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Custom Gauge lighting, now in color! |
timothy_nd28 |
Jul 2 2013, 04:00 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,299 Joined: 25-September 07 From: IN Member No.: 8,154 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
First I would like to thank Kent (76-914) for introducing me to Al's wife Shirlee. She was extremely helpful and sold me all of Al's leftovers. Today, I received a huge box filled with led's, cannibalized gauge housings and a very touching note from Shirlee. I also noticed a dismantled tachometer that Al was working on. I was taken back and felt very sad seeing this tach. You could see all the tedious prep work that Al did, but sadly he wasn't able to complete his masterpiece.
I was determined this afternoon to pick-up where Al had left off, in his honor. This thread is broken up in 3 parts. The first part is intended to show everyone how Al achieved his multicolor gauges. The 2nd part is a "how to" to make your gauges into any color you wish. The last part is another "how to" but taking our gauges to a whole new level. As you will see, my design could have a back light color background in any color that you can think of. My uncle has designed a neat little circuit that works in tandem with the RGB color controller. The circuit senses the tach wire, and changes the color of the back-lighting of all gauges to yellow at a certain rpm, then red at another certain rpm. It is fully customizable as you can set the when yellow comes on, as well as the red. There is another input on this circuit board which turns all the gauges to red when triggered. I thought we could use this special input for the low fuel light, or as a fan belt warning for the 911 types. Perhaps the special input could be hacked into a radar detector, many possibilities. Yellow and redline lights again are fully adjustable via a potentiometers, also this circuit will work for any 4-6-8 cylinder engines. With my last how-to topic, I received many messages from folks that didn't feel comfortable doing this to their own gauges. I have done enough of these in which I feel comfortable. If you're one of these folks, send me a PM and I'll do this conversion for you. For me, it's a 1.5 hour process, but it may take longer for someone that has never done something like this before. I'll try to make this write up detailed as much as possible. |
timothy_nd28 |
Jul 22 2013, 01:54 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,299 Joined: 25-September 07 From: IN Member No.: 8,154 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Right now I'm just doing the first 10 members that committed to a kit and labor. I will honor the price of 95 for the kit and 100 for labor for these people. After the first 10 gauges have been successfully re-installed back into your car, I will start selling the DIY kits. I still have some openings for the first 10. PM me if you want to be added or deleted from this list. I'll need to do a price assessment after the first 10 have been sold, just to make sure this service makes sense and I'm not losing money! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I'm thinking that I will be ready next week to accept your gauges. I will have everything ready and prepped to achieve a one day turn around.
Kit and Labor (Members)............(Cylinders).............(Redline (yes/no) RPM?)...............(Yellow warn (yes/no) RPM?) ThePaintedMan monkeyboy _______4_______________yes @ 5000____________________yes @ 4000 mrholland2________4_______________yes @ 5000____________________yes @ 4200 914socal Harpo____________4_______________yes @ 5000____________________no lonewolfe eric9144 SirAndy___________6_______________yes@ 6800____________________yes @ 6000 Kits only Mr.242 StratPlayer mepstein__________6______________yes @ 6850_________________________? Madswede poorsche914 Gary |
SirAndy |
Jul 22 2013, 02:28 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,614 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Kit and Labor(Members)............(Cylinders).............(Redline (yes/no) RPM?)...............(Yellow warn (yes/no) RPM?) SirAndy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Cylinders: 6 Redline: Yes, 6800 rpm Yellow warn: Yes, 6000 rpm Here is a pic of my current (custom) tach face: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-179-1241070704.jpg) |
timothy_nd28 |
Jul 22 2013, 02:37 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,299 Joined: 25-September 07 From: IN Member No.: 8,154 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Kit and Labor(Members)............(Cylinders).............(Redline (yes/no) RPM?)...............(Yellow warn (yes/no) RPM?) SirAndy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Cylinders: 6 Redline: Yes, 6800 rpm Yellow warn: Yes, 6000 rpm Here is a pic of my current (custom) tach face: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-179-1241070704.jpg) Nice, I'll replace that plastic lens with some glass |
SirAndy |
Jul 22 2013, 11:35 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,614 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Nice, I'll replace that plastic lens with some glass I'm pretty sure that is glass ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) No idea why it is so scratched up tho. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Oh, one more thing, i have 5 gauges, not 3, since i'm running the 911 style dash. Just add on whatever additional costs that may be. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
SirAndy |
Jul 22 2013, 11:37 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,614 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Oh, one more thing, i have 5 gauges, not 3, since i'm running the 911 style dash. Just add on whatever additional costs that may be. This is a slightly older pic, the tach face has since changed ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-179-1178415453.jpg) |
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