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Old Oct 12, 2001 | 05:14 PM
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white face gauges -- revisited...

anybody have pics of how their homemade gauges turned out????

this is how mine turned out

<img src= "http://www.nconnect.net/~briones/gaugespic.jpg">

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1988 Camaro Sport Coupe
2.8 V6, TCI 3200 Stall TC, B&M Transkit, Flowmaster & Catback
1983 Z/28 CFI Hood, 1989 IROC Foglamps, Custom Painted Tails, 1987 IROC Wheels
Z/28 Grille, "Heritage" Style Stripes, White Face Gauges, and Gear Indicator
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Old Oct 12, 2001 | 05:16 PM
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oh yeah, it looks funny, because it's 2 pics merged into one. that's why the fuel gauge looks messed up.
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Old Oct 12, 2001 | 08:05 PM
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how did you make those, they look sick
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Old Oct 12, 2001 | 08:29 PM
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the same way everybody else has, except I spent days, maybe weeks perfecting them before I had something I liked. then I spent another day or two perfecting those, and took all the gauges out again then perfection. what you see here. there are a few minor issues, but for the look, it blows away the factory look.

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1988 Camaro Sport Coupe
2.8 V6, TCI 3200 Stall TC, B&M Transkit, Flowmaster & Catback
1983 Z/28 CFI Hood, 1989 IROC Foglamps, Custom Painted Tails, 1987 IROC Wheels
Z/28 Grille, "Heritage" Style Stripes, White Face Gauges/Gear Indicator, Homemade DRL's
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Old Oct 12, 2001 | 08:31 PM
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i took the pic w/ a digi-cam so it doesn't look as good as it should or could.
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Old Oct 13, 2001 | 06:02 PM
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I thought a bunch of people were making these a while back?

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Old Oct 13, 2001 | 06:16 PM
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I made mine a little while ago, I will probably never install them. I even bought some model paint and brushes for the needles.. ah well you can download what I made and see if you like it...
<a href="ftp://**** :*****@tssr.dyndns.org:7420/sg-white_gauge_faces.zip">sg-white_gauge_faces.zip</a>
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Old Oct 14, 2001 | 12:45 AM
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hey slow camaro, did you use the images that were posted on here s a basis for that? Also, did you use a vector-based image editing program for it? That's my big problem, paint shop pro isn't too good for workin with vectors...or at least that's been my experience.
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Old Oct 14, 2001 | 02:52 PM
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yeah, I used the pictures that were posted here a while back.
and I used Paint Shop Pro 7.

it took a while to figure out, but I got it. they look similar (if not the same) as macewens except they have more color. the numbers and letters are red, and the speedo says "camaro" in the official font. and the tach says chevrolet in the official font.
so it looks professional and expensive. people keep asking how much I payed $150? $200?

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1988 Camaro Sport Coupe
2.8 V6, TCI 3200 Stall TC, B&M Transkit, Flowmaster & Catback
1983 Z/28 CFI Hood, 1989 IROC Foglamps, Custom Painted Tails, 1987 IROC Wheels
Z/28 Grille, "Heritage" Style Stripes, White Face Gauges/Gear Indicator, Homemade DRL's
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Old Oct 14, 2001 | 07:14 PM
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the thimg is tho, in 90 they changed the dash, and i happen to have a 90 rs. do you know were i could get templates for my guages
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Old Oct 14, 2001 | 11:01 PM
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SlowCamaro I would like those if you could email them to me please at gibsandwich@start.com.au

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Old Oct 14, 2001 | 11:39 PM
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i don't think I have them anymore. I had them here (at home)
and I e-mailed them to my dad, then open them @ my parents house and used their printer..

only problem is... their computer crashed, and the files are long gone.

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1988 Camaro Sport Coupe
2.8 V6, TCI 3200 Stall TC, B&M Transkit, Flowmaster & Catback
1983 Z/28 CFI Hood, 1989 IROC Foglamps, Custom Painted Tails, 1987 IROC Wheels
Z/28 Grille, "Heritage" Style Stripes, White Face Gauges/Gear Indicator, Homemade DRL's
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