I just purchased the 6 color glo-guages from procarparts. I know many of you have installed guages but has anyone tried these? I'm curious what results people have had with this brand due to all the problems I've read about with installing new guages. I thought being an electrician/instrument technician by trade would make this install easier, but the problems I've heard about seem to be more with the mechanics of the guages, i.e., not fitting correctly, needles coming in contact with guage, etc...

I don't suppose Acura would be willing to install these for me.

I am still up in the air about this Mod. Working with instruments can cause serious damage...I may have some guages for sale, lol.

2003 TL-P SILVER

 

I'd suggest to keep the gauges. They do look really nice once installed. The hard parts are 1) take out the dash and 2) avoid needle clearance issues. If you do some seaching around you'll find lots of info on how to install them. I'm glad I did this mod

Tatewaki

 

hey , tate... maybe you could post some pics of the guages? if not here then at the inspired site... id like to see how they look. thanks

 

Already did

Tatewaki

 

Tate, this is my one question for you. Do your guages work? If they do work, how many times did you have to take your dash apart and put it back together.

...hmmm...maybe I will do the guages after all.

Tanx....SGT-TL

2003 SILVER TL-P

 

I have those same guages from pro car parts. I think theyre great, took me about an hour to install them and I couldnt be more pleased with the result.

 

Of course the gauges work I took apart my dash twice:

1st time, install the gauges
2nd time, fix the needle clearance problem

If I did the needles correctly, I'd not need to do it the 2nd time. I also took longer to do because I was doing LED conversion at the same time

Tatewaki

 

Tatewaki,

In order to correct the needle problem did you shave off part of the needle with a razor? Twice is pretty good, but if I can do it in one shot, I'll be happier!

 

I didn't use the razor method. I used a folk, insert the teeth below the needle center and pry it upwards just a bit. Be careful not to pry it out completely. You just want them a bit further away from the gauge face. You can pry them up an extra 1/4" to clear the surface and still make contact with the motor

Tatewaki

 

Oh YES! I am SO FRIGGIN GLAD you told me that....Why in the hel* are other people using a razor on the needle!!!!!! Now this job is going to be CAKE!

NO MORE FEAR
SGT-TL

2003 TL-P SILVER

 

badazztl did it himself and now his rpm gauges get stuck but hes also a dumb @$$ so ull be able to do this with no problems. tell us the results.

 

shaddup ur the one who was afraid to put on ur comptech exhaust. also ur the dumazz who backed into a pile of dirt and was shooting dust out of ur exhaust for days

 

1st of all i asked u how to put on the exhaust and if it was dificult and then i put it on the next day with no problems.

2nd he space i had to back up wuz liek 3 ft so i had to go into the dirt. and plus it was around midnight so i was on my way home ne ways and the next morning spotted it and cleaned it. so i didnt drive with it for days.

badazz you exaggerate to much.