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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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White Gauge Faces are on

Well tonight was going to be audio install, but when I got home and opened the mail, my white gauge faces had arrived!
I think they look alot better then stock, and should look good with the car being white
Speedo :

Tach :

Amp / Fuel :

Oil Press. / Temp. :

As a complete cluster :

Comparison to *Stock* :
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

Will go perfect with a slick white car.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

Those are awesome. Good job! How did you get the needles off? I heard there's a bit of a problem with them breaking?
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

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Those are awesome. Good job! How did you get the needles off? I heard there's a bit of a problem with them breaking?
Very carefully... lol Two small screw drivers, and I installed them exactly where they came off. I scraped them clean and tinted them blue
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

Looks good! Nice job on the blue needles.
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 07:27 AM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

Thanks! I got bored and started playing with my spare needles, I think they came out good on the white face, also the blue LED compliment them!
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

looks great! I am thinking of the same--where did you buy them?
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

what do they look like at night?
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

looks good dude, I like what you did with the needles too, are those gauges the sticker ones or the indglo ones?
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

Very, VERY nice.... I dig it. My silverface gauges in my car change the whole atmosphere of the interior I think. You'll love 'em every time you get in the car! Cool stuff!
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

looks good hope mine come out that good... i just ordered em for my 91 camaro... howd u get the needles blue though?
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:02 AM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

SO with them lit up yet?
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

As soon as I get everything reinstalled, pictures will be taken
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

So....what tool(or trick) did you use for removing the needles off the gauges?? I want to do something like this...but want to "figure" it out before I start messing with s***.....prevent any potential problems...thanx
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

Why do you want to remove the needles? I suggest you don't. They can be very tricky to remove without breaking, plus you risk not putting them on the same position as before and everything will be off.

The White Knight - You didn't have to remove the needles to install the overlays, you should let everyone know that so they dont think they have to. I understand you painted them and i think it looks great. But just so the rest of you know you do not have to.

Thats a great looking cluster what color bulbs are you going to run? LEDs?

I ran white overlays with red wide angle leds and it looked really good. Now i'll be running a custom autometer setup though.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 06:55 AM
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Re: White Gauge Faces are on

I found it very hard to install without needles off, Im sure its doable, but it was much easier with them off.

I marked all the positions of the needles and did 1 at a time so not to mess there locations up.

I have 194 LED blue bulbs in to it.
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