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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 12:51 AM
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Different Color Guage Faces (revised question)

I'm sorry about this post. I actually found a site from looking at the 3rd generation archives but I do have one last question and I hope no one has asked this (I'm probably sure they have) is the color of the stock gauges orange because of the LEDs or the film? I saw a kit and it was $89.00 and if the LEDs are what cause the color then I can get those for real cheap

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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 01:01 AM
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Indoxone used to make them. Haven't heard anything of them in a few years though.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 02:01 AM
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http://corksport.com/store/category/...al_engine.html


Corksport sells them. there green... not my favorit color.. perhaps look on ebay. anybody know what the light bulb number is?

I have reverse glow guages on my fc.. there decent.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 04:06 AM
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check ebay for gauges. There's a bunch of indiglo ones there. The color comes from the color of the gauge face and not the lights. FC's don't use LED lights, and the bulbs used to light the gauge cluster is just a couple of small incandescent (regular filament) bulbs. The bulbs shine light onto a fiber optic dealie that shines light onto the gauges. The bulbs have no color film on them. They're just regular bulbs.

Simply put, you need to change the gauge face to change the color of the gauges.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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I guess i'll be sticking with the stock colors. not really willing to spend $40-100 for guage faces. thanks for the info.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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u can get a set on ebay for like 15 bucks there decent..alot better then stock
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:04 PM
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I have CorkSport faces, I can switch them blue or green.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 13bturbofc
u can get a set on ebay for like 15 bucks there decent..alot better then stock
how'd you search it? i've been lookin on ebay and i found the gauge pods and gauge faces up to an 88. they've kinda left out the 90s.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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do a search for "fc3s gauge"

everyone's so into the JDM thing that FC3S will give you way better results than RX-7.
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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or search rx7 glow gauges
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by pshaw118
do a search for "fc3s gauge"

everyone's so into the JDM thing that FC3S will give you way better results than RX-7.


thanks a lot
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