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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 01:23 AM
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Default how easy is it to install white/silver gauge faces

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most difficult, how much of a job is it to install some white or silver guage faces. I am very intersted in doing this mod but am curious to see how difficult a job it is and if any of the guages do not read properly after the install. Any help will be helpful. Thank you fellas
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 05:43 AM
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if a 1 is filling up gas and a 10 is a complete rebuild of the whole car, I'd give it a 2 or 3, only because when you take the old one off, you have to make a diagram of where your needles on the guages are pointing and put them right back in the same place, otherwise they'll read off, not hard at all though
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 10:05 AM
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If you go with MacEwen Motorsports gauges (www.macewenmotorsports.com) you don't have to remove the needles.

Install is not really hard, just more of a pain in the neck.

Mike
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 10:52 AM
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I have Macewan silverface overlays on my gauge cluster, HVAC controls, shifter position gauge, and light/dimmer switch They go on fairly easily and look great!!
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 11:22 AM
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If you get the ones from www.dynoproauto.com you wont need to remove the needles. They are overlays and just slide on over the needles. On the scale I would put them on a 3. Pics in my sig in the modifications folder.
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 04:45 PM
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I did a "write up" on my Website...feel free to use it if you need to. It's really not hard at all.

www.Ebbsnflows.cz28.com
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 06:08 PM
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Wasn't hard for me. Shoulda only taken 30 min, but I couldn't figure out how to get the dash piece off. Then I found out it snaps off Once I got that off all was down hill. I went with NR White faced guages. Great quality. I did have to make the needle positions, got it wrong the first time, but got the speedo close enough to get it right on the second try. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a 2.
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