My New "Ricer" Mod

!vtec-this! · Post by **!vtec-this!** » May 1st, 2007, 8:54 pm

i put some new lights for my gauges and painted the needels let me know what u guys think

click link for quick vid
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/ ... X-3031.flv

XxantwawnxX · Post by **XxantwawnxX** » May 1st, 2007, 9:24 pm

looks good

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » May 1st, 2007, 10:14 pm

looks good

GregoryChristian · Post by **GregoryChristian** » May 1st, 2007, 11:05 pm

looks good

MazdaManiacMx3 · Post by **MazdaManiacMx3** » May 2nd, 2007, 1:32 am

I would trash those lights and wire some led's in the back of the lights so the numbers lit up red , Thats what my buddy did with my Impreza before I bought it off him and it looks great . It just seems like your setup blurs the cluster too much , But to each their own .
Kris

XxantwawnxX · Post by **XxantwawnxX** » May 2nd, 2007, 9:06 am

oh i just looked at the picture not the vid. Hmm yea i kinda agree with Maniac, but i think i cant really make a choice cause the vid qulity was poop hehe

Post by **Mooneggs** » May 2nd, 2007, 9:28 am

well that's cool... It kind of reminds me of a stage though... like someone is about to perform right in front of your speedo with that spotlight

I definately like the red lights and the red painted needles...

Did you just replace all of the stock "green covered" bulbs with red leds? Also you should modify your turn signal blinker lights if you have not already to blink red if they still blink green (it wasn't in the video). I swapped mine from green to blue and it matches my gauges better...

MazdaManiacMx3 · Post by **MazdaManiacMx3** » May 2nd, 2007, 11:41 am

No he cut and installed lights on the top and the bottom of the cluster , my suggestion was to replace his stock bulbs with red LED's
Kris

hharb · Post by **hharb** » May 2nd, 2007, 1:29 pm

holy cow, i only looked at the pic before but man, u went a little too far with the lights, all you had to do is take out the cluster and swap the lights at the back with red ones, and you're DONE, thats how simple it is, you dont need LEDs u dont need this ricey blurry s---.. anyways it looks half decent but it would look a million times classier if you do it the other way.

!vtec-this! · Post by **!vtec-this!** » May 2nd, 2007, 4:10 pm

hharb wrote:holy cow, i only looked at the pic before but man, u went a little too far with the lights, all you had to do is take out the cluster and swap the lights at the back with red ones, and you're DONE, thats how simple it is, you dont need LEDs u dont need this ricey blurry s---.. anyways it looks half decent but it would look a million times classier if you do it the other way.

Ya I tried that and I wasn’t happy w/ the way it looked. With the red needles and the dim red back lighting u could hardly read the gauges.
But the video dose make it look blurry but in person it’s real clear

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » May 2nd, 2007, 5:15 pm

Neat idea. I like the two mode effect, but I think I might have done the white light on the tach for a more sporty effect. I might have tried LEDs behind the guages, but I know the green plastic of the guages effects the light color.

!vtec-this! · Post by **!vtec-this!** » May 2nd, 2007, 10:39 pm

these pics here show the better quality of the lights

XxantwawnxX · Post by **XxantwawnxX** » May 3rd, 2007, 1:21 am

It does look better in the pics

mx3autozam · Post by **mx3autozam** » May 3rd, 2007, 2:34 am

i'm not a fan, but I do say the 3rd pic down looks really cool for some reason!

MazdaManiacMx3 · Post by **MazdaManiacMx3** » May 3rd, 2007, 9:10 am

Honestly Im still not a fan , but if you like it then Cool ..

But
Patdiesel . if you take the little black gauge faces off , you should be able to sand the backs of them and it will get rid of the green effect , its like a transparent green coating or paint of some sort,
Atleast thats how the Impreza was , I really can't see it being that different of a procedure they use , so that should also work for our gauges .
Kris