Gauge Lighting Instructions
04-11-2005, 02:26 PM
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As far as LED choice, I got the single wide angle leds from superbrightleds.com to avoid the 'hot spots' from the narrow angle leds and they are quite dim. From the pics Dub put up, I need to get the 4-led bulbs to brighten up the cluster to match my Cobalt guages. Now, somone just figure out how we can have orange needles witht the blue background. 
04-12-2005, 03:54 PM
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You can do the ac lights, as well, but from what i have heard its alot more involved, and most dont think its worth the effort. I have not tried mine or looked into it much. Im happy with the results from just the gauges.
looking to get the esclade cluster, when i get the money.
04-12-2005, 09:21 PM
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I bought a white gauge overlay from nu image.. the numbers/letters appear blue anyway at night... so to avoid a funky look with doing blue on blue.. i got the white lights.. seem too look the same as the blue ones.. my camera sucks tho... so no pics.
Thanks dub for the post. It was a fun little thing to do when I'm bored.
I think im gonna do my mom's 04 monte carlo... how involved is that to take the dash off? Clips again i'd imagine... probably going white or maybe red since its a red car.
Thanks dub for the post. It was a fun little thing to do when I'm bored.
I think im gonna do my mom's 04 monte carlo... how involved is that to take the dash off? Clips again i'd imagine... probably going white or maybe red since its a red car.
04-12-2005, 09:37 PM
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is it hard to take the needles off? Because i remeber seeing a write up where someone took the stock needles off and took a razor blade and just scraped off the orange on the needles.Is it hard to take the needles off and put them back on?Because when i do this i dont want the orange needles id like clear ones.Or maybe can i just buy escalde needles?
04-12-2005, 09:41 PM
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Well.. the thing with the needles is that when you put them back on.. u have to find the right spot.. like when u go to push the needle back into the spot that you took it out of.. you cant push them real hard u have to find just the right placement or your mph could be off or your gas could be too high (doh, happened to me 
)...etc.
theres a way of doing it.. but i didnt take the time to learn how to do it right.
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back to the original question: it isnt hard to get them off.. i just pryed them off with a small screw driver....some of them are a little harder than others.
)...etc. theres a way of doing it.. but i didnt take the time to learn how to do it right.
**edit**
back to the original question: it isnt hard to get them off.. i just pryed them off with a small screw driver....some of them are a little harder than others.