New gauges!

[turabaka]

I finally took pictures of my new gauges. Would've posted sooner, but I couldn't find the cord for the camera. These are courtesy of BITESIZE. He's the man. cheers to you buddy. :cheers:
Images are linked because they're kinda big

with flash
http://image.aurohack.org/users/turabaka/gauge_white.jpg

without flash (under exposure)
http://image.aurohack.org/users/turabaka/gauge_lit.jpg

without flash (normal exposure) sorry it's blurry
http://image.aurohack.org/users/turabaka/gauge_blurry.jpg

[ghettogeddy]

reminds me of mine lol
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/101_0607.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/101_0605.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/2-2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/7-1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/5.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/d02722f3.jpg

[ghettogeddy]

i need to get some pics with the uv needles and uv leds in

[Civic Accord Honda]

cool :D

[turabaka]

damn dude those are nice gauges. Know where I can get some? lol. anyway. I put the far right gauge on a little crooked. Any tips for making sure I put them on straight?

[ghettogeddy]

oops lol
i thought u said left lol
im not 2 sure on that one try centering it out on the 2 needle centers

[turabaka]

woops. meant to say that I put the far right gauge NEEDLE on crooked. my bad. *goes and beats self up for idiot posting*

[ghettogeddy]

i actually put my gauges on without removing the needles the speedo was the hardest lol i was worried about braking then so i jut cut a small slit in the gauge and slid it over

[turabaka]

Oh. I just popped the needles off witha butter knife on either side of the needle and I pried them straight up and off that way. It's just tricky the get the heat one back on. It's funny though because when my dad got in my car the other day he looked at the engine temp and went "holy shit is that right?" I had a good laugh at that.

[Civic Accord Honda]

just make sure they line up with the number when u put them back on thats what i did lol

[Blk87dx]

god dammit i knew i was gunna kick myself in the ass for not buying those, oh well looks good man. you get you headlamp working yet?

[MessyHonda]

i need to get off my lazy butt and install mine. but i want uv needles

[turabaka]

I'm going to paint my needles with uv paint and put uv led's in place of the front lighting.

[ghettogeddy]

I'm going to paint my needles with uv paint and put uv led's in place of the front lighting.

ya u just need the 2 in stock location very simple talk to bitesize he may make u a set for a decent price

[turabaka]

he actually gave me some led's with the gauges, so that I could do it myself. the only thing I don't have is uv's. I'll probably buy some from him this spring when we have another meet.

[tuxdreamerx]

can you not see the needles at night?

[ghettogeddy]

can you not see the needles at night?

u can but there hard to see

[turabaka]

there's no front lighting so it's not as easy to see them as it used to be. It's not that bad. I'd just prefer if they were white uv glowy.

[tuxdreamerx]

ah. I was just wondering cuz I plan on doing white face gauges.

[turabaka]

well. you can leave the bulbs for the front lighting in, but it kinda defeats the purpose of having indiglows.

[guaynabo89]

If you do the blacklight with the uv paint just be careful. Try to use the lightest paint possible. Like hobby store type stuff. If you spray the paint on the needles too thick it will weigh them down.


Here a couple of pics of my pcp gauges with the painted needles and blacklight.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pca0904621bd0b3dbd917962c845a85ab/f156d0ba.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p850c2c75039af821b8f6376869cb1c65/f156d0a6.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pb900ec55bfecfb6e5a5be0fe1957525d/f156d09a.jpg

[turabaka]

those are nice. Thanks for the tip. I was just going to use the same paint that BITESIZE used on the uv gauges that he made. I'm pretty sure that it's brush applied. I never even thought that it might weigh them down though.