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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 05:20 PM
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wtf....white face gauges..

i bought some macewens white face gauges for xmas and ever since then i have been having trouble with them bubbling up.....it is happening with the speedometer gauge....it bubbles up and then the needle gets stuck....not a good thing.....first time i tried double sided tape.no good....then glue stick.no good....last i tried super glue.it is holding in some areas but not all....plus my giant gas gauge fell down too.........when i touch the outside lens it feels really warm....i thought that it was the heat doing it, but now i think that it is the xenon bulbs making it really hot and causing bubbling....they are the bulbs from macewens too.....i was wondering if this has happened to anyone else or am i the only one??!!??!
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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really??? that sucks maybe you should tell the guys at mcewens. Mine have never done that. I did have my small middle face fall down once but when I pushed it back up its stayed eversence. I guess I dont have those bulbs but i do have anftermarket blue ones but i got no bubbleing. Id email them!
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 01:36 PM
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Bummer man!! I got them also and other than the tape not sticking ive had zero problems. I actually got some scotch tape and folded back so it would be double sided. Ive had the gauges for like 4 months and had no problems. I put it around the corners and you cant tell at all.
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 01:58 PM
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Id give Ryan a buzz and see if maybe yours are defective or something.

Ive had mine in the car for almost 2 or 3 years now ( i cant even remember) and ive never even had a problem with the tape coming off.

He was really cool about a mix up in my order though, and ive found customer service was great there....
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 02:42 PM
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are the macewen's overlays a sticker or is it something else
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 03:18 PM
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The ones I have on my 1991 camaro , havent had any problems
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 03:28 PM
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Hmm...Mine are fine and I'm using xenon bulbs. Been about a year now.

Call him back. He's was cool with my order when there was a mix-up.

Sorry to hear that.
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 09:39 PM
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yeah, maybe i will give him a ring and see if he can help me out...
alex...no not a sticker a think peice of plastic with few sticky sticker spots on them
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 09:45 PM
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alright cool... i got sticker overlays... and im gunna swap some clear led's in so that it comes out nice at night
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 09:47 PM
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who makes sticker ones?
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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 03:20 PM
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ok i called ryan today.....damn what an awesome guy....he has never heard of my problem and we figured that maybe there is something wrong with them....so he is going to send me some new ones....this made my day
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