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Lt1_8U
09-25-2008, 08:43 PM
hey guys i want to change my gauge light color. its a 96 trans am the cyrrently the color of the gauges are red and i want to change them to blue. what do i have to do to change that? Would i need to take the dash out or could i get it from underneath somehow?


Thanks

~jim
sweetbmxrider
09-25-2008, 09:00 PM
um, i think you would have to do something like white face gauges that are blue "screened." i don't think the actual bulbs are red. you mean like the speedo and tach numbers right?
Slo86Bird
09-25-2008, 10:13 PM
blue sucks. i tried it in my car and its too dim. and the needles stay kinda reddish. unless u get blue leds...that mite work.
Anti_Rice_Guy
09-25-2008, 11:24 PM
Didn't your brother either talk about doing this or do it?
Lt1_8U
09-26-2008, 07:47 AM
um, i think you would have to do something like white face gauges that are blue "screened." i don't think the actual bulbs are red. you mean like the speedo and tach numbers right?

yeah and the lighting behind the a/c controlls and the lighting behind the headlight and parkinglight controls.

Didn't your brother either talk about doing this or do it?

i think he wanted to to but he hasnt done anything yet with that.
Lt1_8U
09-26-2008, 07:52 AM
blue sucks. i tried it in my car and its too dim. and the needles stay kinda reddish. unless u get blue leds...that mite work.

well i was going to use LED's. do i have to take the dash apart?
Slo86Bird
09-26-2008, 08:51 AM
yes. and take out the cluster and remove the lights and swap them.
Lt1_8U
09-26-2008, 09:14 AM
is that a big pain in the ass? i found a product from thunder racing. they are white face overlays. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thunderracing.com/catalog/summaries/s263.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thunderracing.com/catalog/%3Faction%3Dcategories%26pcid%3D212&h=137&w=200&sz=18&hl=en&start=15&usg=__6ZxBQPoO5eW1PSUGuBr380z58YQ=&tbnid=ivjZ7rV4P6jYxM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthunder%2Bracing%2Bwhite%2Bgauges%26g bv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF-8


i figured i would buy them and they buy blue LED's
sweetbmxrider
09-27-2008, 01:20 PM
i think that would be your best bet. i did white face overlays in my truck and they look nice. on my old computer, i found a site that has white face inserts for the a/c and headlights too. just google around for a bit, you will find them.
Lt1_8U
09-27-2008, 10:27 PM
okay, thnx man. i really want to get this done, im not that big of a fan with the red. i have always loved black and blue theme
deadtrend1
09-28-2008, 08:09 AM
They are overlays, putting them on isnt going to make it change color at night.
sweetbmxrider
09-28-2008, 10:02 AM
They are overlays, putting them on isnt going to make it change color at night.

i may have not looked at them correctly then. the ones i installed on my truck i had to wire up and they were blue. i am sure they make the same thing for this car, just not this particular one then. maybe i'll go internet shopping

edit
NR Automobile has been manufacturing gauge faces since 1986 and is the the premier manufacturer of front lit, back-lit (reversible) and electro-luminescent gauge faces.

straight from the site
deadtrend1
09-28-2008, 10:13 AM
i may have not looked at them correctly then. the ones i installed on my truck i had to wire up and they were blue. i am sure they make the same thing for this car, just not this particular one then. maybe i'll go internet shopping

I have a cluster sitting in my room. When I get home later I'll check it out. You may be right.