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Old 04-12-06, 02:34 PM
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Glow Gauges-Yes/No?

I'm pondering getting both the main gauges and the HVAC one...Are there any issues with these items?

I've been watching them on e-bay and read some posts on here as well...but want some opinion on it from persons who may have installed them.
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if your referring to the ones that are bluish then no, I like the orange gives it character.
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No! Stay with the stock black with orange lighting. Something always seems to go wrong with those EL backlighted gauges. Just my .02 though.
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The HVAC is white in the day...Stock looking at night.

The Cluster is White in Day- Blue/Green at night has a switch to change colours.
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i've had them in my car for a year now with no issues *shrug*.
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I don't think the white matches the color scheme of the car well, but that is always customizable.
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Originally Posted by Karack
i've had them in my car for a year now with no issues *shrug*.
had it for 2 yrs and i luv em. also got the matching logicon one. i can take pics tonight if you want an idea?
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you're right, they don't match the car very well but it is very difficult to find water/oil/pressure gauges that match our stock gauges these days..
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i never liked the white face gauges very much. im not crazy about orange but its not that bad.

karack there actually a good amount of gauges now that offer orange/amber backlighting.
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I have a nice set of indiglo guages and theyd be perfect if not for one thing, FC GAUGE NEEDLES DONT ILLUMINATE, if they did i'd be stoked. PS before the ******* flaming begins i bought these b/c the cluster was burnt out, not the bulbs itself, but the board.

They look cool though
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On the tach and speedo, the needles are noticable enough but the smaller gauges w/ not really being able to see them would worry me.
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Trust me i worry, and strain to look at them in the dark
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I wonder if painting them with orange UV reactive paint would work. Do you think the EL has enough floures to activate the UV paint?
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