noss88

the old owner had these something similar to these http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/speedgaugciv.html on my 92 civic si i bought not too long ago and he told me he unplugged them or something, At night i can barley see my cluster so i wanted to change the bulbs, so i took the cluster off today and saw that he just put these on top of the cluster, but they dont glow. I like the white looks of it, and i found that the wire isn't connected to anything. Where do i connect it?

B16b-EJ8

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by noss88 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the old owner had these something similar to these http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/speedgaugciv.html on my 92 civic si i bought not too long ago and he told me he unplugged them or something, At night i can barley see my cluster so i wanted to change the bulbs, so i took the cluster off today and saw that he just put these on top of the cluster, but they dont glow. I like the white looks of it, and i found that the wire isn't connected to anything. Where do i connect it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I just pulled mine out (old owner of car had them in and i couldnt stand them)...but hey if you like them cool, what color is the wire that is not hooked up? red or black? black is a ground the red goes to your headlight switch, just tap into the wire going there and you should be all set.

JDM-EJ1

When I had those gauges on my car a few years back, I tapped the wire into my ashtray light. Basically, you'll want to the tap the wire into any wire that gets power when you turn on your parking lights.

chadi

if you connect it to your headlight , it wont glow when your highbeams are on, my friends old car did that, becasue his bro hooked em to the low beam

JDM-EJ1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chadi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you connect it to your headlight , it wont glow when your highbeams are on, my friends old car did that, becasue his bro hooked em to the low beam </TD></TR></TABLE>

Why would you ever do that? There are several places you can tap the wire to in your INTERIOR.

chadi

i was just saying

JDM-EJ1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chadi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was just saying</TD></TR></TABLE>

Honestly, there wasn't much relevency to say that at all. Anyone who wires things from inside the car to under the hood (when there are more practical/logical ways to wire it) shouldn't be working on a car.

chadi

he didnt wire to the headlight, but to the fuse

JDM-EJ1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chadi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">he didnt wire to the headlight, but to the fuse</TD></TR></TABLE>

Okay.

specv5150

I wired mine to a switch. So the gauge cluster overlay would light up and my gauges would light up as well

JDM-EJ1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by specv5150 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I wired mine to a switch. So the gauge cluster overlay would light up and my gauges would light up as well</TD></TR></TABLE>

Tapping the guage wire into a pre-existing wire that lights up the cluster will accomplish this too.

noss88

cool thx guys imma try this out tomorrow

JDM-EJ1

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Good luck.

CarbonizedDX

Is there three sets of wires with lil plugs on them? or is there several wires running into a larger box unit?

If there are just the wires with the little plugs you'll need to buy a new inverter unit to power them. The overlays use electro luminescent with requires A. an AC charge and B. a higher voltage. CLICK HERE for 6color inverter or HERE for a good inverter (speedhut stands behind their products and their customer service is top notch)

If there is the wires going into the box you simply need to connect the power leads (should be black and red) to power connectors. I'd say either use the original gauge bulb holders to connect the wires to the illumination power or tap into the wiring harness for the gauge.....


Modified by CarbonizedDX at 9:52 PM 3/29/2007

Libertariat

I had a set of those and the light output made the guage look fuzzy to me. I didn't like reading it at night.

I would just change the bulbs in a factory cluster to those new multi-blub leds so the whole face gets lit. Looks cleaner IMO

I've seen some SI/ex clusters with LED lighting or re-fabbed bulbs and they look dope and OEM-ish.

bmoua

when i was a yougin in highschool i use to love those blue glow gauges haha...

noss88

im not really good at car stuff, so i wouldn't really know where to tap it and which wire i should tape it to, so if anyone can show me a picture of where u guys tap it that'll be great

Libertariat

Any wire that runs to something you turn on at night. Wire it your your headlights maybe? Or even fogs if you have them.

chadi

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek forever guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had a set of those and the light output made the guage look fuzzy to me. I didn't like reading it at night.

I would just change the bulbs in a factory cluster to those new multi-blub leds so the whole face gets lit. Looks cleaner IMO

I've seen some SI/ex clusters with LED lighting or re-fabbed bulbs and they look dope and OEM-ish.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have blue leds in my cluster, i think it looks way cleaner than glow gauges...

JDM-EJ1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM-EJ1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When I had those gauges on my car a few years back, I tapped the wire into my ashtray light. Basically, you'll want to the tap the wire into any wire that gets power when you turn on your parking lights.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Libertariat

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chadi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

i have blue leds in my cluster, i think it looks way cleaner than glow gauges...</TD></TR></TABLE>
No doubt.