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> Custom Gauge lighting, now in color!
timothy_nd28
post Jul 2 2013, 09:17 PM
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Here's what inspired my thinking.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2K2c3QQgSA


Pretty close to my design, minus the music. However my design first changes to yellow then to red. Also my design changes the color of all the gauges instead the videos one gauge

It should be noted that the yellow light before redline is optional. It can be adjusted so that you can just have red at the redline rpms. We tried to design this circuit board to pacify anyone.
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post Jul 2 2013, 09:19 PM
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I'm interested....
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post Jul 2 2013, 11:57 PM
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I'd be in for a set.
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post Jul 3 2013, 12:11 AM
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SirAndy, you do so much for this site. I would be happy to donate one to you for free
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post Jul 3 2013, 07:10 AM
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QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Jul 2 2013, 10:52 PM) *

QUOTE(ThePaintedMan @ Jul 2 2013, 06:50 PM) *

Tim, this is cool as Fuchs man. Al would be proud and I think you've got a great thing going. Keep up the great work dude.


Thanks man, how many can I put you down for?


I'm in for one. thanks, mark

BTW, this is really awesome.
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post Jul 3 2013, 08:21 AM
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Thx Buddy, Al has got to be smiling. He loved doing this and now you have improved upon a valuable service to our community. Very nice work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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post Jul 3 2013, 04:06 PM
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That or he's gonna come haunt me for giving up all of his trade secrets! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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post Jul 3 2013, 04:59 PM
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Those look very, very good. Great workmanship (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
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post Jul 3 2013, 11:05 PM
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Ok, I have been going over prices for this. As of right now, I can put a kit together for 95 dollars (all 3 gauges). If you want me to do the labor part, I will charge 100 dollars to install. I will honor this price for the first 10 customers, just to protect me from losing my ass if it goes that way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Again, it's somewhat hard to pinpoint a final cost due to cost of components and assembly. Most everything on the circuit board are SMT (surface mount) components, which is a PITA to solder by hand. So I will need to invest in a infrared reflow oven to help streamline assembly or outsource to a company that does this.

I believe in this as it has a cool factor to it. It also solves the original problem of our gauges being too dim. Kinda a win-win, and cheap (for the first 10 customers)!
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post Jul 3 2013, 11:49 PM
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I'm in for this!!!!!!!!!!! (you doing the install)
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QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Jul 3 2013, 10:05 PM) *

Ok, I have been going over prices for this. As of right now, I can put a kit together for 95 dollars (all 3 gauges). If you want me to do the labor part, I will charge 100 dollars to install. I will honor this price for the first 10 customers, just to protect me from losing my ass if it goes that way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Again, it's somewhat hard to pinpoint a final cost due to cost of components and assembly. Most everything on the circuit board are SMT (surface mount) components, which is a PIA to solder by hand. So I will need to invest in a infrared reflow oven to help streamline assembly or outsource to a company that does this.

I believe in this as it has a cool factor to it. It also solves the original problem of our gauges being too dim. Kinda a win-win, and cheap (for the first 10 customers)!
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post Jul 4 2013, 12:10 AM
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I'm in for a kit and your labor service!
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post Jul 4 2013, 02:30 PM
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I'm in for an installed kit.
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post Jul 4 2013, 05:15 PM
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I'm in for the kit & your install services

Thanks

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post Jul 5 2013, 11:21 AM
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I'm in for a kit! This should work with my gauges I believe, which are standard except the tach is appropriate for a /6.

Tangent: got two oil gauges and volt gauge separated out. They're brighter (well, except oil temp) than the ones on the main dash so they're not too bad, but I'd like to brighten up the oil temp seeing as it's sort of important. Think I might try to salvage lights from the other gauges.
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post Jul 5 2013, 12:20 PM
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Great! This circuit is very diverse as it was designed for our 4 cylinder or 6 or even a 8 cylinder engines. In addition, this will work with the older 200 volt tach signal, 80's style 12 volt tach signal and the the modern 5 volt tach signal. So, I think we have all cars covered with this design.
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post Jul 6 2013, 11:39 AM
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The 'do it yourself' kit....are all the pieces soldered or is that part 'do it yourself' too?

I'd like to do my own gauges, so I'm interested in having just the kit.

Love the kit. It would be nice to have the new lights and color option, will seem wrong to put into a SIX, but it's mine and I'll do with it what I want. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I'm debating the changing of the lights to warn of high rpm's just because I wouldn't want to see it change often if I am reving the motor. I'm holding off my decision on that one. The low gas light....would it be able to change then entire color AND light the low light warning? or will the low gas light not operate with this change?
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post Jul 6 2013, 03:37 PM
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It would be mighty cruel of me to give you a board with a bag full of parts. These parts are miniature components that will need to be soldered with great accuracy. It was my intention to assemble the board and sell it as a working controller. You would be responsible for calibrating the circuit, so you'll need a function generator or adjust the pots with the engine running. There is some cool free apps for your phone that may work as a function generator.

For the purist, my mod to the gauges will not require any cutting into the cars wiring harness. This will be a pretty clean install for the most part. We still need to figure out where to mount the controller, but there seems to plenty of room under the dash behind the gauges.
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post Jul 6 2013, 03:59 PM
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I should be clearer. If you want the kit and for me to do the labor, I will do the calibration for you. When this gets rolling, all that I need is your gauges and what RPMs you wish the lights to turn on and off at. When I mail your gauges back to you, all you need to worry about is just reinstalling back into the car.
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post Jul 6 2013, 06:22 PM
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Count me in for a kit. Does it include the LED strips or do we need to source those elsewhere?

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post Jul 6 2013, 06:55 PM
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Yep, the DIY kit will have enough led strip to do the 3 gauges and the flat ribbon cable needed to solder to the led strips.
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