Hey guys, i noticed a lot of people here have indiglo guages in their cars, and i was simply wondering what you all think about the reverse indiglo Vs. regular indiglo. I read earlier that someone was complaining about the needles not lighting up in the 97 CLs...is it reall that big of a problem if i go reverse? thanks for da input

 

does anyone have pictures of both? I am pretty sure i know what indiglo is; but i neve heard of reverse indiglo and i'm intrigued. Thanx guys.

 

I have the regular indiglos that light up the whole face and i like them. I reverse ones just light up the numbers

 

but wait; why light up just the numbers? I mean if the face is white; and you're lighting them up in that blue-ish color that our CL's have; i mean thats kinda fuggly isn't it? Why is that even worth 'indiglo' ~ why not just get white faced guages.

 

the real question is indiglo or no indiglo before indiglo or reverse indiglo.... I am not a fan of indiglo aftermarket gauges ... let alone revcerse aftermarket gauges... I feel that there is ahuge difference btwn stock and aftermarket indiglo appearances and aftermarket dont cut the cake!

 

yeaa, i have the reverse indiglo guages and i love em.

the only thing i don't like it that i can't see the needles without the top lights on.

They look pretty hot though. I you want pics, check ebay.

 

I think I've decided to go with the reverse indiglo but i was eondering how hard they are to install...anyone?

 

heres pics of mine

 

hey Kiljaedoen, whats the texture of the face of those gauges like?? is it shiny or kind of textured like the factory ones?? Could you possibly take a really close up picture of the gauges? Also, does anyone here have pics of the AC Reverse gauges installed in their car, or an accord??

 

they are kind of shiney and also texured.
got them from ebay

 

There not too hard to install, the hardest parts was being ever so carefull to not break the needles, once you get the guages on, wiring it up is a snap,

 

not hard to install at all. Just take your time and you'll be fine. you might want to do a search too because im pretty sure i posted some detailed instructions and so have many others.

 

INSTRUCTIONS

Gage Install

FIRST, Take off all the molding around the steering column. there are screws underneath. easy.

NEXT, The cruise button and the dimmer need to come out. use the smallest flathead you have and pry it between the molding and the button housing. there are 2 prongs on the top and bottom of these housings that bend in and clip when it is installed so you need to work at getting these to bend in to pull the housing out. unplug them.

THEN, there are 4 screws for the black frame housing that covers the plexi, 2 on top and 2 you will find in those openings where you took out the switches. you will need a long philips head to get these out.

THEN,slide the housing over the wheel (put the wheel all the way down).

THEN,to get the gauge cluster out, remove all the screws holding it in, and also remove the steel frame on the top of it. you cant get it out without removing this stupid little frame. there are 3 or 4 plugs on top of the cluster that you need to unplug, and dont worry you dont to mark them they only fit their respective holes.

NEXT, remove the plexi from the cluster by removing the clips that hold it on. very easy.

THEN. once the cluster is out and the plexi is off, install the gauges by removing the screws on the old gauges. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE NEEDLES, THEY DONT COME OFF... YOU WILL BREAK YOUR NEEDLE ROD CLEAN OFF.

slide the gauge hole over the long part of the needle, then bend the gauge down and slide it over the back of the needle. BE CAREFUL!

VERY IMPORTANT STEP: remove the bulbs in the back of the cluster directly behind the gauges. You dont need these anymore and the lights will have a blue plastic around them that you can use for really neat interior lighting! (wow!) also, these lights might be bright enough to shine thru the new gauges, im not sure, but better safe than sorry! Leave the 2 behind the speedometer so you can see the odometer if!!!!!!

are 2 wires out of the transformer for the indiglos. a power and a ground. but first put everything back except the black housing piece that goes in front of the plexi. make sure your new gauge wires are off to the right and can be pulled through the hole where the dimmer switch goes.

there are 3 wires that run into the back of the dimmer harness. run the power into either red wire (both work) that goes into the back of the dimmer harness, and the black into the black wire on the harness.

put everything back