I know FieroFreak has his. He showed them to us at our monthly meeting of the Gateway Fiero Club.
Looked very nice. At first I wasn't really that interested. But since I've seen his I guess I'll just have to buy a set. The big problem is where to mount the small panel to adjust the color shades of the gauges. That was a very cool option.
Earl R.
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raw1111 Member
Posts: 277 From: Johnson City Ny Registered: Jun 2002
I need pics as soon as these things get installed! I want to know what kind of quality these have and how hard they are to put in before I make a decision to buy...
Got mine today, the quality looks execellet! From the looks I would recomend them.
Anybody install yet? I have a question, what color paint for the pointers would work well with the green to blue light when used at night. Anybody else going to freshen up the pointers.
My gauge face will not go over the pointer. I emailed Speedhut and asked them this question.
------------------------- I have a question for you.
You say "Then, route the EL-Glo panel over the pointers. There is no need to remove the pointers from the gauge. The pointers will route through the panel, ensuring accurate gauge calibration."
See photo below. The size of the hole in your gauge face is .396. The diameter of the pointer is .590. The dimension from the tail of the pointer to the front of the circle is .685.
Do I need to make the holes larger to fit over the pointers? Like .75?
If I cut the hole larger will this effect the electronics of the gauge face? Cut the tail off the pointer?
To get the Black cap off with out breaking it I had the best luck by inserting a jewelers screwdriver in between the pointer and the cap to raise it up then use a larger screwdriver to turn and pop it off.
DO NOT REMOVE THE POINTER!!!!! Just the black cap.
the missing "a" is some numbskull off of ebay selling regular indigle gauges. his didn't even come with aux gauges much less the HVAC. these are from www.speedhut.com
those look really sweet at night. mine are the same color scheme. I am even more excited now. DAMNIT where are my gauges?!?!?!
Wow! That blue looks really cool at night! I definately want that color. Probably go with a different face color, though. Why are the needles still lit up orange? And the tripometer?
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it is an electroluminescent(EL) sheet that glows when an electrical current passes through it. Kinda like indiglo watches and clocks. It doesn't use the stock lighting for the gauges at all.
I like the orange needle and odo/trip. I think it would be bland if it was ALL blue, but that is just my 2 cents.
Thanks for the photos.
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crazyfieromike Member
Posts: 581 From: mentor ohio 44060 usa Registered: Mar 2002
I had white faced guages with blue numbers in my 85Gt and I painted the needles Flour. Yellow, I think it looked pretty good. Maybe 1fst2m6 or 1slo2m6 has a pic of them
Mine are in. I did not do the HVAC because I think the wrap-around dash looks better with it black.
It is hard to get a photo that is bright.
NOTE: Don't remove the pointers, just the cap.
The gas and temp gauge. The wire goes on the right side. Cut the housing out for it. If you put wire on the left side the light side (of the plastic light foil)will be down and not light the gauges.
Mmmmm Aus wants. But it is a bit pricey when you pay extra for KMH gauges and then include exchange rates. Works out about $350 a set then for me ): I think I might try find out where to buy the Electroluminescent materials and make some instead
We Installed Mine Last Night. It Took About 2 1/5 Hours Start To Finnish.
