Custom guage idea

[TraceZ]

Idea!

I was looking at my white guages and figured out what it was about them that i didnt like.

The message centers, ABS inop and ASR light are white even though they are outside the actual dials. Only the dials should be white.

I got the old black overlay, a pair of scisors and started cutting. I carefully snipped out the message centers, and both dummy lights. I'm going to put them in my cluster after cutting my white overlay up. When I'm finished, just the dials will be white.

[Blevyou know]

lets see some pics...sounds nice

[TraceZ]

lets see some pics...sounds nice

Here you go. It turned out perfect. It looks like it was made that way. Gosh, I'm good with a razor blade.

First, I used a ball point pen to mark the edges where the dials meet the bezel edges on the black cluster . I then completey removed the black overlay from my donor cluster. I then used a scisors to cut all the way around the "non-visible area" Once I had the actual visible area seperated, I used the pen marks as a reference to make sure I didnt cut into the actual dials. You can see my pen marks on the first picture.

I took the cut up parts and stuck them back in place for the first picture so you could see the parts I removed.

Next I took the pieces I cut out of the black overlay and placed them one at a time on the white cluster using a razor blade to lightly mark their outline on the white overlay. After the outline was marked, I removed the black piece and used the razor blade to cut all the way through on my mark. Once the white overlay was removed from that area, the black overlay fit perfectly in its place.

[RangerBob]

Awesome job!

[Street Machine]

So thats what the inside of a camaro looks like huh.


I was thinking about getting gauge overlays but they cost so much, they cost about as much as a strut tower brace....... Maybe when I have more disposable income....



They look sweet though

[TraceZ]

I was thinking about getting gauge overlays but they cost so much, they cost about as much as a strut tower brace

$50 for the set I got.

NR automobile accessories

[hotwhip9]

Good work, that looks really good.

[Camaro4-2]

Yea I've been trying to figure out what I it was that ?I thoguht didn't make them look right in my car either... Good idea...i'll have to give it some though...Its just htat taking that cluster out was a pain in the butt and I swore up and down I was done doing interior work on that car ever again....the 97+'s are so much easier to work with. Anyways it looks great

did you go from a 115 to a 150 guages set? if so how did you do that....

[Negotiator]

That really does look much nicer than the all white cluster.

[fastTa]

Nice work Tracy! That does look a lot better.

[TraceZ]

Yea I've been trying to figure out what I it was that ?I thoguht didn't make them look right in my car either... Good idea...i'll have to give it some though...Its just htat taking that cluster out was a pain in the butt and I swore up and down I was done doing interior work on that car ever again....the 97+'s are so much easier to work with. Anyways it looks great

did you go from a 115 to a 150 guages set? if so how did you do that....

Yes, I changed to a 150 mph cluster. It is plug and play.

[Negotiator]

My hat always goes off to the gearhead chicks out there!

[TraceZ]

My hat always goes off to the gearhead chicks out there!

oops.

I'm to hairy to be a chick! I just had cruel parents that really like the name Tracy.

[Negotiator]

oops.

I'm to hairy to be a chick! I just had cruel parents that really like the name Tracy.

My God, that's so embarrassing on my part, I'm sorry. Still, my hat goes off to the well done mod.

[TraceZ]

My God, that's so embarrassing on my part, I'm sorry. Still, my hat goes off to the well done mod.

No worries! Geez, the other thread I just posted called "hooray" could have gotten you really confused!