I have some indiglo gauges.. .. Do I have to take the old (stock) gauges out? Someone I know told me to just "slide them over the stock one's .. it didnt sound right so thats why I made this post.. Please give me some help guys.. thanks

 

You just have to slide them over the stock gauges. Its kinda of a bitch to get them over the needle but just keep trying and be careful not to break them.

 

I don't like **** glowing blue or white or whatever, I highly prefer the stock amber color. IM just mad my gauges aren't stock when I bought my car, I got some gay white face gauge plates that don't even glow anymore...well it never worked when I bought the car stock unless they made some cool *** one thats stock color.


honda-tech is being weird right now or my comp is, it shows that I posted twice, I refreshed it and now shows one. I checked again and it showed it twice...weird, but if it does show twice, its an accident. thanks

 

its a bad idea to take ur stock gauges out, unless you change to a diffrent oem honda gauge. the after market ones will short out on you and will not have any "glow"(esp in the winter). i would stick with stock, trust me. been thru 2 sets, before i decided to just to make my stock ones look better with a cf bezel or what ever its called..lol
just my 2 pennies

 

ok well thanks for your help man... i know some people that have the gauges.. they havent shorted out yet.. but thanks man.

 

Yes you just need to slide them over but be very careful not to break the needels. I agree stock gauges are the best.

 

its definately been covered at least 20 times.

 

I took the old gauge faces off mine because sometimes it was too thick and would touch the needle on the tach and make it stick. I dont think its "rice" i like mine

 

Damn, that is gaysauce...

 

why post if its applied in a negative way? Whats your deal?

 

well how did you get the gauges off? .. There are "No" screws at all.. The directions that came with it just say to take the old gauges off by unscrewing screws...

 

its a fother mucker to get out, i tryed the first set i bought and could not figure out how to get it out past the needles. so i let a local shop do it for 55 bucks. if you do buy them dont get the 20$(or 20 weeks) ebay ones...you get what you pay for.

 

If you pull out the whole gauge cluster and houseing and disconnect the wire harnesses the back. Once you have done this the whole thing comes out. On the back there are a number of screws that hold the gauges in place. The Speedo and the fuel are a single piece and the Tach and the temp are one piece as well.

 

I got some gay white face ones that don't glow, I looked underneath it and there's nothing so I have no choice for now but to keep it. I guess the previous owner took out the stock black face ones. I got used to it tho, I just know that when the needle hits 3 o clock then that's red line cuz at night you can't see anything but the needles and odometer. I wish mine was stock, is there any aftermarket ones that glow amber in color? cuz trying to find a stock one is hard.

 

Yea I got indiglo ones, didn't like them wanted to put stock ones back on, but they were fucked and so I am stuck with indiglo ones that don't shine. Dammit I want the stock ones.

 

yours are nice man

 

I definately dont think these gauges are gay.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, common now guys.

It has been covered, but there areant screws, you need to thread the new gauges over the old ones. If you dont have dexterity, your sol. There kind of difficult to install. Good luck trying to find power. Theres a fuse box in your hood, connect a wire to your headlights and wire it that way.

 

yeah, im not a fan of indiglos, but that last pair of gauges looks good

 

yea thats what my gauges look like... im having a problem getting the whole cluster out. There is the top wires that plug into the very top of the cluster is basically stuck.. so im fucked on that. i have to put them in, "inside my car"

 

how the hell did it get stuck?

 

dude they're not stuck, you need to un clip them. The gauge cluster consists of a bunch of clips and about 5-6 screws. Your main problem is going to be finding power. Oh yea, the last pair of gauges are mine



Modified by damonk at 1:39 PM 1/11/2005

 

Finding power isnt really a problem, just a pain. I chose to run my power from a fuse in the engine compartment fuse box. I tapped power from my right headlight fuse that way the gauges only come on when my headlights are on

 

Ehh.. thats too much trouble.. and yea one is stuck.. i pressed the thing on the top that holds the clip in "down" and tried pulling.. and it doesnt come out? maybe its clipped on the sides as well? anyone know?

 

man i dont know how it got stuck.. lol it just wont come out.. i know how to take them out.. otherwise i couldnt of got the other two out with ease

 

you guys happen to know the size of the oem bulbs cuz i need to replace them driving with half my guages light up and half dead lol 5th gen btw