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chaning your spedo dials on your dash to blue ones


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hay guys i wanted to know if any of you have changed your orignal spedo dials to the ones that glow in the dark

is it hard to do and do you have to take your hole dash off

iam asking if any one done it in a 180sx but iam preety sure its all the same

so let me know -(

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Originally posted by Black33

I did mine a long time ago as well and just REMEMBER TO BE CAREFUL WHEN TAKING OFF THE NEEDLES.  

It is expensive and a real headache to get your gauges recalibrated - pay the little extra to get it fitted by a professsional

man not another thing i got on my car that u have 2!:)

when did u get yours?

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:)

I got mine done just after buying the car (about 15months ago), before I even joined SAU or SDU so I couldn't have copied you :)

I had to suffer with stuffed gauges for a little while and then had them re-calibrated. I only properly fixed my tacho recently when I replaced it 'cos it was un repairable after I had stuffed in when trying to put the faces on:lol:

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Originally posted by Black33

:)  

I got mine done just after buying the car (about 15months ago), before I even joined SAU or SDU so I couldn't have copied you :)  

I had to suffer with stuffed gauges for a little while and then had them re-calibrated. I only properly fixed my tacho recently when I replaced it 'cos it was un repairable after I had stuffed in when trying to put the faces on:lol:

luckly grim did hes first so when we did mine we knew what mistakes not to make again. Grim broke the springs on the tacho when removing it on his!

My tach is prob like 200rpm off comparing it to the reading from the s-afc.

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how much one of these sets of ricey dials cost?

I actually wonder if anyone made 'em in red background with white letterings.... instead of white background....

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Originally posted by rs73

how much one of these sets of ricey dials cost?

I actually wonder if anyone made 'em in red background with white letterings.... instead of white background....

they dont come in red as it would be 2 hard to read at night!

Mine go from blue to green and 5 shades in between and cost me $220 from Jetspeed.

dragon

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cool i empyed it hahaha

ok i was worried about the calibration you talked about and worrying about my revs spedo and the rest going off?

when you say fitted by a professinal i dont mind doing that but who do i goto ?

i ask Garry's car audio if they can do it they said fine. i was going to do em both when i install my system but iam not sure i want some one to know what there doing and get it right the first time?

if you change it do you have to recalibrate it?

and if so where are these professinals in melbourne i dont mind spending that lil bit more to get it done proberly i saw one in unique auto sport site

but its only blue i think and one of you guys said you got one that changes colours or somthing where did you get it from

web site?? etc =)

thanks for your support guys =)

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Originally posted by doxximus

rakis on unique autosports that one is blue and green, those are the only colours u can get (i think)

Theres a switch from blue to green and a brightness switch!

The green looks poxy anyway!

If you take it off carefully and mark all the points after u take the little plastic stoppers off and place the needles back exactly the same way you shouldnt have any problems!

As for Garys Car Audio doing it, check that they have done it before, as if they *** up your dash, u r gonna have to go buy another 1 like 1 of my friends did after the place he took it to stuffed his speedo up.

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Originally posted by INASNT

as if they *** up your dash, u r gonna have to go buy another 1 like 1 of my friends did after the place he took it to stuffed his speedo up.

If the installer stuffed up, shouldn't they be responsible to replace ur speedo?

If it's so risky, would it be better to buy a cluster set ready to plug in, but that would cost heaps I suppose...

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I would offer to help you install it dragon but I'm not in Melbourne anymore...

I installed mine and inasnt's with no problems at all, it's not that hard

If you read the article I wrote about it on my website then you shouldn't have any problems.

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Originally posted by Dragon18

You guys know any one who actually knows how to do this stuff?

ro some where i can take it  

i dont mind paying abit for it to be done proberly??

any help guys in melbourne =)

There is a place in dande that can do it for $50 but i dont know the name!

OOHSAM told me about it, but hes a useless prick! try and get in contact with him on 0421341981

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