project (cluster portion)

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:40 pm

under the electrical porting i have a project posted...

im posting here because has anyone done or know where i can get a cluster face that lets red light shine though like this lotus

http://www.lotuscars.com/type72d.html

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:29 am

That one place. That everyone else gets their shit from. There's links all over the place. But now I can't find them. And I don't think I got a chance to bookmark the page I was on because my friend restarted my computer.

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:34 am

^^^^ass
get red colored leds. i kno someone dat got red leds in there cluster and it shows red

jT · Post by jT » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:18 am

everyone says the red led doesnt really show through the green cluster face.

Izero · Post by **Izero** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:38 pm

thats b/c they are retarded and didn't take the blue film that is on the backside of the gauge faces.... lol there is a girl over on dodgeforums that put red in hers... let me see if i can get the link for ya... yup here it is:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2881431/2

there you go and i hope it helps (oh btw yes it looks orange but thats just b/c of the camera she said, in person it looks red

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contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:31 am

Izero wrote:thats b/c they are retarded and didn't take the blue film that is on the backside of the gauge faces.... lol there is a girl over on dodgeforums that put red in hers... let me see if i can get the link for ya... yup here it is:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2881431/2

there you go and i hope it helps (oh btw yes it looks orange but thats just b/c of the camera she said, in person it looks red )

yup dats da person im talking about,

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:26 pm

guys.... if you look at the lotus.... the whole guage is red and the letters are black... im looking for an overlay that will let red though what is currently white

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:31 pm

i dont think they make overlays like da lotus or how u want it. da only ones i seen are the ones dat glow in da dark or white faced

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:48 pm

I know Speedhut offers an overlay that is a red gauge face that still lights up red at night. You would be stuck with a red cluster all the time if you went that route.

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:54 pm

that actually sounds interesting dante thanks

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:40 am

No problem. I assume you have been to the site by now? They have a pretty nice build engine that lets you see the gauges during the day and night. Not too expensive either.

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:37 pm

yea t took a while to find the builder

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:57 pm

I'm guessing you're going to light up the guages red when the secondaries open up? If that's the plan, please write up a howto once you are done. I have been wanting to do that for a while but lack the electrical know-how.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:06 pm

Izero wrote:thats b/c they are retarded and didn't take the blue film that is on the backside of the gauge faces.... lol there is a girl over on dodgeforums that put red in hers... let me see if i can get the link for ya... yup here it is:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2881431/2

there you go and i hope it helps (oh btw yes it looks orange but thats just b/c of the camera she said, in person it looks red )

lol Star.

So wait, you were looking for a Speedhut overlay? And you've been here for how long and have how many posts?

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:13 pm

actually the secondaries thing isnt my intentions but that would be cool, but you can do that with your existing cluster... if you want me to write a writup with the stock cluster i will

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:23 pm

Craz1000 wrote:actually the secondaries thing isnt my intentions but that would be cool, but you can do that with your existing cluster... if you want me to write a writup with the stock cluster i will

Have you done something like that before? I wouldn't mind a write-up if don't mind spending the time to write one. I'm sure all us R/T guys would appreciate it.

Here is where the idea first came about:

http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=23 ... econdaries

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:28 pm

ok ill start one now... in the writeup section. ill do it with an LED

ok here you go:
http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=33269

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:41 am

Craz1000 wrote:ok ill start one now... in the writeup section. ill do it with an LED

ok here you go:
http://forum.2GN.org/viewtopic.php?t=33269

Sweet! Now I just need to decode the best type/location for the LED(s) and I'm good to go.

I wonder if I could use two-color LEDs in the cluster...

EDIT: Do you think that would allow the LEDs to be on the whole time the secondaries are open, or only when they are in the process of opening or closing?

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:55 am

as long as they are open... its on if you follow what i put up

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:25 pm

Sweet. I'll be sure to create a HowTo/Log once I get the project nailed down.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:55 pm

Hmmm...bi-colored LED's (Blue and Red) in the tach gauge...normal on blue, then switched to red once the secondary valve kicks on....

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:52 pm

Danteneon wrote:Hmmm...bi-colored LED's (Blue and Red) in the tach gauge...normal on blue, then switched to red once the secondary valve kicks on....

That's what I'm thinking, except the blue LEDs I have in there now (ByVampDesign) are shit. I like the idea of my guage cluster turning red with the secondaries. It allows my car to show its true color. Evil!

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:03 pm

led's are directional, your going to have to get wide angle LED's or buy 4" neon tubes like i did and throw them inside the cluster

joseph_hac · Post by **joseph_hac** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:13 pm

Craz1000 wrote:led's are directional, your going to have to get wide angle LED's or buy 4" neon tubes like i did and throw them inside the cluster

4" cathode tubes in the cluster? I don't follow. Do you have a picture?

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:37 am

yea i baught 3 4" computer neons and threw them inside the cluster to replace the lights. computers run off 12v just like cars so alot of parts are interchangeable