Appearance - Gauge Faceplate

Recently I just purchased the JDM Civic Carbon Fiber Gauge Bezel and also a Reverse Indiglo Gauge Face (the #s only change color at nite instead of entire dash). Both are my first mods to my 1998 Honda Civic EX Coupe and I can't wait to see how it turns out. The bezel cost me $50 and the gauge face is costing me $90. I guess that isn't too bad for a new look. <IMG src=smileys/smiley17.gif border="0">

i want to get some of those electroluminescet gauges. they look sweet on the roush mustangs. you will have to take pics when ur done so i can decided if i wanna get me some too/

Sure thing. I ordered the bezel on ebay and the gauge face will take abt 6 business days to get in since the shop had to place an order for it. I will take pix both in the day time &amp; nite time to distinguish the looks.

saweeet dude

Someone at the JDM Honda Civic informed me that the JDM Gauge bezel has a hole missing on the left hand side for the maintenance check. I was wondering how hard it would be to cut out a hole in this type of bezel coz I'm sure that "feature" will come in handy someday. Here is a pic of the bezel...</P>


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i would try a drill to make a nice little hole. it might be easier and cleaner.

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you might be able to cut a hole with a Dremel rotary tool. I can't think of anything else that might work.</P>

get it would be very easier to do on the drill press

Well I tried to take out the bezel 2day and the freakin' thing wouldn't budge after taking out the 2 screws. I read on several websites how to do it (sounds easy) but I'll give it a try again.</P>


As for the reverse indiglo gauges, I'm gonna let a professional installer do it coz of time constraints and the fact that if I screw up any of the needles during installation, I pretty much f**ked. <IMG src=smileys/smiley5.gif border="0">I have detailed instructions how to do it, but not worth the trouble to get it done myself.</P>

a lot of them can be installed w/o removing the needles. i had a little problem with my needles when i changes my gauges in the stang but eventually got it corrected.

Well, I decided to let the shop do it for me coz I read online how long it takes, and if you screw up the needles, your pretty much screwed. It's gonna cost quite a bit for them to install it, but I rather have them do it instead of me screwing up my car.

hey it looks nice, i mightbe putting some onmy checklist also...just take night pictures, cause im sure we all wanna see... but nice tho, and yea you dont wanna mess up your needles

Yeah, I would be quite pissed if I screwed up my car that I just got 2 weeks ago. Plus, the shop sells the indiglo gauges quite often so they are quite experienced at installing them. I have trust in them that they won't screw up my car. Hell, I'm paying $80 for the installation <IMG src=smileys/smiley3.gif border="0">

oh coolness... hey about the indiglo guages, i have a question.... like are they the back light thing, behing the guages?? like on some cars its orange.?? just wondering.. lol dont ya just love newbies

Well, I haven't seen mine yet but I know that some (entire dash lights up) comes with a dimmer switch to change from blue to green at nite. I'll try to find a picture of the reverse indiglo gauge to show what it will look like compared to the other type.

oh ok thanx... cause i wanna see lol, i think i was thinking around the right area

Here are random pix I found online to compare the 2:</P>


Revese Indiglo:</P>


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Full Indiglo:</P>


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oh wow those are really nice...

Personally, I like the reverse indiglo gauge faces (type I'm getting) and they seem to stand out more than the other type. Plus, the reverse is the more popular of the 2 now.

i'm liking those more and more, i think they will go on my cheklist of "wants" lol.. danget.. another hole in my wallet... oh well.

i like the electro lums a lot better than the reverse glows. thats what im gonna buy someday. found what i need on ebay for a nice price but they fuk ya on shipping. $13 for somethin that will cost them $5 to ship.

gawd that really sux man

I finally got my gauge face &amp; JDM carbon fiber bezel installed 2day. It looks cool and something I'm gonna have to get use to over awhile <IMG src=smileys/smiley17.gif border="0"></P>


Daytime:</P>


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Night Time:</P>


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it looks pretty nice. not sure if I could get used to it though.</P>

GAY-DEE-EM

It looks the same as the OEM gauge face butin white nstead of blk. This will ONLY be the "ricey" thing I'll do to my car. Nething else will look more JDM-like (interior &amp; exterior).<IMG src=smileys/smiley2.gif border="0">

looks good...definately better looking than the boring usdm gauge

i like it, just dont like the red tho' but thats unavaoidable

just dont like the red tho' </P>


Most of the time you see red lights in the dash, it not a good thing. Looks cool though.</P>

yea a lot of the time red is baaaaadddd