s13 gauges from stock to blue

[Rkesh88]

yeah any one know where to get blue film to put behind your gauges to make them appear blue, this is whtthe guy from import intelligence said, "In order to make the numbers appear blue a blue film must be placed behind the faces and a hyperwhite light bulb may be used." Any oone know and places where i can buy this off the net or any reccomendations from people who did this already

[S_14.5]

yeah any one know where to get blue film to put behind your gauges to make them appear blue, this is whtthe guy from import intelligence said, "In order to make the numbers appear blue a blue film must be placed behind the faces and a hyperwhite light bulb may be used." Any oone know and places where i can buy this off the net or any reccomendations from people who did this already

Y don't you just buy blue bulbs instead?

[MakotoS13]

MUCH too easy. it worked for me but who knows, maybe he'd screw it up.

[reefer1114]

its all about the purple!!!
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/12/web/780000-780999/780636_81_full.jpg

[Rkesh88]

yeah but where could i purchase blue blubs from, but id prefer to buy the hyperwhite bulbs from import intelligence since a friend of mine put them inside his car and i dont want sum crap that will fade after like 2 weeks.

[Rkesh88]

reefer howd u get your time thing to change color

[Rkesh88]

reefer howd u get your time thing to change color or is that changed when u change the bulb

[Yuri]

[QUOTE=reefer1114]its all about the purple!!!
I put in purple bulbs, but they turned the gauges bright pink. That was cool while it lasted, but since then, my boost gauge has turned yellow, and the top of my tach turned orange. Oh well, on to something different.

[Mervyn]

just change the light bulb..

[reefer1114]

the clock background didnt change at all, i think it was just the condition that i took the pic in.

[Rkesh88]

so anyone on the blue gauge film or a link to good long lasting non fading blue bulbs b.c import intelligence doesnt sell them

[chmercer]

what kind of bulbs do you buy for the gauge cluster, one of mine burnt out and i couldnt find a replacment one on the sylvania guide thing.

[TheTimanator]

what kind of bulbs do you buy for the gauge cluster, one of mine burnt out and i couldnt find a replacment one on the sylvania guide thing.
194's

as for the blue film idea....
maybe you could try lighting gels? look up roscoe gels or lee filters. there's a billion colors. Should work fine if you can find 'em.

EDIT: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/cinemasupplies/31-lee-s079.html

[BSPerformance]

3 194 bulbs work best, next Time im goin LED though
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/BSPerformance/240sx013.jpg

[TheTimanator]

3 194 bulbs work best, next Time im goin LED though
but they're probably gonna fade soon. I had them in red and within 3 months it looked like crap.

[chmercer]

just to make sure, are 194s the same as 168s?

[Xracer]

no, you need the 194 wedge bulbs. I did this a while ago, more just learn more about the dash and how stuff works than to change the color. ive got blue ones in right now, ive had them for a good 4 months or so, still look the same as when i first put them in.

[reefer1114]

LEDs wouldnt look right. the beam pattern the LEDs emit are uneven all around therefore it would produce some bright or some dark spots in the cluster. xenon works well though.

[kandyflip445]

You could sand the LED down a little bit. It helps even out the light pattern.

[S_14.5]

You could sand the LED down a little bit. It helps even out the light pattern.

that or put one of those plastic caps on top of the LED to spread out the light pattern...

[Rkesh88]

since the xenon sounds the best where could i get those?

[Rkesh88]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=36476&item=7989455788&sspagename=WDVW
would those blubs be the thing im looking for?

[reefer1114]

yea those would work. you need 3 maybe 4 i forgot.

[Rkesh88]

how do u take the cluster out and is it a big job to replace the bulbs?

[Rkesh88]

is there like a thread or a instructional thread on how to do this?

[95civicEX]

drop the steering column, unscrew the guage surround, unscrew the guage cluster, bulbs are in the back of the guage cluster...too easy

[Rkesh88]

why do i feel that if i do wht he said i will mess that up

[95Blue240sx]

its easy, just try it out. I had blue bulbs in mine, but i like the look of the stock 194s with the blue caps on them, comes out like whitish. but ive misplaced them so im screwed. Anyone know where to get the little colored caps that go on top of the 194s bulbs?

And for the record 194 blubs are the same as 168.

[justinhustle]

http://hp.autometer.com/products/accessories/light_bulb_covers/light_bulb_covers.html

[Rkesh88]

95blue240sx wht did u have on your 240 and have a pic of wht they looked like and wht are the caps needed for?

[Rkesh88]

and those bulbs on ebay are 194s btw

[Rkesh88]

has anyone ever tried the gel idea, link: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/cinemas...1-lee-s079.html
or is the bulb the best way and less hassle way to go. and if u did the gel idea any pics?

[Rkesh88]

it shud take like 15-20 mins to remove the cluster from the car right?

[TheTimanator]

eidufiushfjksadhfs

stop posting so much!...you could have hit the edit button and put all that in one post!

Sorry, it's just annoying. Anyway, yes 15-20 minutes is the max it should take you. Becaeful not to cross thread the large bolts that hold up the steering column. I did :duh:

[95Blue240sx]

ok so on my 240 i first used the blue apc 194 bulbs. At first i thought they looked cool, but after a while it just looked like rice, so once they faded i was happy with the color, it came out orange. But with the original bulbs that you get from nissan is a regular 194 bulb with a blue cover, see pic. with that cover on a regular 194 bulb you get a nice white looking guage.

http://hp.autometer.com/products/product_photos/0032xx/003207.jpg

[Rkesh88]

so i guess ill go with the blue bulbs and buy them tonite and start to take apart my cluster. any info to be out for besides the cross threading?

[Rkesh88]

ok anyone i need step by step instructions for the removal

[95Blue240sx]

this should help you.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rondevu/bj/s13dash.JPG

[HyperTek]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/100_02231.jpg
remove stock condoms and rock nothing.. =D

[Rkesh88]

what lol? so will this make it harder to see or better?

[Rkesh88]

is there like a chilton book on how to remove the cluister?

[kandyflip445]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/100_02231.jpg
remove stock condoms and rock nothing.. =D

How did you get the clock red too?

[justinhustle]

search for it

he did it like 2 years ago with a sharpie

[95civicEX]

is there like a chilton book on how to remove the cluister?

seriously man, it's simple, unbolt the steering colum (bolts are on the bottom), drop the column, unscrew the plastic that surrounds the guage cluster, unscrew the cluster, and the bulbs are right in the back...even never having looked at the car with those simple instructions anyone should be able to pull it apart and put it back together in 25-30 minutes tops.

[kandyflip445]

Oh. I remember him posting that a long time ago but I didn't remember him saying how he did it.

[upSLIDEdown]

he did it like 2 years ago with a sharpie

WRONG

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=57215&page=2&pp=30&highlight=clock

Check there.

Bryan

[kandyflip445]

Sweet. I wouldn't have used sharpie. I tried that on my a/c controls and it looked like butt and faded off too.

[neilsan]

:werd: http://www.recordedmemory.com/240/red.jpg red autozone bulbs.

I tried blue but the color was inconsistant. i tried LED's but that wasnt gonna be worth the effort to get it to look right. I put red bulbs in and said 'whoah...' so i put it back together. no color fading either after 5 months

[Rkesh88]

thats sweet i think ill jus buy red ones now... will pep boys sell the same gauge bulbs u bought from autozone?

[kingsol]

what's wrong with you? quit asking questions and just do it.

[Mervyn]

Oh I was just looking at the ads on the far top right corner of Zilvia.net and saw some pictures on gauge lightings which happens to be on importintelligence.com (sp?)