Custom guages

[tmac4t4]

found these vids on DIY custom guages,,not in english, but by watching you can figure it all out, i kno you guys are smrt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SgWyQpsbQ&feature=user" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNPtpEe0f4&feature=user" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[onlytrueromeo]

THAT IS SWEET! Too bad I don't have the time to do it, but I would definitly drop a couple hundred for those...

[npspears]

that looked like a lot of work!

[bluechro]

That was quite the wicked sweet music.

[Dark_Rider2k3]

holy crap that was SIIIIICK.

I want to know how he did it.. s---.. that is so nice. 1000x better then glow guages.

[ninjajim4]

THAT IS SWEET! Too bad I don't have the time to do it, but I would definitly drop a couple hundred for those...

if you're serious, you could...

http://www.blackcatcustom.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

these guys make custom LED gauges. you would need to send them a gauge cluster for them to model. i'd rather have the glows, honestly. but the lit needles are pretty cool

[Mooneggs]

wow... that is crazy... did you notice he turned the clock into a digital temp gauge?

I would love to have some gauges like that!!

[Dark_Rider2k3]

Can anyone translate it?

If not, I will attempt a translation through Babel fish...

i'll do that in a sec actually..

[Dragyn Vyrus]

if you didnt see it.. the fished product
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNPtpEe0f4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
thats awesome! me want

[Dark_Rider2k3]

Yeah I saw that second vid. It was sweet. Here is a translation (thanks goes to a friend of mine on yahoo for translating.):

film # 1-
0:03 this film shows the work on panel in a mazda mx3.
0:08 The aim was to lighten the clocks' pointers and face (disc) with the possibility of changing colors.
0:17The picture shows the clocks taken apart and the work on the first module which lightens the speed indicator...
2:08 and the first tests
2:45min - it says "work on the rotation indicator"
end of part one.

film #2 part two
temperature and fuel indicator
4:25 - all put together
4:39 steering

[WhiteFinish]

Wauw!! great and a lot of work

Seemed it was a temperature gauge, respect

[Dark_Rider2k3]

Okay so I figured out how he did it (sorta).

For the color changing lights, he actually had some sort of color changing setup that was separate from the stock lights. In one of the pictures around 2:00 he showed the cluster "body" apart with some lights inside it.. those I am assuming are the color changing lights.

I also figured out that he actually uses his own LCD display.. he actually removed the stock one and wired up his own setup (as shown in the second video.)... I am going to try and ask him how he exactly did that...

I am going to actually try this as soon as I figure out where I can get some color changing lights..

as for the needle, i do not know how he did that, and am going to figure that out soon..