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Old 01-21-2008, 10:52 AM
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I absolutely love this pic, does anyone know how to do it???



from this thread https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...light=blue+led but he doesn't explain it
Old 01-21-2008, 12:00 PM
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try this page http://ledgauges.tripod.com/camaroinstructions.html
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that just explains how to get the gauges to light up, but I don't see anything about the actual needles
Old 01-21-2008, 04:59 PM
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someone correct me if i am wrong but those might be needles off of a truck or something?
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^^Yes, I don't believe you can make the stock ones light up like that, I mean come on, they are red.....
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i do believe those needles are from something else, i believe mine reach to the numbers. those fall awfully short. prolly from a truck.
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yeah look at the needle on the tach!!
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Originally Posted by 01ssreda4
i do believe those needles are from something else, i believe mine reach to the numbers. those fall awfully short. prolly from a truck.
I don't know any car that lights up THAT blue. That's really blue man.
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Here is another shot, why don't you just PM Kage and ask him where he got them?



After looking at these in light, they seem to be from another car like previously suggested. What car though?
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not stock
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They're not a sponsor so I guess PM me for details
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Here ya go. There's not a sponsor that sells these so this link should be legal:

http://www.importintelligence.com/Iglow.html
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would you have to know exactly where your current needles are on your display or else when you put the new ones on they will be off?? seems like a hard mod
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80 bucks seems like a bit much for me... a google search turned up

scrape/sand the red paint off of the needle, use plastic tape from walmart for new color
http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=132611

changing the actual LEDs that light up the needle, and remove the paint
http://www.teamcelica.com/tech/insta...ledinstall.asp

sharpie
http://www.turbododge.com/forums/f8/...dle-color.html

I'm sure none will look near as good as the ones in the link... but still might be worth a shot... seems really time consuming though, so I will probably save it for the summer
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Since no sponsor carries them then here's a link to the exact ones from pic above

http://www.jpcustoms.com/store/custo...cat=823&page=1
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so do u just replace the needles and thats it? or is there a led bulb that has to be switched out?
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Originally Posted by Yahelou
so do u just replace the needles and thats it? or is there a led bulb that has to be switched out?
For the first pic above you can see the gauges look blue too so yes they did a LED bulb swap along with switching the needles.
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That is sick looking but I've seen disaster result from taking the needles off and the gauges no reading right ever again.
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ive taken my needles out like 10 times and never had a problem. im gonna try the way where you sand off the red and put blue tape on, seems like it would work ok. i wont be able to do it until it is a little warmer out. (-15 wind chill) right now. but ill post up whenever i get to it
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Yep when i took my needles off all of my guages were off ..

But this is a pretty cool mod .


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