Gauge Face Replacement

[SteveTheTech]

I have spent the better part of my night looking for people who have changed the gauge face in the G. Personally I am not the biggest fan of the orange, it's not too bad just boring. Only Ebay had a set but the are not installed, I wanted to see what the contrast looks like. I have noticed that there are tons of options for various cars out there but only these for a G. This seems like a really easy way to improve the interior look of this car I do not know why it has not become more popular.

[Sentientbydesign]

I'd be happy with just changing the back light color. The gauges themselves are fine with me.

[awdjdmtalon]

I'd be happy with just changing the back light color. The gauges themselves are fine with me.

+1

I like the cluster. Just hate the orange. It is everywhere.

[SteveTheTech]

I really like the cluster too as it is, this is just a simple cheap way to improve the look of it. It may be a little ricey, but I have always liked white gauges and the orange is a little drab. If I were to get a G this would be one of the first things I would do.

[Sentientbydesign]

Without posting the FSM data, what's involved in tearing the cluster apart?

[SteveTheTech]

lol sick of my pictures?

It's not that hard there are alot of things that have to be taken out. I will post pics of the next one I get (although they are not common). Taking the combination meter requires patience and time to do it without breaking everything. There are four bolts from the bottom but a bunch of stuff has to come out to get access to them then the unit comes out and has to be disassembled into several pieces.

[johnparkyourcar]

I saw on another forum a guy changed all the orange to blue. Its way too much time and work for just changing the color. Not worth it in my opinion...

I don't know if im allowed to post someone else's pic w/o permission but here goes...

[SteveTheTech]

That really doesnt seem like it would be incredibly difficult changing the leds in the nav controller would be the hardest part along with the HVAC display I think. I would really like to try this out. I am going to start collecting old parts now to see if I can do this.

Thanks for the pic I am sure the owner of the car would not mind us drooling over his hard work.

[johnparkyourcar]

He's from a competing forum so I don't want to post the site but his username is Accordfreak.

[SteveTheTech]

That's ok I rehosted the pic so now it's a NICO pic.

I really don't mess with the other forums, the people there drive me nuts. This site doesn't have as much G race stuff but it's real owners who want to get the most out of there cars and discuss issues pertaining to them.

[johnparkyourcar]

Ya I feel the same way. I just lurk around other forums and just read what others have to say but the only forum i really post is in here.

[joe603]

I saw on another forum a guy changed all the orange to blue. Its way too much time and work for just changing the color. Not worth it in my opinion...

I don't know if im allowed to post someone else's pic w/o permission but here goes...

Pics...I don't care, as long as they are not watermarked. Dropping links or direct advertising for a competing forum...

If you have to mention other forums to help someone out, e-mail the link.

[Sentientbydesign]

Steve,

If you could provide an FSM section and page number or similar direction, I'd seriously look into this.

I'm a little poor ATM, but mods like this are worth it IMO. Especially since they don't cost much (other than time).

[SteveTheTech]

I'm going to start collecting parts and tinkering with them to see just how involved this is going to be. Sounds like I have a new article in the works, I was unable to get my hands on anything relevant this afternoon, but I'll take a trip to the warranty room next week.