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Postby pythonjosh » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:33 am

I just found this link, it says it's for a 97-99 Maxima, but there's nothing car specific when it comes to LED's. They look quite similar to the Solara's too. This is definitely my next mod, I have all the materials!
http://www.petah.org/maxima/gauge.htm
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Postby pythonjosh » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:38 am

I forgot to add:
BE CAREFUL NOT TO FAWK UP YOUR GAUGES!
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Postby PhreakdOut » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:42 am

Awesome! Nice Find!

Take lots of pics so you be the first Solara Tutorial.
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Postby pythonjosh » Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:11 am

Think I'm gonna do that when I get off work at 7am. I'm gonna try a 2 tone effect with red and white. I think the pain in the donkeyass is gonna be sanding the back of the needles :evil:
Sleep is overrated anyway :drinking:
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Postby ClassySolaraGuy » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:25 am

Nice find!
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Postby SleeperSolara » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:37 am

Looks ok to me.
Good luck Josh on the project.
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At night looks best.
But i need to get white 194 LED so i can get rid of the yellow odometer thingy.
The night pictures don't do justice, you would have to see them in person they light up nice red like the guages.

Will have to post up a tutorial on how to re-wire the reverse glow gauges to light up blue only, cause that what i did. :D
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Postby JMSinMaryland » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:59 am

SleeperSolara,
If you get red or blue 194s and replace all of the bulbs behind, I believe you'll have 6 on an Auto Trans you can have the odometer glow red. I have done this myself. I personally think red would show the numbers off better than blue. Jon.
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Postby AznDragonV » Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:16 am

coo find
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Postby pythonjosh » Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:01 am

Sleeper, are your needles colored at all? They do seem kinda reddish.
I'm dead friggin tired now, just got home from work. Tonight is my last night of work for a week so I'm gonna wait until tomorrow to do this, I need some sleep. :(
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Postby bassthrive » Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:21 am

I have red 194's behind my reverse glow gauges. I even replaced the #74's behind the PRND2L and the turn signals.

However, i forgot to do the cruise control, the only indicator that still lights up green in my car! Doh!
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Postby WTF?? » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:36 am

If you guys read this again, this DIY is particularly for the color/glow of the NEEDLES.... not the entire speedometer cluster
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Postby pythonjosh » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:39 am

WTF?? wrote:If you guys read this again, this DIY is particularly for the color/glow of the NEEDLES.... not the entire speedometer cluster

That's what I was thinking they were talking about. We're only talking the needle here guys.
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Postby Hsakuragi » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:41 am

u have to readjust the needles as you need to take them out...my bro fucck up his on the accord
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Postby WTF?? » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:43 am

pythonjosh wrote:
WTF?? wrote:If you guys read this again, this DIY is particularly for the color/glow of the NEEDLES.... not the entire speedometer cluster

That's what I was thinking they were talking about. We're only talking the needle here guys.

LOL we ryte there man!! got your much needed sleep yet?

hey when you come back to san jose, you gotta help me on this project!!!
Ive been wanting to do all this for a very long time!
Unless you want to work on my cluster and I can ship to ya haha


but yeah this is a pretty difficult project as one could F it up bad :-?
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Postby pythonjosh » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:47 am

WTF?? wrote:
pythonjosh wrote:
WTF?? wrote:If you guys read this again, this DIY is particularly for the color/glow of the NEEDLES.... not the entire speedometer cluster

That's what I was thinking they were talking about. We're only talking the needle here guys.

LOL we ryte there man!! got your much needed sleep yet?
hey when you come back to san jose, you gotta help me on this project!!!
Ive been wanting to do all this for a very long time!
Unless you want to work on my cluster and I can ship to ya haha
but yeah this is a pretty difficult project as one could F it up bad :-?

Yeah, haven't gone to sleep yet, tough to sleep in the day when ya work nights :(
Fo sho bro! I've actually been thinking about moving down there. Maybe in a year or so, when I get my finances straight. I'm damn near guarranteed a job at any hospital so a job isn't gonna be an issue either.
Hsakuragi wrote:u have to readjust the needles as you need to take them out...my bro fucck up his on the accord

Ya, I've fukked up my old 300zx cluster too. This is damn near the preciseness needed for doing surgery. Definitely not for the coffee drinkers!
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