200mph gauges
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Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Re: 200mph gauges I just received mine today and i'm quite pissed to find out the friggin lights are blue-green.
I called them and told them it was rediculous. They said a guy successfully installed bright red bulbs and the dash became maroone lighted. I'm going to try it by painting the bulbs red with high temp paint.
The reason there blue-green is because they order the face plates from Chevy, the Camaro division. The blue-green is made right into the plastic.
If it doesn't work its going back. Or, does anyone want to buy it. There's 43,000 miles on the OD. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
I called them and told them it was rediculous. They said a guy successfully installed bright red bulbs and the dash became maroone lighted. I'm going to try it by painting the bulbs red with high temp paint.
The reason there blue-green is because they order the face plates from Chevy, the Camaro division. The blue-green is made right into the plastic.
If it doesn't work its going back. Or, does anyone want to buy it. There's 43,000 miles on the OD. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Kansas City, Mo
Re: 200mph gauges The odometer reading is not stored in the speedometer assembly, when I was out there they tried to reset it for a test. when reinstalled the actual milage was there. its not like an old speedometer, the milage is stored in memory in a place other than the speedometer.
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From: Kansas City, Mo
Re: 200mph gauges from
thank god you guys told me about it... i would of been completely shocked ... well i guess the 200 mph should still look better...
i thought there quality was great? heard some people saying that the light is brighter and much clearer???
Yes the light is much brighter and the 'red areas like redline on the tach, high / low areas on the other gauges show up much brighter along with the direction lights.
I know its not red, but I think once you get it in you will be happy. I talked to JR Granatelli and he said if there was enough interest, he would consider building a red backlight version of the 200 mph speedometer for the TA. last time I heard talked to him though he had a limited supply of the speedometers and was not planning on building more unless demand picked up
thank god you guys told me about it... i would of been completely shocked ... well i guess the 200 mph should still look better...
i thought there quality was great? heard some people saying that the light is brighter and much clearer???
Yes the light is much brighter and the 'red areas like redline on the tach, high / low areas on the other gauges show up much brighter along with the direction lights.
I know its not red, but I think once you get it in you will be happy. I talked to JR Granatelli and he said if there was enough interest, he would consider building a red backlight version of the 200 mph speedometer for the TA. last time I heard talked to him though he had a limited supply of the speedometers and was not planning on building more unless demand picked up
the stock speedos have a tint behind the numbers for the color, and uses white bulbs. those new ones obviously are clear, which means all you have to do is put red or blue leds in them before you put them back into the car.
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Shht, I was just ordering this! I had no idea about the light color though so Im glad I read this and can see if they offer it in red now. When I talked to him on the phone he did not say anything about the color when I told him my car make and model.Wish this thread would have had a resolution...
