custom gauges for E30..........whaddya think?

[IDM]

Do those gauges come with one of these?? You're going to need it.

[george graves]

I'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.)

[bimma360]

Maybe 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.

Dave

[Kershaw]

yep, thats why i said early models. i agree with you on chrome belonging outside.

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

i think the chrome rings are not very good looking. where else on the interior of the e30 do you have chrome trim? its very out of place. maybe on early model e30s with the chrome diving boards and then it still needs something on the interior to tie the two together.

early models also had double side chrome outside the windows, and the inside of the windows got the chrome accents. Therefore I swapped to late model rear window strips and sprayed the stock fronts to match and am not getting chrome cluster rings. Belongs on the outside of cars folks.

[Jand3rson]

Not too many people make alternate colors for gauge overlay....I always like this 'sporty trashy' look on the "Rarri's"

The red does look sexy in the E30, but yeah, it's kinda dim and old.

That looks amazing. It also doesn't turn blue at night, or have a whole shit-ton of extra lines all over each of the markers.

[worangejuice]

Not too many people make alternate colors for gauge overlay....I always like this 'sporty trashy' look on the "Rarri's"

The red does look sexy in the E30, but yeah, it's kinda dim and old.

[markseven]

or if you question bmw, ask yourself what color lights are used in the military at night?

3rd paragraph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red

but if you live in the city, its really not that serious.

do whatever you think looks cool.

In a nutshell, red offers high visibility with minimal fatigue.

[Kershaw]

or if you question bmw, ask yourself what color lights are used in the military at night?

3rd paragraph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red

but if you live in the city, its really not that serious.

do whatever you think looks cool.

[george graves]

Blue light helps you stay awake. It might be more harsh on the eye but i would rather stay awake when im driving.

BMW picked RED because you eyes are most sensitive to RED end of the light spectrum. That means that they could light up the dash AND keep your iris'es(sp?) wide open so that you can see more of the road and deep into the shadows.

But go ahead and re-think something BMW did for safety since you have no fucking clue what you are doing. That's awesome.

[Kershaw]

The chrome rings tie nicely with my sunroof crank.

thats a good start. a few more chrome items and you'll have a real design language going. maybe a chrome e-brake button.

personally i dont care if someone decks out there car in the latest from autozone. if they think it makes their that much more awesome, have at it. i will laugh though.

[markseven]

Someone needs to make a reproduction of the stock speedo face, without all of the KPH markers. I love the euro ones that have only the KPH markers, they're so much cleaner looking, I just want one of the opposite.

And delete the red on the 55mph marker...

[Uber E30]

the beauty of red is our eyes will not fatigue.

Blue light helps you stay awake. It might be more harsh on the eye but i would rather stay awake when im driving.

[trackjunkie21]

I agree with Kershaw, It is your car, Do what makes you happy, You have your taste and others have theirs. If everyone thought the same way then tuning would be boring.

[e30frosh]

if you like it, go for it.

why do you care what other people think when its your car?

i think the chrome rings are not very good looking. where else on the interior of the e30 do you have chrome trim? its very out of place. maybe on early model e30s with the chrome diving boards and then it still needs something on the interior to tie the two together.

The chrome rings tie nicely with my sunroof crank.