Celica Forums General Discussion Interior stock gauges... different color?

i was wonderin if you could take the orange paint off of your stock gauges and make them clear, and just put different leds behind them.. would this work? or do you actually have to buy a whole new gauge for it?

u coudl do that with the needles, but nto the gauges themselves. need to get rjautoworks.com kit wich gives you stock look but the colors you want

damn is there anything other than that? its kinda pricey for me

sorry buddy. you cant get the orange off the actual bezel thats why you need the get RJ's bezels then get leds

or, get overlays fomr like ebay, reverse glow, elglow gauges cheaper on ebay. then still get all the leds to swap oout for needles and lcd gauge. so then you may come out a bit cheaper then rj

A while back someone rubbed it all off but he said something about it not looking too good. You would be better off spending money on some indiglos or somethin. There only like 30 bucks.

what type of bulb do you need for the AC and lighter in the center? instead of the bulb cover

hombre, did you use those bulb covers?

nope. i have a 4" cold cathose behind there. Also seen 6" neon tube and someone else used 6 leds I am very happy with the cold cathode

http://www.svc.com/ccfltubes.html

and there is the install under install section its brighter then the bulb cover things

whats the difference from just the single tube or the kit on that site?

single tube does not come iwth the inverter, which you need. i bout a kit with 1 tube so it had inverter and 1 tube, btu bought an extra single tube later when i wanted more ligth got a total of 5 cold cathodes in my car 2x12" in front, 2x4" in back seat, and 1 in ac knobs

So waht you want is the single tube KIT, so make sure it has the inverter with it

alright thanx alot, hey by the way, wuts the differnce between cold cathode and neon?

cold cathode is :

1. cheaper!!
2. takes less power i bleive
3. doesnt get as hot i am prtty sure (hense cold )
4. i hear more durable
5. seem to be smaller but i dont know about that one.
6. Brighter i hear
7. dont take time to warm up

Normally used for comptuers, thats why it comes with a switch plate for a pc, and moltex conector. (jsut pull out the wires and all is good )

I personalyl get them because they are cheaper