06-01-2004, 05:02 PM
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White Face Gauges
Hey all, I just got some white face gauges and installed them today. a few questions for anyone who has installed a set. 1 did you just lay them over top the stock gauges? 2 what would be the best was to get the needles back to there set postion. this is the set I baught.
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06-02-2004, 06:31 AM
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Re: White Face Gauges
Yes, just lay them over your stock gauges. Get the dash taken apart, and everything wired up so that your last thing to do is pull the needles and put on the gauge face. Then crank up your truck and let it get up to normal temperature. This should be 190* or whatever t-stat you have. Once its warmed up, write down where all you needles are. The volts should be around 14, temp around 190*, etc. Shut the truck off, pull the needles, lay on your gauge face, crank the truck back up, and replace your needles in the same position you removed them. To remove the needles they simply pull off. Don't push them down too far when replacing them, because they will get stuck on the gauge face and make jumping motions.
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06-02-2004, 06:52 PM
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Re: White Face Gauges
Seems a little jank 'guestimating' where the needles should be. Is that the only way?
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06-02-2004, 11:40 PM
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Re: White Face Gauges
the ones i got i peeled the old face off and stuck the new one on...was real easy....and yeah,,,,pretty much just make note of where your needles are while the trucks running and basically put them in same spot...dont push them on too far like was mentioned cause they will stick and you will be pulling your dash out again to fix it....trust me, i had to and it was just the mph needle that stuck and was jumpy, really frustrating cause i had to do it twice...when it was warm with the lights on at nite it would expand or something and stick agian.......good luck..def worth the upgrade
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06-03-2004, 12:25 AM
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so fresh so clean
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Re: White Face Gauges
These lights look really slick on ebay. I had some in my 95 blazer and had a little knob that could change the color from blue to greenish. But I like the way on these where the circles light up in solid color.
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06-03-2004, 04:23 PM
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Re: White Face Gauges
ya these come with a switch and control knob to change lighting intensity and switch from blue to green also.
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06-03-2004, 05:25 PM
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so fresh so clean
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Re: White Face Gauges
Nice, take some pics when you have them installed to see how they look in the day installed and at night.
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06-04-2004, 04:27 PM
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Re: White Face Gauges
sure thing, I can get some night shots tonight after work and some day shots tommorow morning and hopefully have them uploaded by tommorow afternoon.
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06-04-2004, 05:28 PM
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so fresh so clean
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Re: White Face Gauges
Sweet thanks.
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06-05-2004, 05:37 PM
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Re: White Face Gauges
sorry won't have the pictures up until tommorow, it was too nice out today to spend it inside try to upload and play around with pictures on the computer, i spend all day at work on a computer so i try and avoid them now.
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06-09-2004, 01:17 AM
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Re: White Face Gauges
Hey all finally got the pictures taken they are on my cardomain site
http://members.cardomain.com/mike_t_44 |
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06-09-2004, 01:20 AM
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has committed suicide!
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Re: White Face Gauges
nice looking gages
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06-09-2004, 01:27 AM
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Re: White Face Gauges
they look nice, but wow i'm glad they aren't mine they would be way to bright for me. i keep my dash lights only one or two clicks up as it is.
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06-09-2004, 01:29 AM
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has committed suicide!
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Re: White Face Gauges
mine seemed bright at first but i guess im just used to them now
btw bristol16 i like your sig  |
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06-09-2004, 01:31 AM
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Re: White Face Gauges
haha thanks
do you have the same gauges he does? i guess if i had them and drove with them all the time i might get used to them. |
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06-10-2004, 04:18 PM
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Re: White Face Gauges
ya they are pretty bright but there is a dimmer switch to adjust brightness and change from blue to green
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