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Old 10-07-2009, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2004Black350z
how off are the gauges? R u gonna paint red on the rpm cluster so u will have a red zone? And yea looks great but im sorry i hate green.
The tach is spot on because I put the needle on when the car was on but the speedo is off by exactly 5mph because the thing that keeps the needle from going all the way down also prevents me from putting it on correctly. I just use the digital one or subtract 5 mph. I had the redline removed because I think it looks better that way with the green. I didnt want it to look like christmas colors lol.

Originally Posted by ni$mo350
Lulz at all the people not reading through the post and seeing it's a PS. That's a cool idea though.
I think you misunderstand what I said before. This is actually on my car. The only thing that I PS'ed was the brightness and contrast to make the pic look better. I am not nearly talented enough to actually make this look real without actually doing it.

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Old 10-21-2009, 07:44 PM
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That does look really good. And I like the green. I've been trying to figure out a way to do the needles before I started this project, so I'm glad someone finally figured it out. Did you have to sand the needles at all to get the red color off or do they come clear on the Mazda's?
Old 10-21-2009, 08:31 PM
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Looks good.
Old 10-21-2009, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by orangeNblue
That does look really good. And I like the green. I've been trying to figure out a way to do the needles before I started this project, so I'm glad someone finally figured it out. Did you have to sand the needles at all to get the red color off or do they come clear on the Mazda's?
They are red but if you sand them they will become clear.
Old 10-22-2009, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by audiom3
They are red but if you sand them they will become clear.
The miata has white needles that I was interested in playing with. The white would look good with a blue back light at night time.
Old 10-22-2009, 05:56 PM
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The next acree
Old 10-25-2009, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Get_Zwole
wow i have to say green isnt my first pick but that looks fantastic. Great work.


Originally Posted by s31t8n8
nice, not sure about the green but either way it looks great. what did you use on the steering wheel trim?


I agree! Do you know of any other vehicles steering gauges woud fit? you said these from a mazda?
Old 09-06-2013, 06:32 AM
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Where did you get the gauge face? i have been trying to find somewhere to get my gauges green like that. So any help would be nice!
Old 09-06-2013, 10:19 PM
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+1 for originality!

Not diggin' the green cuz its too "oem" but it still looks great!!
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3 years a bit too late lol
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