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Topic #38556 41 posts Started by lagos
ive had reverse glow gauges installed for many years. yesterday i swaped out to the stock gague cluster with factory green lights to remember what that whole setup looked like. my god, we have a boring looking stock cluster!

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haha

i like my green lights...they match my green car laugh.gif
alright alright....so theyre not as interesting as reverse glow...blah blah blah biggrin.gif

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all you need is some good bulbs and it looks great, i love the clean oem feel.. mine are currently red
lol u should see all guagues from the 90's and back, lol all of them were green! and some cars didnt have a tatch!

lol

Is this good enuff 4 ya? :D
I like the clean and simple look of the stock cluster with blue LEDs. The only gripe I have is the orange Km/h numbers on the speedometer and the "unleaded fuel only" printed next to the gas gauge. I've already got a solution to that however.

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at night though with red bulbs it looks like i have no redline though haha, but at day i always get scared cause i have a 3sgte now but it still has the stock redline so it looks like DANGER TO MANIFOLD
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lol u should see all guagues from the 90's and back, lol all of them were green! and some cars didnt have a tatch!

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my friend tried to teach me to drive a stick in her hyundai and it didnt have an rpm gauge...that was hard cause you cant see how the revs dip just as it engages so you cant compensate for it so its really hard to not stall when your trying to learn...it was funny though biggrin.gif

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at night though with red bulbs it looks like i have no redline though haha, but at day i always get scared cause i have a 3sgte now but it still has the stock redline so it looks like DANGER TO MANIFOLD


i swapped in an st205 tach. works great. correct redline for 3sgte.
Yes the stock gauges are boring..... the last white face gauges I had sucked tho.. it was on my 91 celica.. i had to get a new cluster cause half the needles were missing lol!!!

Anyone know how white or clear bulbs would look with our gauges.. I might take off the nipples if it looks nicer, just too lazy to get around to doing it hehe! laugh.gif
this was my glow gauge setup. im going back to it asap.

anyone have a pic of the stock ones to post?

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this was my glow gauge setup. im going back to it asap.

anyone have a pic of the stock ones to post?

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damn u got more lights in that cockpit than in an airplane biggrin.gif

my guagues look like a winterfresh blue and green. not led's tho so they are kinda average.

Is this good enuff 4 ya? :D
you should hear the car in action. ... it sounds just like a plane..lol

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This is all I have, not exactly stock:
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I much prefer the stock gauges...though mine are even the stock green color right now. I used to have indiglos but decided I like the cleaner OEM look with a lot less glare a lot more.

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This is all I have, not exactly stock:
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Have the same! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

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Not really sure what type of lights I have...the're LED's for sure but I can't tell what brand. Came with my cluster.

-Colin

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WHERE DID YOU GET A STEERING COLUMN GAUGE POD?
My cluster is amber with painted red needles. I also put on a TRD sticker with the rpm is. People think its way better than the stock.

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I much prefer the stock gauges...though mine are even the stock green color right now. I used to have indiglos but decided I like the cleaner OEM look with a lot less glare a lot more.

woa...theres like a light coming from your ac vent...insanity lol biggrin.gif

edit: i like that picture...you've inspired me to take a pic from my back seat...i dont think ive ever been back there... laugh.gif

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jun 22, 2006 - 7:11 PM

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Yea, I love my stock gauage too biggrin.gif
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WHERE DID YOU GET A STEERING COLUMN GAUGE POD?


Its a Greddy Universal 60mm Gauge Mount, not a Pod. Like $20 on Ebay.

-Colin
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Not really sure what type of lights I have...the're LED's for sure but I can't tell what brand. Came with my cluster.

-Colin

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thats exactly how i want mine to be! gosh i really wana know what led's are those. GRRR

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ya i havent been in the back much either...Cough*hood*cough
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woa...theres like a light coming from your ac vent...insanity lol biggrin.gif

edit: i like that picture...you've inspired me to take a pic from my back seat...i dont think ive ever been back there... laugh.gif

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really? how sad... IPB Image

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lol...my sarcasm is wasted on the internet biggrin.gif

and whats with everyones mileage beginning with a 0... what IS that...lol
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This post has been edited by hurley97: Jun 23, 2006 - 12:02 AM

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edit: i like that picture...you've inspired me to take a pic from my back seat...i dont think ive ever been back there... laugh.gif



who needs a back seat when u can recline and use the passenger seat? wink.gif

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I like the stock, just have to accent it a little

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I will return one day.
damn defgeph lol ur guague is looking like it came out of an altima lol

very nice, i wana try those white leds tho, give it that modern toyota guague look lol

Is this good enuff 4 ya? :D
jeff, your so focused tongue.gif

we all go off on tangents, way to bring it back on topic biggrin.gif

i like the guages, arent your lights red though, or is that just everything but the guages? im not very observant... rolleyes.gif

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06
I have red LED's in the cluster. I'm happy with it. smile.gif

I will return one day.