White face gauges.........

by **SleeperSolara** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:51 pm

Well i have just bought some Ebay white face gauges from NexTech.
Well i was tryin' to wire up the gauges, but the only problem is that, i would wire the switch up.
All that came wit he gauges was of course the gauges, and a switch and an inverter.
Well on the the inverter there are some wires that come out; 1 for the gauges to plug in; the second are 2 wires 1 black and 1 red of course that is the power and neg wires.
Then is a wire that plugs to the switch they gave me.
Well i really don't want to use their switch that they gave me.
I was to use that one wire taht plugs into the switch they gave me to my gauges when i turn them on.
The switch i'm talkin' is about is the 1 that turns on your stock gauge lights.
Well i want to wire my new white face gauges to the switch that turns on the "taillights".
I found out which wires it is to turn on the "taillights" and the instrument gauges.
The wires to turn on the instrutment panel is "14 & 16".
Can someone help me.
Thanks.

by **DatSRBoi** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:03 pm

Confused like a mofo.... I got lost after the first sentence.

by **SC V6** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:05 pm

what I did w\ my gauges was just hooked the new gauges up indepentally from the origional knob... I just hooked the power up to a wire similer to the ignition wire so that the gauges were only on when the headlights were on... then I just had 2 toggle switches to dim the gauges... I dunno why you would want to hook them up to a switch for when the taillights went on..

further explaination might help also

by **Jon11582** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:13 pm

SleeperSolara wrote:Well i have just bought some Ebay white face gauges from NexTech.
Well i was tryin' to wire up the gauges, but the only problem is that, i would wire the switch up.
All that came wit he gauges was of course the gauges, and a switch and an inverter.
Well on the the inverter there are some wires that come out; 1 for the gauges to plug in; the second are 2 wires 1 black and 1 red of course that is the power and neg wires.
Then is a wire that plugs to the switch they gave me.
Well i really don't want to use their switch that they gave me.
I was to use that one wire taht plugs into the switch they gave me to my gauges when i turn them on.
The switch i'm talkin' is about is the 1 that turns on your stock gauge lights.
Well i want to wire my new white face gauges to the switch that turns on the "taillights".
I found out which wires it is to turn on the "taillights" and the instrument gauges.
The wires to turn on the instrutment panel is "14 & 16".
Can someone help me.
Thanks.

Tail lights like when you brake? Or tail lights when you have youar parking lights or headlights on?

If your talking about that, then hooking the red wire to the green with silver stripe wire does that exactly. Just leave the switch there, but attach it inside the dash. The gauges will turn on when your "taillights" are on...since when your taillights are on, your regular guages are also on. Its the same wire.

by **SleeperSolara** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:05 am

Yeah i meant the instrument panel.
The wires to that are green wit silver stripe i think and the other is black wit white stripe.
So i would just plug in the red power wire from the gauges to the green one and the black to the black one.
But it don't work that way i think.
When i have a 9 volt plugged to the gauges you have another wire wit prongs on it that plug to the switch they gave me.

Sorry for the confusion, pops was naggin' me.

by **Jon11582** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:10 am

SleeperSolara wrote:Yeah i meant the instrument panel.
The wires to that are green wit silver stripe i think and the other is black wit white stripe.
So i would just plug in the red power wire from the gauges to the green one and the black to the black one.
But it don't work that way i think.
When i have a 9 volt plugged to the gauges you have another wire wit prongs on it that plug to the switch they gave me.

Sorry for the confusion, pops was naggin' me.

Black should get grounded to the bolt behind the cluster.
I'm confused at this point too. 9V? so you have another powersource for the gauges?

by **SleeperSolara** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:27 pm

No i was usin' a 9 volt battery to supply the power to the gauges.
How would i wire the gauges wit out usin' the switch they gave me.
Remember that there is a wire that plugs into the switch they gave me.
I know to use the red wire and black wire to power and ground.
How would i wire the gauges wit out usin' the switch they gave me.
Can't i wire it to the turn on wheneva i switch on the gauges.

by **Jon11582** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:18 pm

SleeperSolara wrote:No i was usin' a 9 volt battery to supply the power to the gauges.
How would i wire the gauges wit out usin' the switch they gave me.
Remember that there is a wire that plugs into the switch they gave me.
I know to use the red wire and black wire to power and ground.
How would i wire the gauges wit out usin' the switch they gave me.
Can't i wire it to the turn on wheneva i switch on the gauges.

Yea I think thats how everyone has it wired. I still dont get how the 9v falls into the equation.

Leave the switch in the circuit, just leave it on and put it inside the dash.

The green/silver wire already turns on with the dash. Youll never have to touch the switch it came with.

by **krook** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:14 pm

DatSRBoi wrote:Confused like a mofo.... I got lost after the first sentence.

no shit, man. give this man a vowel or two. also he's writing in verse.

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by **SleeperSolara** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:55 pm

krook wrote:
DatSRBoi wrote:Confused like a mofo.... I got lost after the first sentence.

no shit, man. give this man a vowel or two. also he's writing in verse.

eye
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Um, ok
Help on this is more helpful than junk on this thread.

by **hanatsuki** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:45 pm

okay, im trying to install the gauges in, how the heck do i do first step? i cant seem to get the thing out and im afraid of breaking it. Help! thanks in advance

by **SleeperSolara** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:37 am

What you need to know???
I just finished them.
They are off alittle.
Of course i got mine off Ebay.
PM later if you need help.
I think "that1mexguy" mad a tutorial. [check that out]

by **krook** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:35 pm

hanatsuki wrote:okay, im trying to install the gauges in, how the heck do i do first step? i cant seem to get the thing out and im afraid of breaking it. Help! thanks in advance

unscrew the 2 screws up top. get yourself a panel puller; this will make things much easier.

you can get them at sears, i think....

by **SleeperSolara** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:36 am

Don't got one nor will i eva probably buy one.

by **SC V6** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:54 am

I've got one cause the local audio store left it in my car :drinking:

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