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Old 12-07-2008, 11:37 PM
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pics of my guage mod

yo guys this is my first time posting pics.. i got my guages done by OntarioTL and i'm completely satisfied with the way it looks. I tried to take some night shots of my tl but all of them turned out like shit.. i have 3 to show lol.

will try to post better pics soon but i'm shitty with the camera and have no idea what i'm doing, shoulda took that photography class more seriously.. oh well here goes

























let me know what you guys think, good or bad.. and i know, the pics are crap
THANKS AGAIN, ONTARIOTL
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Yah the pics suckzor, but anyway it looks sick nice job lol at the -9 degrees
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yes, the pix are crappy but dude the gauge looks HAWT!!!!

I have been wanting to do this mod since like forever.....but kept condoling myself by saying it cant happen.....can you post like a DIY or what type of LED's did you use???
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That gauge and radio/temp section is hot!
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Originally Posted by SLushhYYY
Yah the pics suckzor, but anyway it looks sick nice job lol at the -9 degrees
i know, i really wish i knew how to take pics.. yeah winter sucks here -9 is only the beginning.. thanks

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yes, the pix are crappy but dude the gauge looks HAWT!!!!

I have been wanting to do this mod since like forever.....but kept condoling myself by saying it cant happen.....can you post like a DIY or what type of LED's did you use???
thanks man.. i guess you didnt read the post lol, i got a member here to do it for me, it took like 13 hrs.. alot of work to do. i have no idea what led's he used or anything. he's supposed to have a diy out soon but dunno when. his name is OntarioTL if you wanna search it up

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That gauge and radio/temp section is hot!
thanks!
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Very very nice. How much did it cost you?
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Very nice! I want to get my radio done as well, its the only thing im missing.
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Wow. Looks great!
Old 12-08-2008, 01:40 AM
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Very very nice. How much did it cost you?
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Old 12-08-2008, 07:16 AM
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Me0w,

Looking good, but you should use the timer on the camera. Place it on the side of the headrest so you dont hold it and shake it to cause the blurr. I'm surprised you didnt take a pic of the drivers door panel on what I did there as well.

Oh, and please dont tell me you are still on your summer tires, or are you using your A-Spec rims for the winter?
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Looks great bro, just wonderful, Def digging the rims, my gauge once said 114degrees lol, that was someshit.
Old 12-08-2008, 08:33 AM
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Oh I forgot to ask. What did your girlfriend think of the install.
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Absolutely amazing! That's exactly how I'd want mine to look. Please post pics of the drivers side door panel as OntarioTL suggested, I'm curious to see what happened there
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beautiful... just beautiful...
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i like the dash.. my clock-lights out so i needa hop on this mod too lol and im lovin the car overall, looks clean as shit!! A-spec on the 2nd gen ftw!
Old 12-08-2008, 11:29 AM
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Yea that looks really nice. Exactly how I want mine except everything he has blue I want red. Very nice work as usual Ontario
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clean. How much did you pay?
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Originally Posted by jwskier187
Very very nice. How much did it cost you?
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thanks man.. i'm not sure if i'm allowed to post it if he's not a vendor, can i?

Originally Posted by soria
Wow. Looks great!
thanks!

Originally Posted by VoLLy
Very nice! I want to get my radio done as well, its the only thing im missing.
you have any pics? i was thinking that red could've looked nice too but whatever.. and thanks
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Originally Posted by OntarioTL
Me0w,

Looking good, but you should use the timer on the camera. Place it on the side of the headrest so you dont hold it and shake it to cause the blurr. I'm surprised you didnt take a pic of the drivers door panel on what I did there as well.

Oh, and please dont tell me you are still on your summer tires, or are you using your A-Spec rims for the winter?
thanks for the tip! i wanna be able to take sick pics but i dunno where to start lol.. i didn't take a pic of the driver's door panel cuz one led is out lol.

and yeah i'm on my summer tires.. i wanted to squeeze in some pics before i went into ugly winter mode.. don't worry i'm not gonna try to ride on these all winter

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Looks great bro, just wonderful, Def digging the rims, my gauge once said 114degrees lol, that was someshit.
thanks man.. i wish i had better pics of the ride.. 114 deg. wtf?!

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Oh I forgot to ask. What did your girlfriend think of the install.
haha she loves it.. everyone does, compared to what i had before.. LOL
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Originally Posted by vivftp


Absolutely amazing! That's exactly how I'd want mine to look. Please post pics of the drivers side door panel as OntarioTL suggested, I'm curious to see what happened there
i'll try to take some pics of it tonight

Originally Posted by jjashaa
beautiful... just beautiful...


Originally Posted by NoLimitDeC
i like the dash.. my clock-lights out so i needa hop on this mod too lol and im lovin the car overall, looks clean as shit!! A-spec on the 2nd gen ftw!
thanks.. i would just replace the clock light if i were you.. i would never do this myself, its just too crazy. thanks for the comments about the ride, its just plain and simple nothing crazy. i'm lovin the a-specs too but gettin bored of em
Old 12-08-2008, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by L's TL
Yea that looks really nice. Exactly how I want mine except everything he has blue I want red. Very nice work as usual Ontario
yeah try that, i started thinking about all red too after.. i think it would look just as good as the blue.. maybe even better? thanks

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clean. How much did you pay?
answered above.. im not sure if i'm allowed to post it
Old 12-08-2008, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Me0w
you have any pics?
I also have all the LEDs for the fogs/cruise/sunroof buttons + windows and heated seats, just need to find time to install them

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^ it'll look nice once you put the rest in.. did you do any soldering? or just swap bulbs?
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here's the driver door panel as you guys wanted to see it







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I'm so jealous right now
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That looks so sick. Ontario, as soon as I get some money aside you have a job lined up!

Is your driver rear window switch light not working?
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Ya know, I was out in my car a couple of nights ago driving home and I thought the lights looked very dim so I figured I'd accidently hit the dimmer switch... I was very, very saddened when I realized that it was already at max brightness

I see all the other newer cars with beautiful, bright guages and get pissed off everytime because I want 'em too.
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yeah the driver side rear window switch light isn't working.. it was probably a bad bulb, thats why i didnt post pics of it at first lol

vivftp, these are ALOT brighter than stock but i wouldn't consider the stock ones to be dim.. its just the yellow color that i don't like.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE FEEDBACK
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Freakin awesome!
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Originally Posted by Me0w
yeah the driver side rear window switch light isn't working.. it was probably a bad bulb, thats why i didnt post pics of it at first lol

vivftp, these are ALOT brighter than stock but i wouldn't consider the stock ones to be dim.. its just the yellow color that i don't like.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE FEEDBACK
Oooooooooh I know the stock ones aren't that bad. It's really dependant upon my mood I suppose. Sometimes I'm perfectly fine with 'em, sometimes they just seem dull and shitty. Every single time I see OntarioTLs mods, all I can think of is "dull and shitty"... I just can't help myself
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Originally Posted by Me0w
^ it'll look nice once you put the rest in.. did you do any soldering? or just swap bulbs?
I just swapped the bulbs.
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how much did u pay? also i put in some #74 leds (or something like that) and i got two dim spots on my cluster. one around the 4500 rpm and another around 80mph. what bulbs were used and did u add any bulbs in any way?
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VoLLy, thats what i had before this and it looked dim and shitty.. the bulbs would blow after a few weeks too.. i got the bulbs from autolumination.

i pm'd you Rajca
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Very nice, wondering how much this would cost as a DIY to buy all those bulbs.
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holy crap this reminds me of modded xbox's LOL...
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Originally Posted by Me0w
here's the driver door panel as you guys wanted to see it


Yeah it looks like I have some repairs to make. No worries, it happens and thats why I have a year warranty with my work.
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Originally Posted by Me0w
VoLLy, thats what i had before this and it looked dim and shitty.. the bulbs would blow after a few weeks too.. i got the bulbs from autolumination.
I bought these from autolumination and they are pretty nice, no hot spots:




But I do agree these bulb blow out often, if they blow out one more time, its the last time im changing them, I wasted enough money on LEDs, lol.
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omg... making me feel jealous... anyone wanna do the gauge mod for me?! lol...

anyway, thats a clean set up, and what in the world, 250,000kM ALREADY?!
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that looks fkn awesome, sick work. lol also at -9 degrees, the lowest ive seen mines is 70


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