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Old 03-20-2007
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Ordered these...

I have these now, just came in....I get my instrument cluster Thursday, I was wondering are these going to light up like the shown here

The gauges, a little ricer but hey, also came with no directions....

These are them here front and back. Im worried the green light will show through these....
 
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i dunno if they will look like that or not

but if they do..it will look good..

i wish i could do something like that in my 04'
 
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I've got almost the same ones.......but all but 2 idiot lights are in the right location on mine. I got the i350 (ithink). I LOVE THEM!!! Mine light up the exact same as yours. Did yours come with some type of switch to turn the indiglo on??
 
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I had some on my 02. Just make sure you get them very flush near the guages. I had a problem where my tach needle was hitting the overlay and not letting it move at all. So dont install everything back together before you test them like I did. it was such a pain in the *** I just left it and drove sans a Tach. Didnt really need it, but it was still a little annoying being @ 1k all the time!
 
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I'd like to see the install pics on these. Maybe I will go for something like this.
 
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man, i want sport trac gauges but I may have to look into this. I wonder is I can color the needles?
 
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Dana - They sell colour needles, but they are expensive...like more then I pain for my cluster and these together.


Shane - It came with a dimmer switch, Im just hopeing its lights will over power the green grow, or I may just try to cover the green.
 
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That'll look cool!
 
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Take out the bulbs that illuminate the gauges. NOT THE Other ones {blinkers and idiot lights } then wire those to your light switch. It will be beautifull.
 
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Post pics on what they look like at night. I might be interested in getitng them.
 
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Originally Posted by htvfd460stx
Take out the bulbs that illuminate the gauges. NOT THE Other ones {blinkers and idiot lights } then wire those to your light switch. It will be beautiful.
Or change them out to blue LED's like I did. This will illuminate the needles and gear selector indicator to match the gauge faces.
 
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Post pics on what they look like at night. I might be interested in getttng them.
Mine are slightly different, but here's an idea.
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I have them, the green does not show through. Mine came with a 2 sided tape on/off switch which I wired to come out just under the steering column. They are super bright at full brightness but mine are also wired to the stock dimmer.
 
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Needforspeed3685 Where did you get your gauges? i like those alot.
 
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