Dash/Gauge Questions

[Brainchild]

Great thanks

[1LoC10]

Would these LED's fit in our clusters??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-x-...QQcmdZViewItem

[1LoC10]

Here are yellow bulbs...not LED's
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Piaa-...QQcmdZViewItem

[1LoC10]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/194-1...QQcmdZViewItem

[1LoC10]

Heres a pic of mine, I just went outside and layed it there just for the pic...its not installed... I only painted the trim not the gauges, I think im going to put the super white LED's in them

[TugOwar]

Some vendor somewhere serious needs to come up with the clear plastic piece that has lettering in some color other than that god awful green! He'd make millions! Black, blue, red, hell pink would almost be better!

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by 1LoC10

Would these LED's fit in our clusters??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-x-...QQcmdZViewItem

That looks like a single LED... if it is, it won't be worth jack.

[1LoC10]

Originally Posted by TugOwar

Some vendor somewhere serious needs to come up with the clear plastic piece that has lettering in some color other than that god awful green! He'd make millions! Black, blue, red, hell pink would almost be better!

shouldnt be to hard to do yourself really... you could always have a sign shop make you some vinyl in what ever colors you want..... go get a piece of plexi glass, lay it on your stocker and cut it to the right shape... with it still laying on your stocker stick all your vinyl letters and numbers on so they are in the correct spot and whammo custom gauges

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by 1LoC10

shouldnt be to hard to do yourself really... you could always have a sign shop make you some vinyl in what ever colors you want..... go get a piece of plexi glass, lay it on your stocker and cut it to the right shape... with it still laying on your stocker stick all your vinyl letters and numbers on so they are in the correct spot and whammo custom gauges

The problem with doing that is the numbers won't show up at night.
The numbers/lettering on the plastic grabs the light and lights up, a sticker on the plastic, be it inside the plastic or outside the plastic, would not light up.

[1LoC10]

I didnt even think about that..... what makes the stock ones light up? im sure they make a vinyl that would reflect light the same

[cwilkie]

Would any of you guys put a white face on a speed warning speedometer? That is my dilema for the week. Trying to decide if I want to risk my working speed warning unit.

Chance

[1LoC10]

Originally Posted by cwilkie

Would any of you guys put a white face on a speed warning speedometer? That is my dilema for the week. Trying to decide if I want to risk my working speed warning unit.

Chance

The over lay is just vinyl...Does that line part light up?? I never seen one in person.... if you were to do it, just cut out the part that goes over the line

[cwilkie]

How hard is it to get the vinyl and all its residue off the gauges? I have been thinking about it but I am not sure if I want to risk ruining my speed warning speedo that was so hard to get.

Chance

[longhorn70gmc]

I don't know if this will help, but here we go! Question three! I bought a six pack of light sockets from NAPA. They were made buy a company called Big A, the word BIG with a big red A under it. It is lableled SOCKET ASSEMBLY, Part number 15-1324.
Back of box reads, double contact socket assembly. Fits instrument panels with printed circuit board, 5/8 mounting hole. Chevrolet 70-84. Bottom of box reads Product of Standard Motor products, INC. Made in Canada. They were a perfect match for my truck. Hope this is helpful for all looking for these. Total of six per pack. Andy also said he has alot and that is good too!
Respectfully

Originally Posted by stingray72

I started the process of changing the bezel in my 70 yesterday and of course once I got everything apart I wanted to change other things and that brought about some questions ... First of all Truck is yellow, interior fabric is black. And on to the questions ..

1. Can I paint the needles on the gauges? I think it would be cool to make them yellow like the truck

2. Is there a way to make the light through the gauges appear to be yellow? I'd like to replace the glass plastic piece because it's very foggy and is not cleaning very well

and last but not least

3. can the black plastic clips that hold the bulbs be found at autoparts stores? Autozone, Pep Boys, etc?

Thanks guys.. figured while I had it apart I'd get it the way I wanted

[byrd]

the vinyl comes off easily with the same amount of heat used to apply it. the residue is usally a very small amount and if you heat right it most likely will not leave any residue behind.