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Old 01-10-2005, 03:23 AM
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Well I painted the bulbs on my EG cluster this weekend and this is what it turned out to be.

I turned reddish but I like it even better!
What I do not like is that the numbers are brighter than the needles.

I searched replacement needles but I'm in Asia so it is impracical to ship these colored illuminated needles. Any on else did this to your cluster?

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Looks great! I like it more then the uber amber
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i would like to do this to my integra! How did you do it!! Pease tell!!
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i did this a few years ago, just replaced the bulbs to amber ones, but it's starting to fade now...
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondaevo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would like to do this to my integra! How did you do it!! Pease tell!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

just go get the 194 color bulbs at autozone or so....just change the 3 bulbs behind the cluster....
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looks good, a cheap DIY
Old 01-10-2005, 08:05 AM
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nice...something different is needed when the gauge comes stock amber i guess...
for the P.I.
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I just removed the condom like cover on the bulbs of the cluster and painted it a couple of coats, just like most people did around here.

I think I put too many coats of the orange transparent model paint and it turned red. I like it a lot! Makes me different from everyone else.

BTW Stock eg clusters came in white in PI, it was only after 1996 that the cluster of PhDM and JDM became similar.

I noticed the cluster of EK that there is an auxillary light mounted in front of the cluster to illuminate the needle white. I did this and everything turned white including the numbers. I hope I can find out how to highlight the needles.
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that looks nice
Old 01-10-2005, 09:09 PM
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Reminds me of my old RSX gauges. Looks good. I still like my SiR cluster though.
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i just did mine couple days ago...turned out sort of a dark orange/red color also...i sorta like it this way

looks darker in person


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what did you guys use to paint the bulbs?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redturbocivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good, a cheap DIY</TD></TR></TABLE>
Old 01-11-2005, 01:25 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GoT HaTcH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what did you guys use to paint the bulbs?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i went to michaels and got some testors competition orange spray paint...if you want more of an amber color, i heard somewhere that using a bright orange spray paint or something from home depot works well

you can check it out here

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=661308
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GoT HaTcH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what did you guys use to paint the bulbs?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Foliatech transparent paint.

Others used testors competition orange spray paint but I can't find it here.

Anyone tried green bulbs yet?
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Default Re: DIY Amber gauge in EG turned Red (K I T T)

easy and neat but ill stick with my jdm clusters in both my hatch's

You can do alot with that stain glass tint if you try and can do a neat job
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damn you and your jdm clusters!
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i like how it turned out!! i looked all over for amber bulbs but couldn't find them, might have to resort to painting them too.. good job

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eJone powereD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn you and your jdm clusters! </TD></TR></TABLE>

jdm cluster requires thinking.. km/h sucks

i don't want to swap the jdm cluster because then i won't know how many miles are on my shell.. which some might say is good.. but i like to know what my car has on it
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i just did mine yesterday and took me a total of 10 min LOL looks reallllly good. I used the same paint that was used on my tail lights. Transparent paint!
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