Finished my new guages and LED setup!

[evensen007]

It was harder than I thought it would be. Soldering those tiiiiiiiiny LED's to that circuit board was crazy. IT's done though and it looks f'ing awesome! I decided to just remove the orange paint from the needles and not repaint them. It turned out really cool. For some reason, the tip of the needle highlights no matter what position it's in. Cool! Here's a few pics. Thanks for the quality stuff Russ, and thanks for giving me confidence to do this guys.

Silver/Blue

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/16537DSCN1011.JPG

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/16537DSCN1012.JPG

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/16537DSCN1007.JPG

[evensen007]

Alright, screw image station. Where can I host these and either imbed them or have them so you can see them from the link?

[My Sixth Gear]

looks good

[evensen007]

Woot. Got it.. Enjoy

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by evensen007
Soldering those tiiiiiiiiny LED's to that circuit board was crazy. You'd :faint: if you saw the stereo LEDs. :chuckles:Originally posted by evensen007
For some reason, the tip of the needle highlights no matter what position it's in. The light is focused by the base of the needle to travel through it and illuminate the background (which you don't have anymore ;) ). If you pop off the black cover on a needle, you'll see how intricate it is.

[pfcnguyen]

delete

[pfcnguyen]

Originally posted by Blue Bomber
You'd :faint: if you saw the stereo LEDs. :chuckles:T
:werd:

[evensen007]

Couple night shots.

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/16537DSCN1013-med.JPG

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/16537DSCN1016-med.JPG

[InjenCelicaGT]

looks very good, the clear needles look nice:thumbup:


btw the red/blue sharpie method works to paint the back of the needles?

[abilko]

Looks Good!

I would like to change my gauge face but i can't find one in Km/h.

[evensen007]

Originally posted by InjenCelicaGT
looks very good, the clear needles look nice:thumbup:


btw the red/blue sharpie method works to paint the back of the needles?


Injen,

Thanks!
Evil tried sharpie and didn't like it. There were a couple of other people though that did it and were happy.


Originally posted by abilko
Looks Good!

I would like to change my gauge face but i can't find one in Km/h.

Abilko,

It has km/h on it, just small! ;p

[evil eye]

Looks good bro :thumbup: Glad everything worked out.

[2k1celica]

That looks good without the needle painted, I might do that with mine.

[TRD604]

how did u clear the needles?

[evensen007]

Originally posted by TRD604
how did u clear the needles?

Used nailpolish remover on a q-tip. Be careful with the needle, seems like it could snap really easily.

[POISONLOTUS]

Good job. You have the same steering wheel cover as me. :p:
^^And yes the needle snaps easily. mine did into three pieces, and now it looks funny.

[sho]

it looks nice. :thumbup: