so i was cruising ebay and came across these new red gauges and thought of all you US based CLers..

I was going to buy them but they are in miles per hour and that won't work with mine which is in km/h because the speedo actually travels more on the km/h than the mph. cause my speedo only goes to 240kms and the US one goes to 160 mph which is more than mine thus it would not show the correct speed i think.


otherwise i would have ordered it by now.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/RED-GLOW-2001-200...item3a6516c069

hopefully someone will get these.. I would just love to see them in person. :-(

 

wow, those are flippin cool.
of course its only for the automatic.
the install on those would be a pain the ass i bet...

 

Icky...IMO.

 

Typical universal, you better hope it fits our car

 

not my cup of tea, but good find for those interested

 

doesn't look universal actually.. here's a pic in the 02/03 or 01-03

 

You had me at JDM and "Type-R".

 

Looks cool.

 

Here's a link for the Non Type S!!!
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Type-R-RED-GLOW-2...item5198c2ad8c

So, these gauges won't fit 6 speed clusters?

 

These guys are good! They made some gauges for the Si that match the car's stock gauges perfectly!

Actually, I think the gauges look pretty good.. just sort of out of place. Maybe it'd flow well with someone who has done LEDs for the rest of their dash

 

Yea, it would obviously flow better with red LEDs on the dash.

 

Install would be the same as reverse glow gauges. Very easy mod. It's just nice to know there's an option for the Type-S users now, as no gauge overlays were previously available for the Type-S clusters. Still don't know about the 6 speed clusters.

 

i don't think they are just overlays... They have the lighting built into them I believe. so they must be led lit or something

 

I would like it a lot more if the circles around the base of the needles were not there.

 

Yea, their just like reverse glow gauges. The overlay completely blocks off the stock bulb light, and replaces it with the built in lighting.

If you guys don't like the inner circle light, you can actually just cut a connector, and it won't light up.

 

doesnt looks bad but it wont fit 6 speed

 

wow looks nice

 

I like the idea. Gives the car a more updated look.

 

So does this go over the stock gauges or is it completely replace them?

 

Wish the glow was hyperwhite instead of that blue hue.

 

It goes over them. Nothing gets replaced. It's a pretty simple mod.

 

^ how do you know it goes over the oem ones?

I would think they replace the oem ones actually. it wouldn't be saced properly if it was layed over top.. that would look stupid

 

They are the same thing as reverse glow gauges. Yes, they simply go over them. It looks pretty good.

 

 

I see what you did there.

 

That's not brown enough.....

But wow, a eBay item with type R & JDM in the auction & it actually does fit the CLS.

 

how are these powered?

 

JDMness! Duh!

 

You crimp a connector to the end of a positive wire. That wire goes to some pin made specifically for it. That way, it only lights up when you switch your headlight dial to middle or fully on.

Negative terminal gets a crimp to connect to this screw that is in contact with electrons.

Easy job, no soldering. Takes 10 minutes. Hardest part is staying upside down for ~10 mins without throwing up.

I remember there being a reverse glow gauges install guide somewhere around here. I guess I could make one if someone needs it.

 

make one then sell it to the guy who's selling these gauges lol :-)