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

[bimma360]

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.)

I know the e30 ones are technically backlit, but not in the same sense as the other models. I honestly really think that the majority (at least lets say 50%) of the light illumination on the e30 is a result of the front light. Its been about a year since i had my cluster apart, and i know that the plastic on the two main gauges is clear... but i wouldnt call the gauge illumination 100% backlit. On the other models... the light output is entirely from the rear of the gauge.

[george graves]

thanks it's a 240 >:(

Sounds about right.

[Edev]

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

I agree, or more like the e46. Now those are perfectly lit.

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.)

It is illuminated better. Yet with e36s, I've noticed that a majority of them are starting to "dim" out in areas. I think they perfected it in the e46. George, you should do something to make the e30 cluster a brighter orange as seen in e46s. And seeing how that lighting is the same 'brightness' throughout the car (when you turn/twist the lights knob left to right, it dims or brightens the rest of the interior) maybe theres a way to do that to the rest of the instruments?

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.

[worangejuice]

thanks it's a 240 >:(

[graphikg]

How does one do the rings.

[george graves]

And that too looks like 100% shit. And I have an open mind when it come to shit.

I think you need to go back to your Nissan Sentra.

[worangejuice]

"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

[Be30mer]

what engine is in that e30 that goes up to 11k rpm??

[RainierHooker]

Oh, and BTW those faces are only for Euro Clusters (the econoguage travel is in the opposite direction)

[RainierHooker]

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.

[worangejuice]

yeah........they do.that's why they're cool :)
We need to start a thread with all the gauge face options for the E30 (unless there is already a thread)

[jintermont]

does anyone else think the ebay gauges look like a fucking pokeball???

[idanity]

^^ looks like there is a page 2 as well....

and relatively, this thread is a bit overdrawn (like so many others).

going back to the chrome rings (which i hate in reality), they may look nice in daytime
but
at night, the chrome looks like you have a warning sign on every meter...

i noticed it driving my friends car, and i had a constant "somethings wrong" messege going through my mind w/those rings.

all in all.
if it aint broke, dont fuk it up

[george graves]

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

I don't know why you posted this pictures - out of all the f-ing "sick bag" pictures on line, you had to pick one that has a 10,000 word essay on it - that we are all reading assuming that it has something to do with the post - but it doesn't, and it's just a waist of time. /rant.

[e30_Drift_Spec]

I personally like blue better, the red is all old, plus it makes the car look better, probably some of you haven't even seen it in any other color than red, but the ones this dude has are awful, at least he should of gotten the white face ones, just buy this cluster and stop messing around! jaja 600 bucks!



PROBABLY SOMEONE HAS TO SAY THAT IT'S RICE! EVERYTHING IS RICE NOWADAYS! U CANT PU NOTHING COOL ON YOUR CAR!