GUTEN Clusters - How to

[browntown]

Just did the rings. Had to file the cluster to get the small ones in, and the big ones are loose. I think I'll lay a bead of super glue under the big ones to avoid rattling.

[ChaseN]

Sounds like thats the way they all are, then. I was wondering if it was just mine. Still happy with them though - they look great.

[glucklich21]

I know I can't be the only one who finds a carbon fiber overlay and cluster rings borderline ricey and tacky...

[browntown]

I passed on the carbon fiber, but I've had levent's rings and alpina strip in a box from 2008. With the help of this how-to, I finally got around to putting them together. I used the ford cardinal red duplicolor (TWO COATS) that was previously suggested in this thread.(NC325iC)

[Pudmunkie]

Very nice.


Your placemat looks like a collage of nutsacks btw.

[ChaseN]

Yeah I'm not sure how this looks ricey:

[JeremyE30autox]

I have everything I need to do this job other than the alpina strip which I will be getting soon.

I'm thinking I may leave the 2 smaller cluster rings off though, just to be different. Well see though when i get to that part.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Id suggest installing all the rings. The rings dont just serve a visual function. At night it focuses the lights into the circles, without them the light just diffuses out. Looks really nice at night.

[actionpod]

I know I can't be the only one who finds a carbon fiber overlay and cluster rings borderline ricey and tacky...

To each his own, obviously. I don't like carbon on anything but race cars, and even then an "overlay" is just adding to weight, not minimizing it. The examples above with rings look great though!

[ChaseN]

Id suggest installing all the rings. The rings dont just serve a visual function. At night it focuses the lights into the circles, without them the light just diffuses out. Looks really nice at night.

This is true. Makes it look like a newer M car, with all the light inside the guage (and not spilled out around it) and the ring lit up red.

[sik5wagen]

Great work Levent. Just wondering if you have anything like the overlays for an e39 cluster.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Great work Levent. Just wondering if you have anything like the overlays for an e39 cluster.

I can get them, the problem is the newer clusters are sealed, the cover doesnt come off easily like the e30s...

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[JeremyE30autox]

Id suggest installing all the rings. The rings dont just serve a visual function. At night it focuses the lights into the circles, without them the light just diffuses out. Looks really nice at night.

I decided to put just the 2 in and I like it. I will post up a picture if you guys would like

[airkhin]

just saw this and thought would chime in, i have an E30 M3, my guage cluster reads to 8k. i got the alpina strip with intention of it being the same as all the rest, but the numbers are spread apart differently, it ended taking me a lil longer to lay the strip down cause i had to modify/cut the strips... just a lil precaution if you are doing this for the m3... other than that i have no regrets. i love the cluster much more! and i cant wait to get it in the car and all up and running! bump for great stuff!

[E30Kaiser]

Does Guten still sell customized gauges like this or am I going to have to do my own? I need a new gauge and I would be easier if I could just buy it done up this way :P