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Old 01-21-2009, 12:37 AM
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Default Will a Trans Am gauge overlay work in a Camaro???

I found a good deal on some white gauge over lays, but they are for Trans am's... will they work in my Camaro as far as back lighting etc goes? I couldn't find an anwer
Old 01-21-2009, 01:02 AM
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no sir
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Then why does the Trans Am gauge bezel work in the Camaro?
People swap the T/A bezel in there all the time.

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so they don't line up? that sucks... I don't like the camaro style sold by the same people..
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Buy the guages and get a transam cluster
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im sure 6litereater could give you a definate answer. i thought the only thing differerent was the colors between factory overlays. 6le's overlays pictures from camaro to ta look like the same shape to me.
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i think they are the same, other than the film that makes it "white" or red. other MINOR differences are like the pegs, on the camaro they are on the guage itself, on the TA its on the bezel. so you might not have holes for the pegs if this is called a TA overlay.
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They should work. SPecialized Stainless even has the bird gauge bezel for the camaros

http://store.specializedstainless.co.../Detail?no=200
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no they dont work.....yo need to buy a trans am gauge cluster. you can get them off ebay super cheap. i swapped one in my car a couple years ago.
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lol my answer is guaranteed the bezels work because they just outline the gauges the text on trans am gauges is different than camaros....
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The stock Firebird and Camaro gauges have different font. Camaro overlays will only fit Camaros, Firebird overlays will only fit Firebirds. The Trans Am bezel / lens fits the Camaro because it only outlines the gauges like said above.

You can view our gauge overlays / bezels here: http://store.specializedstainless.co...-2002%3AGauges

Camaro:


Firebird:
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what do you do to make the miles correct when you switch to the TA gauges?
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^^it would be smarter to go with a set of 6LE gauges rather than Firebird ones because that way you don't have to worry about correcting the mileage and you can get them in just about any color you want with font that is way better looking than stock Camaro and Firebird font... just my .02 cent
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Will 6LE still do a McNord gauge or is that over???
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Originally Posted by Magnet
what do you do to make the miles correct when you switch to the TA gauges?
i swapped the faces over from cluster to cluster. just had to b careful with removing/ reinstalling the needles.



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