New Cluster!!!

[TRX501RYAN]

Well some of you may have seen the thread where i was looking at the gauge overlays on ebay, well i bought one for 20$...


Any how usually the installation from what i could tell remove the cluster, remove plastic shield with torx head slip over gauge needle and all, ETC


Well i had a spare cluster i wanted to use, and i went the extra bit more custom,

First i took it apart then there was a write up on how to remove needles and paint them, so i did that with a blue, and also removed the stock gauge over lay, as well as bump up the odometer to my current mileage... i will do a write up on the whole process later after it is installed but here is a teaser for now

Before:

After:

 

[pyro4fun]

WOW that's a whole world of change it looks good.
I want to see a lit up picture when its installed.
are you going to replace the bulbs for another color like blue?

 

[Hardwareman]

Good job, it looks killer!



Allen

 

[TRX501RYAN]

Thanks, Well i rip out the old back and this gauge came with an inverter that needs to feed off a 10 amp source i need to wire it, if you look at the after picture, you'll note 3 extra wires coming from the gauge, that makes the gauges glow blue and red, threw an inverter. So i will prob not touch the lights, the only mod i did was remove the white backing on the needles and paint them blue as well as colour in the warning lights on the insert with a coloured sharpie, altho glass paint would have been ideal.


Im gonna do a whole write up of this process once all is installed, here is a pic of what it should look like lit up.... this project cost me a total of about 30$ LOL


Heres the ebay pic:

heres the link of the auction for those interested.. there the easy way of doing it, and a lil more custom way of doing it.. once it is in the truck i will do a write up of the whole process!


link: http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/23000146/Images/1/RIG-662.jpg

 

[koda6966]

Looks really nice, I might end up doing that to mine.

 

[Muscleford]

Wow!! Awesome

 

[TRX501RYAN]

installed pics,

 

[michowski]

Ive often times thought about taking mine apart and putting some new guages in it along with different color lights. Looks nice man.

 

[Buggyman]

pretty stinkin sweet!

 

[TRX501RYAN]

Yupp looks good, gota tear it back down tomoro and glue it so the needle dosnt run as well as sort out some wiring issues, it worked fine for a few hours then all of a sudden it popped a breaker, and now the minute i replace it and turn it back on it pops, so sumthin is shorting out...