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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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Default TA Dash light color ???????

For you guys with a TA , how did you change the color from red to blue?
post pic's if you got them . Is there an overlay out there that will change the color without the need of wiring ?


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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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led's buy them, sodler them to the dash peice behind the guages
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Tainted
led's buy them, sodler them to the dash peice behind the guages
nope, more to it then that, the red comes from the film over the gauge, you eithor try and sand it off, which i heard was a bitch or get a gauge out of a camaro which has a blue film, get some blue LEDS and solder them in. youll also need A/C controls also.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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Here's a full write-up:http://www.evlls1.com/interiorlighting.html
There is a red dye on your stock Trans Am head lamp overlay, therefore you will need to buy a Camaro style head lamp overlay, just as mentioned in the write-up.
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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I used what LS1obsession posted.

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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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ahhhh. I thought you jsut had to re-do the LED's, well **** I learned something new today. but the red still looks better
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 08:51 PM
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ironic, im changing my camaros dash to red
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 3.4camaro
ironic, im changing my camaros dash to red
I did too!



I always liked the look of the T/A clusters at night so I copied it! On Camaro's it is a simple bulb swap.
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Originally Posted by XtinctZ28
I did too!



I always liked the look of the T/A clusters at night so I copied it! On Camaro's it is a simple bulb swap.
Me three!



and the HVAC as well:

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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 07:59 AM
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There's one bad part, the company that made the blue reverse glow gauges has discontinued them. I was planning on going that route for my TA. Luckily, I came a cross a cluster from an SS Camaro and will use that as my starting point.
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