Quality reverse glow gauges, no rice here!!!
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Quality reverse glow gauges, no rice here!!!
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.
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.
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Originally Posted by Hyperite
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..
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Originally Posted by BoOsTin FD
What's the point of getting them black? If he had them in white I would be interested.
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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!
so guys come on and buy them, 10 peeps come on!
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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.
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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.
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Wow thanks for all the quick interest guys.
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
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.
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
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.
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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
as fd3boost said you cannot just change the bulbs to get this effect. the film behind the gauges is amber.
steve
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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
http://www.akimitsu.net/rx-7-en/spirit-r.htm
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Originally Posted by 7-sins
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.
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.
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Originally Posted by tinfan82
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.