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Installing new reverse glow gauge faces?

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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 02:40 AM
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Installing new reverse glow gauge faces?

How hard is it to install a new set of those reverse glow gauge faces? About how long did it take you?
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 02:42 AM
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pretty easy from what i can tell, my buddy did it in less than an hour
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 02:42 AM
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I had to get behind my cluster today to take a peek at my speedo cable and it only took me 5 min to get my surround/ and cluster out, so unless there is some wiring involved, which I don't know, it should more than 30 min to take off and put back.
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 02:50 AM
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Less than a hour if its your first time on any car. If you have done it on another kind its just the same steps. Less than a hour
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 03:36 AM
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ive done gauges on multipul cars. just stick them over the stock gauges, being sure to line them up right. or you can take the stock ones out. your choice. then run the ground to any ground then a power to a dimmer. its that easy. your probley gonna have to mount a switch or something. shouldnt be to hard. you dont live to far from me do you?
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 04:18 AM
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Took me an hour and a half- but I had to remove the needles. What a PITA. The newer ones slip on over the needles, so that should cut time down considerably.

I tapped into the wire which goes into the bulb for the headlight indicator for power- right off the switch. Don't remember the color of the wire- but then find a ground and hook up a dimmer switch.
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 10:56 PM
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Thanks for the advice everyone, "professional installation highly recommended" sounds daunting but it didn't seem like it should be all that hard. By the way, North Bay rules! (my shout out to 1 SXyRXy)
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 10:57 PM
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Thanks for the advice everyone, "professional installation highly recommended" sounds daunting but it didn't seem like it should be all that hard. By the way, North Bay rules! (my shout out to 1 SXyRXy)
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