Kahren

iTrader: (13)

where do i get the white faced gauges liek these for the FD http://www.rx-7.mazda.co.jp/inpane.html and http://www.rx-7.mazda.co.jp/limited...quip_zoom1.html

1bad7

i got mine from NRAuto.com, they are awesome, look absolutely great. i dont think that you can get the jdm ones, well atleast not without alot of work and money but the NRautos are as close as you can get. just becareful when removing the speedo needle, it rips right out and is a pain to put back in. hope that helps

Nameless

I heard that there were problems with the NRauto gauge faces. What is it exactly?

Bacon

iTrader: (12)

well the problem is when u pull the needles usally the calibration...and even the movment goes to ****...

nr are NOT the same as the 99's the 99's light up green and look way better especially the tac imho

Chron

1bad7... do you have pic of your NR guages?

Nameless

Hey Bacon,

Hate to ask a seemingly dumbass question, but those gauges look black to me. I thought the NRauto's were white?

JoeD

those are the 99+ RX-7 gauges.

Nameless

Oh haha I re-read what he said, and now it makes sense. I guess it was a dumb *** question hehe.

alwan16

those 99 gauges are nice....now if somebody could get a hold of them for a reasonable price i'd be all over those...here's a not so good pic of my nr auto gauges.

Kahren

iTrader: (13)

1bad7 if i get the white faced gauges from NR what color do they light up an night, and if i get jspec gauges do tehy light up gree, woudlnt that mean i will have to cahnge all my other knowbs like heater stuff to light up green to match , sounds liek a lot of work, i ned to discuss this further cause i will be gettign a few gauges soon and i need them to match. i i really liek teh jspec ones and woudl liek to match other gauges to those as well if not i will have to go with stock look

hapa

Not to disuade you from your project, but the jspec FD's were updated to a 16bit ecu, so there may be more wiring issues. I personally do not know if they plug directly in or not, maybe someone could call mazdacomp and ask them.

eric

Flybye

The white gauges I can do without. It's that black tach that I want.....

Johnny

The problems :

1. Gas gauge does/did not have dummy light hole..
2. The tach is flat...OEM tach has a lower section so the needle does not drag on surface of face.

My white face guages are about 5 years old...so maybe they changed them by now...currently uninstalled since I have never had the chance to stick them in my newer FD..since pulling them out of my old one.

Kahren

iTrader: (13)

alwan can u post a pic, ifu have one what those gauges u have look liek at night and di du have any problems mounting them

1bad7

hey sorry for takin so long to respond
unfortunately i dont have any pics of them since i dont have a camera. they light up a light orange at night, slightly different from the originals but it still looks nice. they're much easier on the eyes than the original red. as far as the tach being flat thats true but it isnt a problem at all, to prevent the needle from dragging you can either not push it on as far on the little pin or you can just use some double sided tape between the white face and the front housing of the tach. works just fine

potatobbq

i have some pics of them both at night and during the day.

http://www.pbase.com/potatobbq/cym_r1

Kahren

iTrader: (13)

thanx potato, looks good i like the gunmetal too, btw do the nd gauges when lit up at night match the color of the heater controls and stuff when those are lit up? or is it a close enouf match?

potatobbq

no, unfortunately they don't. i've tried to use red bulbs in the gauge cluster before and it was a much better match but i didn't like it because the numbers and markings on the gauges were almost the same color as the gauge needles, making it difficult to read. i ended up just going back to the original bulbs.

Nameless

Ok this might be stupid-question #2.

Having never done this sort of mod on any car, is it possible to just put a green bulb to get the numbers and marks to be green, and the face to stay white?

BrianK

Why is it that the 99+ (and maybe older) Japanese FD's only go up to 180kph? That's only 111mph.... my grandma's Buick goes higher than that. Hell I can get going that fast by the end of the on-ramp. hmmm.

skunks

hmm i think that your mistaken, the speedo is 180 mph not kph, its more like 300 kph

JoeD

nope...you are mistaken.

all the cars limit in Japan is 180 KPH and 280 PS...~112.5 MPH and ~276 HP respectively. look at any Skyline, FD, Lancer, ect. speedo. only go up to 180 KPH.

1bad7

i noticed that too. at first i thought that they meant 180mph but the guages themselves read mph. does anyone know what the deal is

Kahren

iTrader: (13)

1bad7 did u have that problem? the NR gauges being harder to read couse of the decresed contrast between the needle and the actaul numbers?

potatobbq

that's only if you decide to use red bulbs in the cluster... if you just use the standard bulbs then they glow sort of yellow-orange which is easily visible.