Reverse Glow Gauges

[bh04]

I am looking into purchasin a reverse glow gauge for my 2000 Cavy w/o tach. Well, if I purchase one w/ tach capability, can I hook that tach part up wiht some wires or anything like that? Any comments would be appreciated.

[PsychoJJ]

Only thing I can say is do not get the APC kind. If you didnt already have a tach I dont think there is any way to get it in with out actually putting in a tach. All the reveres glow gauges do is cover up the hole where your old gauge face was. So if there was no needle and tach then there will be no tach. Just a lit area where the tach should be.

[01Cavy]

Originally Posted by bh04

I am looking into purchasin a reverse glow gauge for my 2000 Cavy w/o tach. Well, if I purchase one w/ tach capability, can I hook that tach part up wiht some wires or anything like that? Any comments would be appreciated.

I don't have the reverse glow guages anymore, but if you take a cluster with tac from a z24 or any other cavalier 2000 or above the tac will work just plugging it up like the guage cluster you have now. Also if you go to www.speedhut.com you can custamize your guages. It costs a little more, but they look damn good. Or go to ebay and get reverse glow guages for clusters without a tac. I did and they worked fine.

[bh04]

SO I understand this.....sorry if i'm acting kind of dumb. If I purchase a cluster with a tach, and even thought I do not have one, the tach part on the new would would work perfectly fine, just by plugging it in?

[PsychoJJ]

Reverse glow gauges are not actual gauges think of them as face plates to a phone. If your car doesnt have a tach you wont have a tach. Your gauge cluster needs to have a tach for the gauge face to read a tach. Basically its like trying to do math using your finger but you dont have hands.

[01Cavy]

Originally Posted by bh04

SO I understand this.....sorry if i'm acting kind of dumb. If I purchase a cluster with a tach, and even thought I do not have one, the tach part on the new would would work perfectly fine, just by plugging it in?

Worked for me in my 01

[PsychoJJ]

Originally Posted by 01Cavy

Worked for me in my 01

With a gauge face or a gauge cluster?

[01Cavy]

replacing the cluster. The tac works perfectly.

He'll need a new cluster to buy the guage face with a tac in it. It won't fit any other way.

[PsychoJJ]

Thats what I have been trying to say this whole time. Was I just getting too technical or something?

[nfg2184]

If I put a 190mph gauge face in my car will it go that fast?

[bh04]

New cluster, I forgot to mention that. And yes your car will go that fast if you put a speedo that goes that high. Hah!

[nfg2184]

Sweetness!

I think I'm going to take some white out and increase my redline to 7,000 too.

[bh04]

Originally Posted by nfg2184

Sweetness!

I think I'm going to take some white out and increase my redline to 7,000 too.

Beings my car is basic as all hell and don't have a tach, what does a 2000 2.2 cavy redline?

[nfg2184]

Doesn't really matter, you'll never know when you're there.

[bh04]

Thsi is one of those random ?'s. When I get my rims on this weekend, i'll update my pics on cardomain and dotphoto and was wondering if someone could make me a custom sig with my car and new rims? I suck at making those.