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Make your own gauge cluster (example from another brand of car)

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Old 08-02-07, 02:07 PM
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I found this on OT.com
Pretty awsome work. maybe someone crazy enough on here can do something like this.




















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Wow, interesting. At first I was like what is that clear piece of plastic doing in front of the cluster haha. Thats nice!
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HOLY JESUS! thats hot!
hmm
maybe OLT wouldlike to give it a try ;]
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I like it.

I made a clear front for my cluster to brighten it up and it helped a bit, but the way the dash is angled it really does need the tint to keep the glare down.

I know Gadget bought the stack unit for his car so we have already seen retrofits in the SC before. How he wired all that in, who knows!
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wow , very simple to do and great end result. the HUD looks great too !
btw that is the biggest TURBO gauge I've ever seen

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haha! awesome! that is exactly what i wanted to do, but never got around to it with any of my cars!
Old 08-02-07, 02:52 PM
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i like it very much looks clean and almost factory.
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It looks pretty simple, not sure about the wiring though.
How come i dont see a fuel gauge on that thing?
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I believe the fuel gauge is on the center console as you can see in the last pic.
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I think the only thing I see that would concern me is no warning lights. Several of the lights in the cluster are very important such as ABS, AIRBAG, Check Engine, High beams, Turn signals, BRAKE, etc.......
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id pay for one.
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wow..i love the way that looks! if someone could post a tutorial on this that would be awesome! i would love to do this to my car too
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
I think the only thing I see that would concern me is no warning lights. Several of the lights in the cluster are very important such as ABS, AIRBAG, Check Engine, High beams, Turn signals, BRAKE, etc.......
Thats what i was also thinking about.
But for our Sc's all those important things are on the bottom our of clusters, so it's kinda easier to
modify.
Sorta like what gadgetSc had to do.


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Originally Posted by YouLose
It looks pretty simple, not sure about the wiring though.
How come i dont see a fuel gauge on that thing?
There are three more gauges in the center console.. i forgot to get that pic on here.
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Don't forget rule number one.


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