Little gauge project

[Gots_a_sol]

Pulled the cluster apart and cleaned out the 17 years of dust. While I had it apart, I wanted to do something to make it not look so dated.


So its from this



to this



Its a fluorescent paint also, so it really pops out at you



I really wanted it to light up through the numbers, but there was no way to do that without making entirely new gauge faces since they are metal

I just used some water-based r/c car paint I had laying around. I used a tooth pic with the end rounded off to fill in the white areas and the pointed end to touch up places I got paint I wasn't supposed to. The paint is really thin so I had to put a couple layers on.

[Gots_a_sol]

Camera phone is making it look pinkish. Its more of a red-orange. I'll find my actual camera and get better pics eventually.

[PToombs]

Boy, I wish I had that much time on my hands! The red really makes it stand out, brightens up the whole display

[redneckroot]

I like it. I have bigger fish to fry but I think it turned out really good.

[Gots_a_sol]

Well I am sitting here with a broken leg, so I have tons of free time on my hands for little projects like this.

Found a black light to play with. Holy crap. I might have to see about using one of those instead of the factory setup to illuminate this thing

[PToombs]

Next you be covering the inside with old blacklight posters and smoking dope in there. Not that there's anything wrong with that,

[IowaCummins]

did you mean to leave the MPH un painted? looks awesome tho

[Gots_a_sol]

it stood out to much being painted, so I wiped it off

[Gots_a_sol]

Still haven't worked out a way to get a black light to shine onto these things without seeing the source itself. oh well. My red led's came in so I put the cluster back together and put it back in the truck



hvac



It is very much red and not pink, my camera phone seems to not like the red or orange and shows it pink-ish. Also, its not quite as bright in person as it seems in the pics.

I even replaced the stock dash light with a small board with a couple led's on it. It didn't do much from the factory anyway, but now its at least easier on the eyes at night. lol.



Next victims are the dome light (which I need to find a new lens for or a completely new light assembly) and the green/blue ring around the key cylinder.

[Gots_a_sol]

Matches pretty closely. I completely forgot about wiring the tach up

[ahale2772]

wohh...

[Gots_a_sol]

Here is another pic after getting the tach wired in.



oh and putting led's in the indicator lights was NOT a well thought out plan. Its ok for the cel, oil, and turn signals. But you flip on the high beams and damn near go blind. Gonna have to take care of that one of these days I suppose.

[PToombs]

Shoot, the stock bulb is bad enough most days! Looks good!

[lifted_drifter]

what kind of tachometer do you have in your truck? and i am assuming you are using the 3rd gen dash tach mount?

thanks

[Gots_a_sol]

It is a Nordskog gas tach. I run it with a Dakota Digital converter box. The only problem with it is it only reads in 100 rpm increments. I haven't found a 2" tach to match my other gauges that I like yet.

I believe Nordskog is out of business now unfortunately.

It is a 2nd gen (94+) gauge holder.