i bought my Si and it came with white face gauges. ive been "de-ricing" my vehicle since i got it and have been wanting to take them out. the white gauges light up and i can see the previous owner hooked it up to the actually light control switch on the turn signel. but my acutal cluster doesnt light up. i can telll because my mileage doesnt light up. also my climate control doesnt light up. the A/C, recericulation, and rear defrost buttons light up when pressed. ive checked all my fuses and their all good. please help me

 

actually i found out it was my fuse number 30 but it had a 10 fuse in it and it was blown is that bad?

 

and what should i replace it with? thank you

 

Replace it with the fuse that should go there.

 

Yes. You could melt wires that aren't rated to handle that kind of power and possibly start an In cabin fire.

 

De-ricing a car is fun! especially when you come across all the potential hazards that the previous owner left you with. I myself need to get rid of the white gauges but my problem is finding stock gauges without buying the entire cluster. But best of luck to you on your restore!

 

Install a 7.5A fuse in the #30 slot.

 

The white gauges are face overlays. Remove them.

 

Nice point out sir! I myself would have never guessed that, i don't mess with gauge clusters as you can tell because i heard a lot can go wrong very fast, but i can't stand the white gauges so they have to go.

 

thanks for your guys help. i replaced the fuse and removed the glow gauges and now my dash and blower control lights all work great! but the dimmer switch doesnt make them dimmer or brighter they just stay the same. could it be a bad dimmer switch?


and yes de ricing the car is very fun. i love gettin the oem look backl

 

Pry the switch out of the dash. Is the switch unplugged and the connector shorted with a jumper wire?

 

no its plugged in and hooked up regular no jumper

 

If you unplug the switch, do the lights turn off?

 

and the wires on the back harness to the actually gauge cluster arent jumped either

 

 

yes they do turn off

 

Replace the dimmer switch if you want the dimmer function.

 

are the lights at the brightes level they can be right now with the dimmer switch not functioning

 

i ordered a dimmer off ebay. 15 bucks shipped. should be here by wednesday

 

i installed new dimmer switch and it works great. i had to put my old dimmer switch cover over the new pne cause the guy didnt send me the dark grey as in the pic off ebay :/ works great tho thanks guys!

 

I have the same issue with my car but I tried all these things and still dimmer won't work don't know what to do, help me please thanks..