DIY White Face Gauges!!! - Hyundai Performance Forums

Burchman82 · 02-01-2005, 07:29 AM

http://forum.hot4s.com.au/messageview.cfm?catid=19&threadid=1568&highlight_k ey=y&keyword1=gauge

i know its another forum, and i havent tried it... But looks to be something worthwhile trying!!
Whats your thoughts fellas?

danhimself · 02-01-2005, 10:38 AM

will the stock lights behind it shine through the paper and light up the numbers as usual ? or do you need to get the ones that shine onto it like he did with the blue neon?

AccentShow · 02-01-2005, 05:05 PM

one of the guys who used to post on here Mr.Kevin007 made his own gauges. Then he started selling them to people. I bought a set and so did a few others. Here's pics of mine both day and nite.
Night

Day

TAK82 · 02-18-2005, 09:57 PM

Nice Gauge's But..umm..You seem to have a problem seeing the gauge's at night..

I've seen people make their own gauge's by printing them from a printer
and Sure the gauge's may look nice during the day

I Can hardly see any light on the gauges,

..but I like The Blue theme

danhimself · 02-19-2005, 05:32 PM

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Nice Gauge's But..umm..You seem to have a problem seeing the gauge's at night..

I've seen people make their own gauge's by printing them from a printer
and Sure the gauge's may look nice during the day

I Can hardly see any light on the gauges,

..but I like The Blue theme
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is there some way to get around this?

TAK82 · 02-20-2005, 09:50 PM

Yes..don't use Dark Plastic Face's or paper gauge face's,

OEM Type gauge's use a reflective type of material to evenly distribute the light from the wedge bulbs,

on My 02 caravan, which has white face gauges, The White MPH OR RPM Gauge don't show any light except for the number's since they're probably colored Clear green film behind the gauge plate's to give off the green light from the natural clear color bulbs,

If you're gonna make homemade gauge face's..The gauge face part where it say's 10,20,30MPH Has to be hollow and a clear thin film of plastic has to be behind it to let the number's show at night when illuminated,

The choice of clear colored plastic determine's what color your gauge's are gonna be,

my 2 Cents