Intelliglow Needle Kit For 99+ Alero

alero_ecotec · 03-18-2005, 01:57 AM

So, I did a search because i figured someone must have talked about these somewhere else, but i guess not, b/c i only found 2 threads that were pretty much useless. So, does anyone have these guages . I definately like them. But i was just wondering what people thought about the install or how hard all of it was, b/c i have the feeling its not going to just be a peice of cake. Also, anyone who's done it, how long did it take and what did you need to do it. Pretty much any info you could give me would really help.

Naich · 03-18-2005, 10:50 AM

i have them. They are a pin in the ass to install, but they look pretty nice. If you are getting either glow or reverse glow gauges, you can make the installation a lot easier for yourself by not having to peel the black guage print back... you can just put the wires in between the new overlays and the regular guages. You can order intelliglow needles directly from importintelligence.com as well.

alero_ecotec · 03-18-2005, 11:55 AM

yeah i was definately thinking about getting a guage overlay as well. Was the wiring for the needles hard? im not even quite sure how it would be done, i just dont wanna rip everything appart and find myself with a giant pain in the a**, even though i am good with electronics

alero_ecotec · 03-18-2005, 12:03 PM

also, would the regular white or colored face overlays work from import intelligence, not sure if i wanna spend the money on the glow guages

03-18-2005, 01:03 PM

Here's a few reviews if you haven't seen them:
http://invision.aleromod.com/index.php?showtopic=119

StockAlero00 · 03-18-2005, 02:27 PM

I got them as well, but silentalero installed them for me. Pain in the butt to install them because the wiring is so fragile. Looks good though. Speeking of guages, would speedhut have the flame background ones for me?

Naich · 03-18-2005, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by alero_ecotec@Mar 18 2005, 01:03 PM
also, would the regular white or colored face overlays work from import intelligence, not sure if i wanna spend the money on the glow guages

buy the glow guages off ebay, they are almost as cheap as the ii overlays. The ii overlays, imo, are worthless, they're just stickers and a real big pita to install. Wiring the needle kit isn't the hard part... ripping apart the speedo cluster is the hard part... you have to peel off the black thing that is glued on that has the guage markings on it (mph, gas, tach, etc)....

doubleN0alero · 03-18-2005, 04:49 PM

i have a set of blue ones that i had on my other alero for about a month and then i traded my car so i took them back out. my new car is red, so i'm loking to change things around. I'll sell mine to you pretty cheap

alero_ecotec · 03-22-2005, 02:01 PM

^^ I'd think about it but my car is red too, so i was kinda thinking of going with red, i'll have to see

03-22-2005, 02:23 PM

I have them, and they are awesome, I got the red ones and I love em.

alero_ecotec · 03-22-2005, 06:05 PM

how do you wire the, or what do you wire them to rather

alero_ecotec · 03-22-2005, 06:38 PM

hmmm...well, if the colored overlay's are just stickers then that's no good.................but im not sure how it would look with the green glow of the halo gauges and then like a red glow from the needle, i dont think i'd like that

doubleN0alero · 03-22-2005, 06:45 PM

i tapped into the cubby hole light

alero_ecotec · 03-22-2005, 07:20 PM

double0 did you have overlay's or the halo's or what.....i really think i'd like the red needles and red overlay's, but if the overlay's are just crap i dont even want to mess with them

alero_ecotec · 03-30-2005, 03:57 PM

Naich · 03-31-2005, 12:29 AM

I'm tellin ya, don't waste your money with the overlays. If you want red gauges, get speedhut gauges in red.... the II ones are just decals.

alero_ecotec · 03-31-2005, 02:03 AM

ok thanks Naich, i'm probably going to go with the speedhut's or the halo's i guess, i just wasnt sure how the halo's would look with a red intelliglow kit

doubleN0alero · 03-31-2005, 09:56 AM

sorry bud, I missed your post....I had the halos with the blue needle kit....it looked decent..