Can anyone please tell where to find the Acura CL door sills. I have been looking for them for a minute now. Also where can I get reverse gauges from that look exactly like the oem ones in my dash now. Thanks.

 

1. Door sills

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ght=door+sills

2. reverse gauges

you can get one made for 96-97 accords.

http://search.ebay.com/reverse-gauge...fsooZ2QQfsopZ3

p.s: next time, use a search button.. you can get whatever u want..

-nippon

 

wow nippon, you are nice, i would have said F*** U and search ebay. lol j/k But my $0.02 I like OEM gauges, with different bulbs.

 

I like the OEM gauges too..only if I can change the colors to white or blue.. there's a guy who did this swap.. but didn't make the diy..

oh well.. i also like my current gauge setup too..

 

dude its SUPER easy to do with the oem gauges. All you need is 4 led bulbs in the 194 size.

 

here are my gauges i bought off ebay.

 

super easy.. no. taking the dash apart sucks

 

i just got my guages in the mail.. how hard is it to slide em over the oem ones? also theres a big ol switch to install, w/ the dimmer and blue/green changer, where did you guys install yours?

 

i just got my guages in the mail.. how hard is it to slide em over the oem ones? also theres a big ol switch to install, w/ the dimmer and blue/green changer, where did you guys install yours?

 

yeah.. i installed it like so

i had to use extra wiring.. u probably dont.. but if u do.. any wire is okay.. haha..
i tapped the power from the dim switch.. DONT SNIP IT! U NEED THE STOCK DIM SWITCH!



as for the switch.. i drilled two holes, and screwed them on below my dash


i bought these gauges off nippon! lol.

 

when u slide it in.. u have to be careful.. otherwise, u will break the needles..

the needles are really weak.. so be careful on it..

legendaryCL98: nice gauges

 

its not any more difficult than putting a new deck in. Its like 6 or 8 screws and BAM your in!.

 

Just an FYI on door sills, the company that made them no longer has a website as I'm sure you've seen by now. I talked to Jeff at evolution design, and they were clearing out the last of their inventory. He won't respond from that email address about CL door sills, because there are no more. I bought the last set that they had in the warehouse. Sorry guys

 

ok, so ive never installed gauge faces before. i'm just curious...do they just slide over the existing ones? i am under the impression you have to somehow take the old ones out.

 

If you get the actual reverse gauges, you will have to replace the gauge system, which comes with the plugs and wiring harness. See pic above, about dimmer switch. You can however get gauge faces, that cover the oem gauges, however they don't change the lighting, the just cover the black ones in there now. I went with the reverse flow, which need to be replaced in place of the oem's. There are how to's on this site, do a search for the install.

 

Decided to be nice, here's the post. If you buy the indiglo or reverse glow you need to remove the old gauges, see the screws in your gauge cluster. These instructions are very helpful.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=gauge+install

 

Wrote my first response wrong, sorry about that, was doing other things at work. You don't have to replace the actual gauges, what I meant was you have to remove them, to slide the faces on. You have to replace the bulbs inside though, that was what i meant by replacing, just didn't think about how I was wording it. Make sure you don't break the needles when you put the new gauge faces on.

 

yeah.. so basically.. u just have to slide the new gauge faces over the existing ones..

 

haha i was thinking the same thing.

hey legendary how you like those gauges? I still like oem, but dont know if i am feeling the indiglo.

 

i like it alot! but on long trips.. my eyes kinda hurt..

but the dimmer solves that problem!

 

little late on this but thanks legendary i got the same kinda guage switch as that i was thiknin of oputtin it somewhere around there..

i like the 97's we got with white needles instead of red