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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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Or does the TA guage cluster make the Camaro one look cheap? I swapped mine for a TA one and boy does it look better.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 02:44 PM
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It's just you. The only difference is the bezel/surround around the gauges. 6LE sells replacements for you Camaro guys.
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I agree, the Trans-Am ones do have better detail plus the bezel, although Camaros do have better looking needles (red)
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 02:51 PM
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Or does the TA guage cluster make the Camaro one look cheap? I swapped mine for a TA one and boy does it look better.
I Don't know! but if you don't want that Camaro gauge cover I'll take it off your hands, mines cracked
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
I agree, the Trans-Am ones do have better detail plus the bezel, although Camaros do have better looking needles (red)
my needles are orange... did they change on the 98-02?
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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97+ Camaros got a gauge upgrade, with red needles.

Except mine will be white.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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25 bucks plus the ride and you can have it. It doesnt have any of those marks on it. Its in good shape. The only thing im keeping are the needles. I MAY go back in and change the TA ones out. You can have the cover only probably less shipping or the entire thing. same price.
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My tach was like about 500rpms ahead no matter what I did in HPT so I swapped it out with another one which was the TA one.

I dont know what shipping is but whatever actual shipping is is what I will charge.

Send a pic request to ssdungeon@hotmail.com and ill send you some pics of it.

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I Don't know! but if you don't want that Camaro gauge cover I'll take it off your hands, mines cracked
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I just want the clear cover that goes over the gauge cluster, don't want to put my 6LE overlay in and have a cracked cover.
$25 sounds good if you let me know what you want for postage.
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
I agree, the Trans-Am ones do have better detail plus the bezel, although Camaros do have better looking needles (red)
exactly. camaro gauges are out of a truck imho...they dont belong in there...TA gauges look better minus the color.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 01:17 AM
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^^Indeed. I added Macewen silver gauge overlays and a Trans Am bezel, and they look much better now IMO! I also added red SMDs since I got tired of staring at the **** yellow stock lighting at night

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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
I agree, the Trans-Am ones do have better detail plus the bezel, although Camaros do have better looking needles (red)
You think GM is trying to tell us something?
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
^^Indeed. I added Macewen silver gauge overlays and a Trans Am bezel, and they look much better now IMO! I also added red SMDs since I got tired of staring at the **** yellow stock lighting at night

that looks really nice..i love it..i wish i can do this to mine my Z has the KM instead of mile calibration..we use metric in middle east..
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^^You can!

White:
http://macewenmotorsports.com/19cawhfaovbe.html

Silver:
http://macewenmotorsports.com/19casifaovbe.html
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Originally Posted by Super-Bat
It's just you. The only difference is the bezel/surround around the gauges. 6LE sells replacements for you Camaro guys.
There are a lot more differences than the bezel surround at least on this one I just installed vs. the one I took out. I think its a nice interior upgrade.
I dont think its just me either...lol.
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I want to swap my old camaro needles back. Can I just pull the needles straight off? When putting them back on what should I be careful about? I dont want them to read off. Any write ups? I can get to them. I took the ones off my old cluster. I am more worried about not putting them back on correctly meaning any alignment issues I should be careful about?
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Warm up the car. Take a pic of where all the needles location are.
Pop off needles, start car, let it warm up, and put new needles back based on picture.
Easiest way to take needles off is to use a fork. Slip it behind the black dot, and they should pop straight off.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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Thanks man!!!
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