does anyone else think the ebay gauges look like a fucking pokeball???
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custom gauges for E30..........whaddya think?
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They look like the displays on the Next Generation's Enterprise. If you want to be a tastless '90s Trekie, get those gauge faces.
The reason why the Ferrari cluster looks so good is that, while colorfull, its is simple. The colors are in blocks, the color selection is narrow (only black, white yellow), the fonts are simple, and the lines are few and restrained. If you want something different thats cool.
FWIW, I don't like the chrome rings on e30 clusters either. I can think outside the box with different colors or whatever but when it comes to a Tutonic sports sedan, simpler is better and less is more.
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"On subject"-has anyone changed out the bulbs for alternate colors on the dash?
i did this in my old Nissan 240. It was pretty easy though, cause you could actually reach up under the dash and change the bulbs out with taking anything off :)
changed to blue
here's half 'pink' (looked more like red) into the blue transition
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Originally posted by bimma360 View PostMaybe its been said already.... but what i dont understand is why oh why someone hasnt sat down and thought to themselves: "Replicate stock e30 gauge faces... make them amber backlit like the e36." I mean its possible to do... But these venders just choose to reinvent the wheel. Why? If e30 owners want something a little more modern its a stock gauge thats backlit. I dunno.. ahha.
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Originally posted by george graves View PostI've never driven an e36 at night. What's so different about them? (e30 gauges are backlit as well - along with some front lighting to light up the needles.)
I hope some of this makes sense lol.
EDIT: Just realized I'd have to swap out bulbs, and possibly try to find one that has an orange hue to it so it doesn't wash out the orange stuff in the clutster.Last edited by Edev; 02-27-2010, 09:45 PM.M Coupe
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Originally posted by george graves View PostI've never driven an e36 at night. What's so different about them? (e30 gauges are backlit as well - along with some front lighting to light up the needles.)E30 Dinan Turbo
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