I Picked up these needles from a bmw at the yard yesterday and decided to try and custom fit them into the 3gee cluster, ive always liked the way some nissan and newer cars needles light up with an led under them. heres a few pics of the progress..they will be red when done but the blue led was just to test how they would look. what do you guys think
Bmw on top stock on bottom
LED!
Removed part of the center with nail polish for the led to shine thru.
That looks awesome! cant wait to see it completed
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
Good work! I like the blue prototype though
Looks great man,I wanted to do something like this but didn't know how.Can you do a how to.
That looks awesome! I totally want that.
Cool! Brilliant idea!
bmw info ?
I was temping to do that i might have to reconsider this. Subcribed lol
200+ ALL MOTOR LS VTEC
Very cool!
Dr_Snooz
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1989 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe, 240k miles, MT swap, rear disc swap
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I wonder how that looks on these indiglo guages.
Last edited by 2oodoor; 08-17-2012 at 07:12 PM.
This is awesome! I always wanted to do the same, keep us updated!
Thanks guys. they don't directly fit into the pins, the holes are a bit bigger than stock, but ill figure something out
what are they from? I could fix the pin problem easy,how did you mark the location of the gauge needles on the stock gauges before removal?Originally Posted by oldschool3g
Thanks guys. they don't directly fit into the pins, the holes are a bit bigger than stock, but ill figure something out
if you were to use and RPM switch and a second set of LEDS or even a red/green one you could make the tach needle turn red at redline
I just took the stock ones off the 3gee and kinda set it in the pin loosely the length of them all is pretty exact to stock
Bored at work=progress lol
scanned stock faces
Then this..
Its nothing fancy..i want to stay close to the stock design as possible
Last edited by oldschool3g; 08-18-2012 at 12:48 PM.
Beautiful! Keep up the posts!!! I want to do something just like it...
Will do
fantastic
What model/year BMW were those from?
BTW, what would a guy need to do to get a copy of those PSDs?
Last edited by Doward; 08-18-2012 at 10:53 PM.
Just an idea, find one of those serigraph places where they make logos on T-shirs. They can make a "screen" out of your scanned images and then transfer the image using vinyl tint to any surface you want. I assume you would use a piece of plexiglass or something trans-lucid.Will do
Im not sure on the model it was pretty smashed up. i just know it was an old model.What model/year BMW were those from?
BTW, what would a guy need to do to get a copy of those PSDs?
That's one of the things i was thinking about. do you know if vinyls come in a satin or flat finish?
Printed out a test piece to see if the size was right. I made the numbers and marks black and the background blank to save ink since it was only a test copy, looks pretty good though reversed too
Not sure about kinkos but vynol print shops usually have a cad type cutter as well. Maybe you can get them to program in the cuts so its perfectly round and possibly cut the numbers out as well so you can apply to any shade plexi background. Just a thought. i remember when Paul was making these years ago. I still have a few sets of the bad quailty prints as print tech was so poor back then.
I have integra needles in mine and look similar to the design like if you could out a light under it.
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