After checking out my buddies new IS I noticed a few things I liked. One being what the gauge cluster does on startup. I've seen this needle sweep on several different cars. Mostly I like how the needles light up first. Although the sweep would be nice too, I'm not too confident that it can be done on an older cluster. Has anyone done a backlighting delay or know if this is possible? I think this would be a nice modification that would give a bit of a modern twist on a nearly 15 year old car.

Here's a pic of what I'm talking about.

Also video: IS Startup

 

if anyone has seen the TVR T350c dash and knows how to copy it let me know

 

been there, done that.

It's wild on an Sc.





Did it twice actually

 

Very nice O.L.T! Is that how it looks when you first turn it on and then the backlighting comes on a few seconds later or does the backlighting stay off?

 

I had the backlight on a switch.

 

Care to share how it's done?

 

Wait are you saying that the clusters dont come doing that?

Sorry if I seem a little confused, but my 92 LS 400 lights up the needles first then the backlighting comes on.

 

Anythign I can do to to my 1st gen GS cluster?
I know on the S13 240 u cna change the back wedge lighbulb to LED but I'm not sure about the 1st gen GS

 

Whoops, just remember this thread was here. A long time ago I cut the tracer off the main board and spliced a switch into it.... it's been like 2 years. The top 3 ribbons on the back of the cluster have tracers for the backlight.

 

Cool thanks!