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Old 02-26-2003, 05:54 AM
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what do u guyz think about homemade white gauges? I gonna scan my original gauges, and then make 'em white on photoshop, then i'll print 'em on photopaper..What do you think?

I'll not buy new white facing gauges cuz i got the USDM cluster and here in europe there is not USDM clusters on civics, there is just cluster with rpm tach in it..so what do u think?
Old 02-26-2003, 06:36 AM
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I tried it... it doesn't work all that well. With my stock gauges, the light shows through the numbering... it's not too easy to make that happen with photopaper. Also, it was a bish trying to get them on without messing up the needle or the face. Gooooooood luck. :thumbup:
Old 02-26-2003, 07:06 AM
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I think it'll work better with if you print it on a transparency
Old 02-26-2003, 07:07 AM
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Originally posted by Cashis EG8
I think it'll work better with if you print it on a transparency
Ya, that's what the faces are made from originally, but they're not plyable. You'd still have to have some sort of backing on them so they're flat.
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imho.. WAY too complicated..
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thanx alot guys! i'll try!
Old 02-26-2003, 08:46 AM
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Originally posted by oc_civic
imho.. WAY too complicated..
Old 02-26-2003, 09:54 AM
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my bud did this! they look ok, but at night the light output is like a pile of shit
Old 02-27-2003, 06:21 PM
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i did it on my escort and i love it by day and night just print it on photo paper except that at night u need a lil black light in front of it to make it glow
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do you want to change the look of the guage face? or the color of the bulbs?

if you want to change the color of the bulbs, i know that you can either get paint from a hobby shop or bulb condoms from partsexpress.com.



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