for those of you who wanted to wanted to see pics of the nr auto white face gauges, here they are

http://www.geocities.com/potatobbq/interior.html

 

the pics didn't come out...on that link

 

I saw them. They look really nice. I wanted to get white face gauges but I was kinda iffy as to what they would look like.

 

I saw them. They look really nice. I wanted to get white face gauges but I was kinda iffy as to what they would look like. Now I know, and I will be getting them. Thanks

 

Sorry, I posted twice about the same thing.

 

THAT LOOKS SHARP!!!! I HAVE THE SAME APEXI BOOST GAUGE
IT'S HARD TO FIND 60mm POD FOR A 3RD GEN. DO YOU HAVE IMFORMATION ...........THANKS....

 

It's just a 52mm pod that's just dremeled out to hold a 60mm gauge. I'm not sure who makes the pod actually, i heard the autometer ones aren't "deep" enough to accomodate most 60mm gauges.

 

IS THAT YOUR RIDE............

 

did you have to pop the needles off to do it? They look awesome as crap though. where'd you get them again?

Tsumi Kinetic
93 Montego

 

haha why of course it is. heh it came with the boost gauge and gauge pod when i bought the car tho so i don't know who makes the pod. doesn't look like autometer though

 

yup... unfortunately you do have to remove the needles and it's a bitch to recalibrate them all. they're made by nr auto, contact jason at the rx7store.net, he should be able to get them

 

forget the gauges what paint did you use in the car? nice gauges by the way.

luigi
94 fd

 

Did you do the recalibration yourself? If so how'd you do it and if not where and how much did it cost to do? I only ask cause I REALLY REALLY want to do this but taking the needles off seems pretty scary from what i've heard.

Tsumi Kinetic
93 Montego

 

Yeah, I recalibrated it myself... it's not really hard, it's just tedious. Just note all your readings before u replace the needles and when u put it back together just adjust the needles so that they have the same readings as before.

 

I want to thank "Mr Potato" BBQ for his support on the white guage swap....

I just did it this morning and you just have to be careful with those needles...

If you have a PFC Commander, its easy to recalibrate the guages...I have some pics of the job if anyone is interested...

Thanks Potato

 

what's wrong with the stock gauges? they are easy to read at night and does not give you any kind of reflections.

Randy

 

Rotary93 I'd be very interested to see how you did it. Could you send the pictures to tsumi@stilldream.com or post them somewhere? Thanks =)

Tsumi Kinetic
93 Montego
Hopefully with white faced gauges someday

 

HOLY SH!TNITZ! Oh, I'm not talking about the gauges, they look cool....but the dash and center console!!!!!! I love the satin/gunmetal color! TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT!!!!

 

What color code is that????

 

you can get the interior at torasports i believe. they make all different colors with carbon fiber, and brushed aluniumn.

 

What is the backlight color of those???

 

Hey potatobqq where did u get that paint from? also the torasports site does not come up.

 

It's gunmetal grey autobody paint w/ clearcoat to make it glossy. I just took my interior apart and took it to a body shop. The face gaues are sort of an amber backlit, not exactly red like the stock.

 

Hey there,

For those that have done the gauge face thing - is it possible to remove the needle and place it back on w/o having to recalibrate?

I was thinking of first removing the needle rests, set the gauge cluster up right, remove the needles when they are bottom dead center, change the faces, then carefully slip the nedle on at dead bottom center. Should be the same as before, right?

Thanks!

 

... not really... i thought that would work but when i actually went to do it, it just didn't work like that. the tach especially because it's so sensitive. i would plan on recalibrating them if you remove the needles...