
Old pic of my interior, but the gauges in the daylight.
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07-25-2005, 02:10 AM
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your needles show up MUCh better than mine did in the daylight... even before i took the white paint off the backs.
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07-25-2005, 02:19 AM
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Originally posted by smlzalero@Jul 25 2005, 06:10 AM
your needles show up MUCh better than mine did in the daylight... even before i took the white paint off the backs.
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My needles are stock.. I didn't touch em.
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07-25-2005, 03:58 AM
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Like the designs,
WHat is it with the flames? Not that I don't like them. I was just checking them out the other day. I probably would have eventually bought some, but now that I hear the icons don't line up?? If I was going to spend 150 bucks for a template to cover my guage cluster, shouldn't it be made to fit and line up?
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07-25-2005, 04:04 AM
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Originally posted by gre0481@Jul 25 2005, 07:58 AM
Like the designs,
WHat is it with the flames? Not that I don't like them. I was just checking them out the other day. I probably would have eventually bought some, but now that I hear the icons don't line up?? If I was going to spend 150 bucks for a template to cover my guage cluster, shouldn't it be made to fit and line up?
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U don't have to get them with flames. Icons light up fine. People usually don't take the time to line them up. Cuz once its lined up, then you put the cover on it, they move. The trick is to put the cover on slowly as possible to the gauge don't move.
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07-25-2005, 05:33 AM
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Thanks aftermath. I thought it was due to poor design.
A little double sided tape shoul hold it down long enough for me to have the cover down.
I'm kinda anal about things like that :P
And about the flames. I thought it was ironic, because I was designing a set 2 days ago, and I had the silver flame design :P
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07-25-2005, 06:54 AM
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I got the speedhut guages a while back, and yeah, they work absolutely great... I will be replacing them, with other instruments, down the road, but I've been very happy with the quality of the guages and the blue colour.
Although I haven't done this to mine, a buddy wanted red needles for his intruments... what I did was lightly sand off the white backing, mix in the colour he wanted (red) with a varnish, and brush paint the backs. Reason for the varnish was to thin the paint so that it would dry transparent. 3 coats of it, and the needles would literally shine red at night... just an idea if someone wasn't different colours for the needles... cost a grand total of $10... if that. But yeah, the pics posted are really great... good quality work.
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07-25-2005, 11:12 AM
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What are you talking about Aftermath?? The gauge faces don't move. I had no problems with mine.. lining up or moving. I used a light, double-sided tape so I can remove them if I want later on.
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07-26-2005, 12:52 AM
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how hard is it to do this mod? and how hard is it to change out the bulbs to led?
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07-26-2005, 01:06 AM
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There was a thread on replacing the bulbs to LED's done very well... great detail and great instructions. I did it myself and it's not difficult at all... just a little time consuming. As for the instrument faces... from Speedhut? Very quick, very easy.
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07-26-2005, 03:49 AM
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just talkin with a buddy of mine who also had the speedhut gauges done... he showed me a picture of his that he developed of the gauges, and the airbag symbol was done as the "trucker gal" outline... looks pretty neat *as he also changed the backlighting to red...*
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