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Old 11-15-2005, 03:16 AM
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Aftermarket Gauges Nice or Rice?

I am bored of my TL-S stock gauge.....Stock color is too dull & I am considering buying reverse el glow gauges from Ebay. Do you think this will make the TL look ricey? I don't know why Acura didnt come w/ electrolumincent gauges like the ACCORD, CIVIC and every other 03 & up Honda vehicle. Has anyone put the reverse gauges in and have pictures? I know I do not want to bother with converting the bulbs to LED's, looks nice but to much f_ing work..Let me know what yall think.
Old 11-15-2005, 03:29 AM
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Do a search. there are two types. One where the whole face lights up, and the other where only certain parts do. Plenty have done it so its more personal taste.
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its ok but lighting might be a bit much at night
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maybe if you show your car off a lot in competitions
Old 11-15-2005, 05:07 AM
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No I don't show my car off at car shows but from other drivers point of view I think it would look alot nicer. Especially driving at night with my hyper white interior lights and my blue X50 radar detector it will look nice.....
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As far as i know No one makes them for the TYPE-S only the tl-p
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I had indiglos. They only lasted about a year before the transformer failed. I had the limited edition set from the group buy back in 2002. I've seen the e-bay ones. I dont personally like that bright white patch in the center by the needles. Instead I went all out and did the LED conversion. You may have seen my posts and pics about it earlier this year. The photos here are down now but you can see my car at the ledautomotive.com site. The photos on that site are from my car although he reduced the resolution a bit so they dont look quite as nice as in person.
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I want the Type S gauges.
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I personally don't regret getting indiglo gauge on my 00 TL but that's only because I don't like original TL-P gauge.

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Originally Posted by songoku
I personally don't regret getting indiglo gauge on my 00 TL but that's only because I don't like original TL-P gauge.

I have teh exact same ones and just pulled them off due to the inverter not working. It was becoming a Pain in the A$$ to read the gauges at night. If i can find a new inverter(been trying to get in contact with who made them with no luck) ill stick them back in. the group buy ones are by far the best.
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
As far as i know No one makes them for the TYPE-S only the tl-p
I looked around a recent as a month ago and there is nothing for the Type-S, they would definately have to look better than the ones I've seen around though for me to purchase, as well they would have to have the KM/H as the primary due to the factor, so unfortunatly I think I'm out of luck.

Jeff
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