Quality reverse glow gauges, no rice here!!!
 

http://www.s3designs.com/shop/images/colors2.jpg

I talked to the guy who made these gauges because I am buying a set for my VW. He said if I found 10 people interested and supplied a cluster that he could make a set for the RX-7. The gauges are back lit and the colors he offers are White, Red, Green, or Blue. For the VWs he offers 3 different style faces, a Ferrari look, OEM look, and Euro look.
http://www.s3designs.com/Site%20Images/S3-gauges_13.gif
http://www.s3designs.com/Site%20Images/S3-gauges_23.gif
http://www.s3designs.com/Site%20Images/S3-gauges_31.gif
I think he only does the black faces but I will ask about the white face. I think the black face will look a lot less ricey and very close to the stock setup.

With the VW buy in he required 65$ down and then 35$ after completion, I am assuming this will stay the same. I was thinking about finding a few different style faces like OEM, Ferrari look, maybe Spirit R/99 look???? Let me know if you guys have any other ideas. The rest at 6 o'clock is cool but I don't know if the RX-7 cluster will allow that. As far as the cluster my car is down, I could remove my cluster and send it... unless someone has a non-working cluster they wouldn't miss while he made the gauges.

Here are some of the his sites for further info:
http://www.s3designs.com/index.html
http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12804

Let me know if anyone is interested or has some ideas to put towards this.

I'm very interested.. please let me know when these become available.. Also, can you take an angled shot??

Add me to your list!

What's the point of getting them black? If he had them in white I would be interested.

Amel

Yeah, can't you just change the bulbs to change colors with our current gauges? Also would you give him a 93 or 95 cluster to model?

Hmm.. is that how it works?? or is it special film or some sort that goes on??

I'm interested in black.. kind of like black out gauge look..

It looks much better than several large glowing circles infront of your face. :)

i would be interested. i actually had the white face reverse glow lay over, but the quality of the light was crappy so i took them off. i also have an extra gauge cluster laying around. keep us informed!!

I'm down for one. I think these would look much better than those crappy indiglos.

white=RICE

wow
 

i just checked out the web page and these are nice. i would have to see them installed on a rx7 before i order them though...

so guys come on and buy them, 10 peeps come on!:cool:

You cannot just change the bulbs. The bulbs in fds are white, the actual gauges have a diffusion color painted on them that give the orange/amber color. I have played with the colors for the NR auto guages I have. Dclin had a post about it a while back which is where I got the idea. Anyway Chris I would be interested but only if he offers in white.

I'd be interested in the white on black as well. They're quite a lot like the OEM 00+ Audi gauges, which are very nice on the eyes and look sweet too. I can loan my gauge cluster... my car won't be up for a while anyway.

I would be in for the black faced ferrari style. Let me know-B

That = your opinion, not a fact.

Wow thanks for all the quick interest guys. :bigthumb:

White face: I will email him tonight and check. White does have a sporty appearance but I think black is the cleanest look and the glow from the markings is less likely to bleed into the face. Either way I will ask, its good to have more options. Also like herb suggested, you could lightly spray on tint to darken the plastic covers thus making a black-out style cluster.

Hyperite: Yes you could but the lighting wouldn't be even. If you do look at the back of the stock gauges there is A-LOT of time put into spreading the light evenly across the gauge. This place can explain it better:

http://www.importintelligence.com/info.htm

but look at what they came up with for the 7 :puke:
http://www.importintelligence.com/93RX7.html

So the people in so far... correct me if im wrong:

myself
herblenny
vel525
tinfan82
broken93
sanfordman

Almost there, once we reach 10 then I will break down as far as color & style.

i would get in on this as well. i would be interested in the style at the top left of the four.

as fd3boost said you cannot just change the bulbs to get this effect. the film behind the gauges is amber.

steve

Oooo... these are just what I've been looking for. Shame I'm all the way in the UK :(

7-sins, I can wire the money your way if you fancy handling my order? :D

how custom can you get??? can you make it this "silver" color found in the Spirit R?

http://www.akimitsu.net/rx-7-en/spirit-r.htm

I think black face with white lighting would look awesome and if you have some money add some DEFI BF it'll be a perfect match.

That's my plan.
:D

I was thinking something like that too :)

rx-7 ml: I dont think that will be a problem, did you want km/h or mph though?? I dont think it should be too hard since he offered both for the VW.

7racer: I will ask which face colors are possible and post as soon as I hear back

Here is something I was playing with..... I'm trying to get a few styles to send in email to him.

Here is the real Ferrari speedo (copy & paste link)
http://www.dfwexotics.com/debay/Cars/ferrari/d477-1.jpg

Also one more... This one is kinda crude but something to start from. The pictures I had to start with were small low res.

Ok, cool. When you get some definate details give me a shout via PM or email martin@skylineowners.com . I'd like them in MPH please :D

Thx
Martin

and who the hell are you? the rice police?

Exactly what I was going to say.