gauge mods look cool!!

[hardlydangerous]

I have finnished my interior, all blue carbon fiber, blue under dash and sub box neon with light controler,I was thinkin of gettin blue gauges for the dash but I already have blue carbon fiber around the gauges and figured it might look dumb,so I went to a wreckin yard got new gauge faces and sanded the back side down until the yellow paint was gone,when i held it up to the light the numbers now look white not orange,i then got some plasti coat transparent blue paint and painted the back side of the gauges,(instead of changin' to colored bulbs wich are not as bright as white),now my gauge are still black on the front but the numbers are a sweet blue,you could do this any colour you want I guess

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91 laser RS/NT
95 honda vlx

[CustomLeatherGuy]

Hey you woulden't have any pictures of this setup would you sounds rather nice

[greenstreak]

I guy I know did something similar but instead of painting the back of the guages he covered the backs with blue celophane (sp.) It actually turned out pretty nice.

[ZBEEST]

You could also buy some replacement gauges from this guy http://www.blackcatcustom.com and get any colour face you want with any colour lettering. I have white with blue lettering that turns almost green at night time.

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Chris Holmes
'91 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo
www.geocities.com/motorcity/speedway/5051 (http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/speedway/5051)
Turbo + Intercooler = The Replacement For Displacement

[hardlydangerous]

Im am havin' a pro take about 50 pics of the car near the end of Setp or early Oct I wanted the best pics I could get,its goin to be about $100 bucks but I wanted night pictures too of all the purple groundFX neon, and blue interior neon,as well as my blue/white pop up headlights,

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91 laser RS/NT
95 honda vlx
http://talontsi.dhs.org/mistysrod.jpg

[This message has been edited by hardlydangerous (edited October 03, 2000).]

[MystikEklipz]

Wow that's cool...I've always wanted to change my orange display to blue but I wasn't sure how I'd go about doing this...upload those pictures as soon as you can...and do you mind giving detailed directions on how to do this?? Thanks a lot

[dbh23]

You can also go to ImportIntelligence.com and buy White/Color face gauges for a very cheap price.




[This message has been edited by dbh23 (edited September 23, 2000).]

[Quest]

can you be more specific on the paint? I am thinking of doing this, but not in the gauge cluster. I want to change the A/C controls to blue. Perhaps changing to blue bulbs would be easier, but I cannot find anyone that sells colored dash lights.

[TalonEvolution]

I don't this guy is around anymore...lol. I kinda wanna see the pics of his interior also.

[Lipster]

Hey ZBeest... did you prime your timing belt cover with something before you painted it? Any recommendations?

[ZBEEST]

I just wet sanded it and then sprayed with an automotive primer followed with automotive spray "touch up" paint. p.s I wet sanded again after priming it.

[hardlydangerous]

Im still around.Sorry guy/gals but ive been runnin aroud like crazy for the past few weeks/months,(its the end of the race season and every one is tearin up there race bikes)have been welding alot of frames and rebuilding alot of engines! I got a Photoalbum site up and runnin but Im waiting on the good pics to come back(i had a pro do some good interior shots and night shots)all of my interior shots came out white when I scaned them,I promiss I will get them up as sonn as I get them back from the developer,take a look at what I got so far,The paint I used is "Plasti-coat competition colors candyapple blue transparent finish"


[Edited by hardlydangerous on 11-11-2000 at 11:48 PM]

[hardlydangerous]

I got a few more pics up but they are not to great,but you can get a good idea of all the extras that I have put on our ride.

[v8_kllr]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ZBEEST
[B]You could also buy some replacement gauges from this guy http://www.blackcatcustom.com and get any colour face you want with any colour lettering. I have white with blue lettering that turns almost green at night time.


i must agree with ZBEEST. The Purple Plymouth Guy had his gauges done from them(i think he owns/runs the shop) and they look awesome. ZBEEST. do you go to Woodbridge alot? I hang out with a couplof talons down there myself. We Should all meet up and pull some Diamond Star Domination. Show those Hondas how to do it. hehehehe