Comments On: Indiglo Gauge Project

**europeanboy** · 11-28-06, 18:13

Comments on: http://www.mx6.com/forums/1g-faq-app...e-project.html (Indiglo Gauge Project)

niceeee.... wowww how much?? how hard to change? I know I can do it myself with time, how much it cost you and what'you think of the quality, did you get the lights with it post more pics

nice work man

**Jake** · 11-29-06, 11:04

Im trying to figure out if there is a resize capability with the vb codes but I dont see one, so it looks like I will just need to manually resize them all for purposes of posting? Or use Imageshack, but I might as well just host them myself. As for the FAQ, please, bear with me. I am writing a step by step on how to do it CORRECTLY.
THere are several wrong ways to do it, and only 1 good right way to do it.

**Dutch** · 12-2-06, 14:05

WOW Jake!!!
i like em i want em....

sent them to me

nice work done there.
me likes a lot

**Panther37** · 12-3-06, 18:38

Jake,
Just keep posting. I'll delete everyone else's posts when you're done. They look really sweet.

Thanks,
-Matt-

**zlyricist** · 3-15-07, 15:42

..........looks like this never got finished. i love how jake advertises his website on his gauges in a car that only he drives

lol

**Jake** · 3-15-07, 15:44

Yah I finished. Just never got time to post the whole FAQ.. Ill do it when I get back to town...

**professorblaze** · 3-22-08, 12:10

been a year, ever finish the write-up on the faq?

**monoxidechild** · 3-23-08, 0:54

if its like any other car ive ever done, remove gauge cluster, pull off the little screws on the face, gently slide the overlays over the needles and on top of the gauges. install the screws back onto the face, and put the cluster back in.

its real easy, and brain dead simple, just take your time sliding them over your needles. ive never broke one, but ive heard stories of others not taking there time, and snapping them

**Jake** · 3-24-08, 11:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by zlyricist

..........looks like this never got finished. i love how jake advertises his website on his gauges in a car that only he drives

lol

I love how you love me.

Yah I never finished a write up.
The camera I took some of the pics with got stolen/lost.
Ive got other pics but I didnt ever make a write up.

**imagoonmx6** · 3-25-08, 15:16

Very nice. You can get a rectifier that has a dimmer on it, I use one on mine. Then again mine is inverted so it isn't nearly as bright. I used a junk yard dash, drilled the panels and installed white / clear needles from a Nissan NSX. I used light pipes from a firebird to light the needles using the bulbs inside the panel. The result is my dash basicly looks like Jakes gauge pods in those pictures.

**Jake** · 3-25-08, 15:23

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Originally Posted by imagoonmx6

Very nice. You can get a rectifier that has a dimmer on it, I use one on mine. Then again mine is inverted so it isn't nearly as bright. I used a junk yard dash, drilled the panels and installed white / clear needles from a Nissan NSX. I used light pipes from a firebird to light the needles using the bulbs inside the panel. The result is my dash basicly looks like Jakes gauge pods in those pictures.

If you hook it up like I describe, the stock dimmer also dims the indiglo gauges.

**imagoonmx6** · 3-25-08, 16:11

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Originally Posted by Jake

If you hook it up like I describe, the stock dimmer also dims the indiglo gauges.

You have to be careful with that, make sure the rectifier is compatible with a clipped circuit. You may burn up the rectifier since you are in essence either turning it on and off really fast or making it work harder on a reduced voltage. (I can't remember which the factory dimmer does). Mine has a +12 and a separate connector for a dimmer control.

~Chris

**Jake** · 3-25-08, 16:45

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Originally Posted by imagoonmx6

You have to be careful with that, make sure the rectifier is compatible with a clipped circuit. You may burn up the rectifier since you are in essence either turning it on and off really fast or making it work harder on a reduced voltage. (I can't remember which the factory dimmer does). Mine has a +12 and a separate connector for a dimmer control.

~Chris

I cannot answer to that. I am using the rectifiers that Panther sent with the kit. I dim them all the time and they have been installed over a year and I have not had a problem. So I am going to assume it works properly. But you could also install an on/off dimmer switch on the A/C side of the rectifier and get the 12 volts NOT from the backside of the gauge pod but from accessory/ignition hot.

**SixSick6** · 3-26-08, 0:59

nice write up jake.

**maffatato15** · 3-26-08, 23:59

If i had the time to do this and felt like taking my cluster out again i would. Your gauges came out really good.

11-28-06, 18:13	#1 (permalink)
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11-29-06, 11:04	#2 (permalink)
Jake Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Houston, TX, USA Age: 43 iTrader: (0)	How to resize Im trying to figure out if there is a resize capability with the vb codes but I dont see one, so it looks like I will just need to manually resize them all for purposes of posting? Or use Imageshack, but I might as well just host them myself. As for the FAQ, please, bear with me. I am writing a step by step on how to do it CORRECTLY. THere are several wrong ways to do it, and only 1 good right way to do it. Last edited by Jake : 11-29-06 at 11:11. Reason: imogeen
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12-3-06, 18:38	#4 (permalink)
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3-15-07, 15:42	#5 (permalink)
zlyricist Join Date: May 2004 Location: arvada, CO, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (5)	..........looks like this never got finished. i love how jake advertises his website on his gauges in a car that only he drives lol
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3-15-07, 15:44	#6 (permalink)
Jake Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Houston, TX, USA Age: 43 iTrader: (0)	Yah I finished. Just never got time to post the whole FAQ.. Ill do it when I get back to town...
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3-22-08, 12:10	#7 (permalink)
professorblaze That soldier boy Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lakewood, WA, USA Age: 26 iTrader: (10)	been a year, ever finish the write-up on the faq?
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3-23-08, 0:54	#8 (permalink)
monoxidechild Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: RocKForD, ChiPoC!.!.!.!, IL, USA Age: 27 iTrader: (1)	if its like any other car ive ever done, remove gauge cluster, pull off the little screws on the face, gently slide the overlays over the needles and on top of the gauges. install the screws back onto the face, and put the cluster back in. its real easy, and brain dead simple, just take your time sliding them over your needles. ive never broke one, but ive heard stories of others not taking there time, and snapping them
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3-25-08, 15:16	#10 (permalink)
imagoonmx6 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Chicagoland IL Age: 28 iTrader: (0)	Very nice. You can get a rectifier that has a dimmer on it, I use one on mine. Then again mine is inverted so it isn't nearly as bright. I used a junk yard dash, drilled the panels and installed white / clear needles from a Nissan NSX. I used light pipes from a firebird to light the needles using the bulbs inside the panel. The result is my dash basicly looks like Jakes gauge pods in those pictures.
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3-26-08, 23:59	#15 (permalink)
maffatato15 im back from BAN camp Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: endwell, NY, USA Age: 22 iTrader: (3)	If i had the time to do this and felt like taking my cluster out again i would. Your gauges came out really good.
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