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Can I put a Reverse glow overlay on my cluster?

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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 11:40 PM
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Can I put a Reverse glow overlay on my cluster?

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This came with my car, even when all the lights worked the cluster did not light up like it'd like (ie. plasmeh's)



Will led bulbs do the trick to make my cluster light up reverse or can i buy one of the reverse glow overlays (ebay special), like will those work if my gauges are already white?
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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Re: Can I put a Reverse glow overlay on my cluster?

it looks to me like theres already an overlay kit on there right now and that either the bulbs got moved or the overlay is too thick, thats just my $.02, and i do like the way that those other lights look...pretty sexy, if i had the needs to do it, i'd probably do that lol, but i dont think i can come up with an excuse to change out my guages yet lol
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 07:06 AM
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Re: Can I put a Reverse glow overlay on my cluster?

Originally Posted by racerx520
it looks to me like theres already an overlay kit on there right now...
Yep, not OE that's for sure.

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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 09:31 AM
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Re: Can I put a Reverse glow overlay on my cluster?

Originally Posted by sadler




This came with my car, even when all the lights worked the cluster did not light up like it'd like (ie. plasmeh's)



Will led bulbs do the trick to make my cluster light up reverse or can i buy one of the reverse glow overlays (ebay special), like will those work if my gauges are already white?
Where did find the pic of the reverse glow gauges? Those are bad ***. I have been looking for something better than those cheapo Ebay ones.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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Re: Can I put a Reverse glow overlay on my cluster?

They are member plasmeh's gauges lol



So it's already an overlay or it's the whole gauges?
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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Re: Can I put a Reverse glow overlay on my cluster?

yo get them on ebay, I have only seen the one's with 145 speedo though
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