hey everyone, i am in the process of making a conversion kit for our guages to the 99+ version. please check this thread out if you are interested-> https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=236181
and give me some feedback/questions/requests. thanks, heath

 

srew the maze heres the pic

 

please look at the thread though... i guess people could respond here too... maybe i will tell people to post here.

anyway, the picture above is the spirit R version. if people are more interested in this style, than the others please tell me. im trying to see what people would be interested in, or if there is any interest.

i'll paste what ive written in the other thread here. thanks, heath

 

im in for white gauges, red backlight to match interior, and the kmh needs to be mph. if you can get all that, im in.
oh and do you know how much they would be?

 

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how much interest would there be in a replica 99+ gauge (black or white... im not sure how difficult a spirit r one would be to do)? ive done a little experimentation...changing the needle position is not too hard... *only thing is you would loose your green cruise controll indicator. also im assuming that people would want MPH on the speedo, and to keep our oil pressure meeters right? im still looking into a solution to keep the cruise indicator, but it would be a signifigantly more complicated thing to do.

please let me know if

A) people are interested in 99+ gauge face conversions at all (and what color face (white or black.....i will post pics if you havent seen the 99 styles).....also what color illumination (red/green) would people be interested in, keep in mind in japan they have both and if we were to want green, we would have to change all the other lights in the car.

B) how important the green "cruise" illumination in the tach would be to people


thanks, heath
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yeah, i'm assuming most people will want MPH (thats what i personally want). im also assuming that people will want the amber backlighting so all our interior lights match. (some 99+ gauges use green).

as of now i have absolutely no idea how much they would cost, as im just getting started on this, but i can guess that the more we make, the cheaper it will be im working w/ a few places to get the best quality & cheapest price. -heath

ps please ask questions, give comments, requests, or recomendations for this project if you have any

 

If it looks OEM and not ricey, sure.

 

I am down for a spirit R look a like

 

it should be almost identical to the originals. im even trying to find a place that will indent the middle of the tach like mazda does.

 

Im down. I would like to have a set of guages. I like the spirit r look. if they look good. Im in.

 

just so everyone knows spirit R has a grey face, then there is white, and black. id like to do one run of the most popular style first... if that works out i may make others. heath

ps (ive never seen a spirit r gauge set in person...does the "spirit R" logo light up or not?...that may be hard to do).


hmmm interesting...looking at the spirit r tach the middle doesnt seem to be indented.... anyone got a super close up??? (this may be a better question for our friends in japan...anyone have friends in japan?)

 

sorry about the quality...

 

white pls

will this come with a face for boost or oil pressure?

 

Do you guys really want km/h gauges? I'll stick with mph.

 

you tell me.... i was thinking oil pressure unless there is a boost gauge that we can fit easily in the stock enclosure and can make a face for that will match. id probably say that its better to stick w/ oil pressure but someone chime in if you disagree. heath

 

i htink most likely everyone will say MPH (thats what i want personally)

 

Are you guys serious?????

I have the 2000 model with black gauges and green backlite. I like the green though but my speedo shows up to 180Km!!!! i would prefer a speedo that would read more and i plan to change it. I like yours that shows more y you want to put a speedo that reads up to 180Km??????

 

omm doesnt both the mph and the kmph one go to 180, and are they positioned the same?

 

the black one i posted is from a guy in the UK who had his FD imported from Japan. he changed it to MPH and recalibrated it i think... but im not 100% sure

the speedo that i would like to make would be the same as the one we all have right now except it would have the italic lettering like the 99+ speedo


can somone do me a favor and post a pic of our stock gauges so we can compare? thanks heath

 

Well, mine reads km/hr and goes to 280. I'd pin the 180 km/hr one too frequently ;-). That's just over 100 mph (112.5 mph). OTOH, it might make me drive at more reasonable speeds.

 

ok the first company that responded said they would do a minimum run of 150 sets. there are still a few other companys that im looking into, but there definately has to be more interest before this can move forward.

 

In addition to the 99+ version, do you think you could replicate the Rx8 color scheme look. I really love the way those gauges look in the day time. White numbers over a black background.

 

hrmmm is there any reason why the needles are all always orange? i've been looking for a conversion using either black or blue needle, with white face/black numbers (blue after redline) during day and blue backlight at night.. or something like this.. just completely eliminating the red and orange.. im tired of those same old orange components