how to make gauge needles brighter or more orange

[splintercell]

i just put in some reverse el gauges.the numbers glo bright blue and look real nice but the needles look dull and have a white dim light.what kind of bulbs should i use in the cluster

[mmatl16]

you need some teriyaki sauce

[jchilders04]

haha WHAT! teriyaki sauce=brighter needles?.....hrm, have you checked your blinker fluid lately?

[RedRum240]

I think he means to dye them in terriyaki sauce I read somthing about it once. it will leave a orangish tint on your needles.

[mmatl16]

i was making a joke towards the rice gauges

[mmatl16]

I think he means to dye them in terriyaki sauce I read somthing about it once. it will leave a orangish tint on your needles.

are you serious? you should slap yourself

[b00sted240]

I think he means to dye them in terriyaki sauce I read somthing about it once. it will leave a orangish tint on your needles.

i think he thought about that way too hard

[jchilders04]

i think he's definately low on blinker fluid.

[1991S13]

While you're taking care of the blinker fluid go ahead and throw in another transmission. I heard you get better gas mileage if you have two.

[pgt892]

I use the Polarg M21 Hyper Red bulbs. It makes the gauge cluster look orange. On the S14 there were three bulbs. They are sold in pairs so I had to buy two pair. They are available here http://www.prolightstar.com/ac....html

[Badfish]

No, you dont want to do that. This is what you do.

1. Take a green hilighter and paint all the needles green.

2. Take off the stock gauge faces and color the back of them with a blue permanant marker.

3. Put the gauge faces back on and be sure to twist the needles wildly so both the estimated speed and RPM's are way off.

4. Put cluster back together.

5. Sell your car to me, so I can rip apart the cluster and see what a retarded thing you did, forcing me to buy a new cluster.

Oh wait, that actually happened to me...

[splintercell]

thanks for all that wondeful humor.i needed that this morning.ill try different combinations of 194 bulbs to see which looks the best

[mmatl16]

thanks for all that wondeful humor.i needed that this morning.ill try different combinations of 194 bulbs to see which looks the best

hey i like this kid. we flamed him and he took it like a champ. good for you.

someone help him out now.

[AZhitman]

Can do.

I have seen a couple 240's where they removed the needles (carefully) and wetsanded the back of the needle to remove the red/orange paint, then added a diff color bulb to make the needle that color.

Looks sweet.

Find NICO member 98s14inAZ, he has done it.

[NeedCAforS13]

you'll like this one greg not exactly what he's asking, but it does make for orange needles... I went to a junkyard and snatched some q45 gauge needles. fit right on my s13 cluster.



Sean

[amolao]

I painted mine while I had it apart installing new faceplates...I took the needles and painted the top portion with orange safety paint, they look just like NeedCAforS13, the only problem was that my tachometer never worked the same after that.....Got an HUD, they rock!!!

[GhostDriver]

One of our sponsors carries such a kit that will make the needles brighter. IMO too bright but too each his own right? ANyway, importintelligence.com has them.http://ad.nicoclub.com/phpads/...e.comwooot wooot ppsssh!!!

[AZhitman]

GOOD FIND!

Import Intelligence is good people, talk to Matt and tell him you're from NICO!

[brisknfade]

The bulbs dont really change the needles color all too much, but they made my gauges all funky looking.-

[slow s13]

my custom led install, I modiffied the needle reflector plastic with a dremel cutoff wheel and glued and led to it.

[splintercell]

hey i like this kid. we flamed him and he took it like a champ. good for you.

someone help him out now.

hey thanks for the replys im going totry a few different ideas

[HashiriyaS14]

This is a mod I've been meaning to do for awhile....

I want to make the whole cluster brighter, not bling-bling 2F2F super-bright blue, just a much brighter version of stock. Actually, that goes for all the instrument lights, radio, etc... It's all way too dim.

[Juujai]

orange needles with carbon gauge cluster panel looks nice. type r looking.

[Fenvy]

I want my gauge to look at this, yellow needle/carbon fiber... but ah, pay close attention to the RPM

this is a rare spoon civic type r gauge cluster..

[Juujai]

here get the needles painted or something and buy this. itll look kind of like the type rs.

man youre nuts lol u can buy an older 240 for the price of one of those suckers lol 11krpm is scary though i wish the sr can rev that high without heavy stress. isnt the mugen one even more expensive? oh wait the spoons are more expensive 1k+

i like your defi gauge din it looks good. too bad it doesnt come with a psi meter. and how does the infinity basslink sound?
Modified by Juujai at 11:58 AM 4/14/2005

[Fenvy]

yep, spoon is the ****

I think all their hand built motors have 11k rev? wow

my defi gauge is only there to monitor the critical stuff, I find myself reviewing it at high speed

as far as the boost, I refer to the boost controller (sold the greddy gauge, **** BAR reading). I can refer to the graph when I am not so busy looking at the road

the basslink is pale in comparison with a good system, naturally, but it does eliminate the weak/bassless soun from the 4 4x6 speakers.... a good bang for the buck if you ask me

[HashiriyaS14]

There's one Spoon EK9 that revs to 15,000rpm.

Spoon rules, I want one of their cars.