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Old 06-03-06, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by e-man
Mine looks like this (with about 250,000 fewer miles!):
Damn that's alot of miles.
Old 06-03-06, 05:17 PM
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mine is 2000 GS4, it is green!

Can anyone post a more clear white gauge' s picture ?
Old 06-03-06, 05:24 PM
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Here is mine. It gets brighter than this on a sunny day.
Old 06-03-06, 06:23 PM
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'02 GS430 - white gauges.

I'm still trying to find a pattern here.
Old 06-03-06, 06:34 PM
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Mine are more whitish. Compared to the radio and HVAC I would call them white.

02 GS300 Sport Design.
Old 06-03-06, 07:16 PM
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Mine have the green tint. 99 GS400 with all options -NAV.

There was a CL vendor that changes the color of the guages and AC/ Radio to white, blue, or red FYI.
Old 06-03-06, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by markgs4
98 GS4 w/ green lights I wish I had white gauges, or maybe a blue-ish color would be cool

I agree, mine are greenish i hate it!!
Old 06-03-06, 07:45 PM
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I think I kinda picked up on the pattern. More results will help though.

Cutoff date from Green>White for all models between 2001/2002.
Earlier switch overs are 01' SportDesigns.

Seem logical? Eh...?
Old 06-03-06, 08:21 PM
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99 GS green here. Man the white looks so much better
Old 06-03-06, 09:56 PM
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okokok, we get the idea that majority have green...

now, how do we change it to white or light blue!!! that be awesome...

and is that 300K miles true??lol
Old 06-04-06, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by djjt
okokok, we get the idea that majority have green...

now, how do we change it to white or light blue!!! that be awesome...

and is that 300K miles true??lol
I think the only option is to get a new gauge cluster.Unless you can find the individual EL plates. It would probably cost close to the same to get just the plates vs. the whole gauge cluster. I recommend you go with the latter option since it will just a plug and play affair. If you go the plate route, you will need to disassemble the whole gauge cluster, swap the plates, and put it all back together. The reason for all this work is because these gauges are Electro-Luminescent. Not driven by bulbs as in most other cars. I wonder though if the odometer reading will be different after swapping the cluster out? lol. Or is the mileage stored in the engine ecu. I'm pretty sure its saved in the gauge cluster memory though.

I do agree, white looks better
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Green and white I'm suprised they are not the same color across the board.

Old 06-04-06, 07:25 AM
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Hey DASHOCKER. I think both of those are the green version. JeffTsai's look more white.
Old 06-04-06, 09:14 AM
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Default Mine are

White

01 GS430

I assume it came with OEM 17's and spoiler (no 3rd brake light inside)..


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Yea DASHOCKER, yours are the green ones too. The white is really white.



Also, not sure if you guys saw my post but you dont have to buy a new cluster to get the white look. A vendor in the Group Buy section was selling a kit with the "bulb type" things to replace the green and you could get white, blue, red, etc. They also sold it for the radio and climate controls so all would match.


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