Oooh Peep the sexiness
91lxdreamer
07-29-2003, 10:55 PM
Alright guys, got the gauges in and hooked up, so heres what they look like in the daytime, and I'll get pics tonight of what they look like at night
dirtydx
07-29-2003, 10:58 PM
looks good :smile:
will u have to paint the needles black tho?
will u have to paint the needles black tho?
EFStali
07-29-2003, 11:21 PM
....cause im a mother fucking P I M P....
damn that looks good, when I found some ill have to ask you about the install.
damn that looks good, when I found some ill have to ask you about the install.
Melt
07-29-2003, 11:24 PM
OMG those look awesome! Lets just hope the indiglows dont burnout and the needles dont stick :bigthumb: :bigthumb:
slave
07-29-2003, 11:32 PM
That looks good there mate! :bigthumb:
b16rex
07-30-2003, 12:02 AM
looks f%$#@!& good man :bigthumb:
<[4gen91CvcLX]>
07-30-2003, 12:53 AM
hey man looks fuckin sweet! :bigthumb: but i have one question, the overlay that you've painted white...how the hell do you get that off? did u have to take out the entire cluster? i tried to take mine out, but couldn't figure out how? a how-to would absol. kick ass but just some simple instructions would help! thanks! :biggrin:
civicspeed
07-30-2003, 01:11 AM
they look geat, I was thinking of getting some but didn't know how they would look.
slave
07-30-2003, 01:23 AM
Take off the shroud, bout 4 screws I think, and then take out the light brightness dial, and the demister one too. Take out the clear cover and the overlay, these may be glued, open them with a scalpel, spray, replace. :)
91lxdreamer
07-30-2003, 03:07 AM
Originally posted by dirtydx
looks good :smile:
will u have to paint the needles black tho?
I dont have to paint the needles black, I actually was driving around tonight to see what they looked like, and while I couldnt get any pics, they looked so sick!!! You can see the needles from the blue lights, and they have a blueish tint to them. oh man they look sweet.
looks good :smile:
will u have to paint the needles black tho?
I dont have to paint the needles black, I actually was driving around tonight to see what they looked like, and while I couldnt get any pics, they looked so sick!!! You can see the needles from the blue lights, and they have a blueish tint to them. oh man they look sweet.
91lxdreamer
07-30-2003, 03:41 AM
Originally posted by <[4gen91CvcLX]>
hey man looks fuckin sweet! :bigthumb: but i have one question, the overlay that you've painted white...how the hell do you get that off? did u have to take out the entire cluster? i tried to take mine out, but couldn't figure out how? a how-to would absol. kick ass but just some simple instructions would help! thanks! :biggrin:
Okay, to get the whole cluster out...start with your black denter piece with the light dimmer and cruise control and rear defrost. Two screws will be located on the top of the bezel, if youre looking straight at it, it will look like ones directly above your tach and ones above your speedo, on the "roof" of the hood. Two more screws are down by your steering wheel, one on each side of it. Once you remove those 4 screws, start to remove the black shroud. On the right side, on the back of where your hazards button is, unclip the hazards and move the shroud more over the the right. Its best to have your steering wheel straight for this whole process, as you might be utilizing the larger hole created by the 4g wheel. Shimmying the black shroud more towards the right, get your hand in through the middle of it, and unclip your dimmer switch wire harness. Then on to the cruise control harness(with this one, it tends to stick, so what I do, is push the whole thing through the front, it should pop right through the hole there, and unclip it in the front, then push the harness back through and clip the button back in place. Then on to the final harness, your rear defrost. This should be green, and fairly easy to unclip. Once they are all unclipped, just shimmy the whole thing out of your way. Now, on the back of your cluster "hood", there are two cover lookin things. Take a screwdriver or a small knife and unclip those. They should come right out. In each hole, there is a screw. Be careful not to drop those screws in the hole youre pulling them out of, its impossible to find them when you do...trust me, Ive done it a few times. When you have the screws out, just lift up on the bottom of that hood cover, and slide your screwdriver up the side of it until it pops out.
Now back on the front of your cluster, on each side of your actual cluster, there are two screws apiece. Take out the top ones, and only the top ones. The bottom ones do nothing to help you and are a pain to take out and put back in for no reason. Okay, now...Back up top, on each side of the cluster, there is a screw kind of angled towards the rear of the car. Take those out, and be careful not to drop those either, as they are harder than crap to find as well, if at all. Once those are out, breathe a sigh of relief, as all the screws are finally out of your way. On the back side of the cluster, on the left hand side, there is a long wire harness clipped into the back. Unclip it and move on. Another clip, that should be blue, is in the middle-ish area. Unclip that and move it to the side as best you can. On the right hand side, there is a final wire harness, unclip that and move it away as best you can. Now there is a cylindrical wire type thing that is plugged and clipped in to the back. Mess around with the white clip until it breaks free and pull out the cable. This is your speedo cable, so be careful not to like...light it on fire or anything stupid, as this will damage it..lol. Now that everything is unclipped and unscrewed and whatnot, just wiggle the whole cluster out of the dash.
Now the plastic shield should be glued together so take a knife and pry it apart little by little. On your odometer reset button, there should be a rubber tip in the end of the needle, just pull that off so the shield will come right off. Once its off, turn the whole thing over. There are 5 different locations where the unit is clipped together, three on top and two on the bottom. Undo the tops first, and then work on the bottom. This part may take some time, as they are a pain in the butt on my cluster. Once you unclip those, slide the overlay off of the cluster. On top of the cluster there is a long piece of plastic which holds your two lights that shine on your cluster. There are two wires that run from the overlay I believe to the cluster. Just unscrew the piece of plastic, and remove it and you should be fine.
Well, I think thats it, I hope its detailed enough, but if not, let me know, and I'll help out as much as I can.
hey man looks fuckin sweet! :bigthumb: but i have one question, the overlay that you've painted white...how the hell do you get that off? did u have to take out the entire cluster? i tried to take mine out, but couldn't figure out how? a how-to would absol. kick ass but just some simple instructions would help! thanks! :biggrin:
Okay, to get the whole cluster out...start with your black denter piece with the light dimmer and cruise control and rear defrost. Two screws will be located on the top of the bezel, if youre looking straight at it, it will look like ones directly above your tach and ones above your speedo, on the "roof" of the hood. Two more screws are down by your steering wheel, one on each side of it. Once you remove those 4 screws, start to remove the black shroud. On the right side, on the back of where your hazards button is, unclip the hazards and move the shroud more over the the right. Its best to have your steering wheel straight for this whole process, as you might be utilizing the larger hole created by the 4g wheel. Shimmying the black shroud more towards the right, get your hand in through the middle of it, and unclip your dimmer switch wire harness. Then on to the cruise control harness(with this one, it tends to stick, so what I do, is push the whole thing through the front, it should pop right through the hole there, and unclip it in the front, then push the harness back through and clip the button back in place. Then on to the final harness, your rear defrost. This should be green, and fairly easy to unclip. Once they are all unclipped, just shimmy the whole thing out of your way. Now, on the back of your cluster "hood", there are two cover lookin things. Take a screwdriver or a small knife and unclip those. They should come right out. In each hole, there is a screw. Be careful not to drop those screws in the hole youre pulling them out of, its impossible to find them when you do...trust me, Ive done it a few times. When you have the screws out, just lift up on the bottom of that hood cover, and slide your screwdriver up the side of it until it pops out.
Now back on the front of your cluster, on each side of your actual cluster, there are two screws apiece. Take out the top ones, and only the top ones. The bottom ones do nothing to help you and are a pain to take out and put back in for no reason. Okay, now...Back up top, on each side of the cluster, there is a screw kind of angled towards the rear of the car. Take those out, and be careful not to drop those either, as they are harder than crap to find as well, if at all. Once those are out, breathe a sigh of relief, as all the screws are finally out of your way. On the back side of the cluster, on the left hand side, there is a long wire harness clipped into the back. Unclip it and move on. Another clip, that should be blue, is in the middle-ish area. Unclip that and move it to the side as best you can. On the right hand side, there is a final wire harness, unclip that and move it away as best you can. Now there is a cylindrical wire type thing that is plugged and clipped in to the back. Mess around with the white clip until it breaks free and pull out the cable. This is your speedo cable, so be careful not to like...light it on fire or anything stupid, as this will damage it..lol. Now that everything is unclipped and unscrewed and whatnot, just wiggle the whole cluster out of the dash.
Now the plastic shield should be glued together so take a knife and pry it apart little by little. On your odometer reset button, there should be a rubber tip in the end of the needle, just pull that off so the shield will come right off. Once its off, turn the whole thing over. There are 5 different locations where the unit is clipped together, three on top and two on the bottom. Undo the tops first, and then work on the bottom. This part may take some time, as they are a pain in the butt on my cluster. Once you unclip those, slide the overlay off of the cluster. On top of the cluster there is a long piece of plastic which holds your two lights that shine on your cluster. There are two wires that run from the overlay I believe to the cluster. Just unscrew the piece of plastic, and remove it and you should be fine.
Well, I think thats it, I hope its detailed enough, but if not, let me know, and I'll help out as much as I can.
RedRacerCivic
07-30-2003, 04:36 AM
looks kinda like my cluster :iceslolan http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/skatemesa1/images/indiglo.jpg
Melt
07-30-2003, 11:27 AM
yea but tha lx cluster got cruise control :thefinger
EFStali
07-30-2003, 11:31 AM
oh well, my cruise control has no use anymore since i got my steering wheel
i wanted to try to hook up the cruise control but i dont know..no way to do it with an aftermarket wheel.
i wanted to try to hook up the cruise control but i dont know..no way to do it with an aftermarket wheel.
Civic Jim
07-30-2003, 11:36 AM
I LIKE IT , how much do indiglows set ya back??
91lxdreamer
07-30-2003, 04:29 PM
These specific gauges were the silver reverse indiglos, and I got them for 35 after shipping. Not too shabby I say.
Marc-OS
07-30-2003, 04:34 PM
Just pray they don't burn out...Mine did, still looks cool in the day, but doesn't look nearly as cool at night.
91lxdreamer
07-30-2003, 04:52 PM
How long did you have them before they burned out?
RedRacerCivic
07-30-2003, 09:48 PM
Originally posted by Marc-OS
Just pray they don't burn out...Mine did, still looks cool in the day, but doesn't look nearly as cool at night.
thats funny, mine didnt burn out, but they wont change colors anymore, they used to change 7 different colors, now im stuck with the green color. Ive had mine for about a year now.
Just pray they don't burn out...Mine did, still looks cool in the day, but doesn't look nearly as cool at night.
thats funny, mine didnt burn out, but they wont change colors anymore, they used to change 7 different colors, now im stuck with the green color. Ive had mine for about a year now.
91lxdreamer
08-01-2003, 10:25 PM
Alright, so I finally got the cam to go, and heres what they look like at night, oh man, the pics just dont do it any justice.
90civichatch
08-01-2003, 10:43 PM
:iceslolan They look so nice. Man I want some now. Does anyone know where I can find then for a DX? I'm installing a tach with shiftlight and don't want 2 tachs, so I want to keep my DX cluster. Thanks.
-Derek
-Derek
Melt
08-01-2003, 10:51 PM
those are sweet! Do the needles light up too?
91lxdreamer
08-01-2003, 11:09 PM
The needles dont light up, but they glow a little from the blue lights so its cool.
EFStali
08-01-2003, 11:11 PM
can you even see the needle at night? becuase it would look really cool if you would paint the tips of the needles white or blue..or something.
<[4gen91CvcLX]>
08-01-2003, 11:19 PM
Originally posted by 91lxdreamer
The needles dont light up, but they glow a little from the blue lights so its cool.
that sucks they dont light up...is there anyway you can make em light up? maybe it'd be cool if you could find some glow-in-the-dark paint or something to spray em with....or something to that effect...is it hard to see the needles since there not lit up?
The needles dont light up, but they glow a little from the blue lights so its cool.
that sucks they dont light up...is there anyway you can make em light up? maybe it'd be cool if you could find some glow-in-the-dark paint or something to spray em with....or something to that effect...is it hard to see the needles since there not lit up?
91lxdreamer
08-02-2003, 01:32 AM
Yeah you can definetely see the needle even tho it doesnt light up. I was really thinking about the glow in the dark paint thing, but I dont know if theyll have any cool colors, you know? I dont want the traditional glow in the dark yellow, cuz that would mess up the color scheme, but I'll look around and see whats out there. Maybe I can figure out some way to catch a firefly and make him sit on the end of the needle just while I'm driving....lol. But yeah, I'll try to find something really cool to go in there for the needles, but for now, they just are the white, not hard to see.
EFStali
08-04-2003, 12:52 PM
Sorry to bring this up from the dead, but I found these and im curious if they would fit on my car? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2426483516&category=43952
91lxdreamer
08-04-2003, 07:16 PM
Yes they will
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