Aftermarket gauges

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sparky
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Aftermarket gauges

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Hi guys , been a long time since I've been on here .

A long time ago I had some aftermarket gauge faces made for my GE scorpion .

I can't remember who made them or where I got them.

They where white in colour .

Does any 1 know about them ???? I need some more as the heat wave has melted them :(

Hope so one can help.

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There was a guy on Austarion that made the white faced gauges...but that was ages ago. He even had them on eBay.
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sparky
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Yep the white ones are what I'm after , but they don't seem to be on ebay anymore
Does any 1 have details on the guy from austarion ?? I can't find him

Are 84GKSIG's made of just paper ?? Or did he get them engraved or something ??

I can't re-use the ones I have as there all buckled :(

Any other options guys ??
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Have you tried heat gunning yours and placeing like a flat weight on it to straighten it out ?
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hey there, i used paper in the prototypes, went through hours of experimenting with with different materials to find something i was happy with. your dead set on white faced gauges? they dont look that good imo.
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this was a white face test on paper
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in this last one, paper on the gauge to the left and plastic film in the middle, you do need a colour laser printer with a high res. may have another way of being able to construct these now as well :thumpsup:
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The gauges look great.

I would recommend you swap out the standard globes with LEDs so you can reduce the amount of heat produced.

Don't want them to warp or burn.



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hey mate, was gonna get around to doing exactly that but with a bit of a twist..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MGwBu23OZw
heres a slight clue, in the final version i wanted to use RGB leds so you could choose your colour on the fly. give me a good bit of time and ill slap something together :thumpsup:
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Would you do ones for my gb sedan?? :D
N/A ALL THE WAY
sparky
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Thanks for all your input guys.

Yea I like the white faces, dont like to much goin on in the dash, the ones shown on here seem a bit to rice for me lol

So what type of material did you use for your gauges 84GKSIG ? clear plastic , then printed on ? are they rigid or floppy?

I wont do paper, it seems like a bit of a bodge job if i was to do that.

Did you figure out the template for the gauges or did you find a template somewhere ?
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84GKSIG .

Can you tell me what you used or is it a secret ? (H)
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