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m78
Joined: 14 Nov 2001 Posts: 2807 Location: In the great midwest
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gr8acclaim
Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Greenfield, Indiana
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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$300!?!?! That's like 8-10 tanks of gas!
I made some fancy gauge faces for my car by scouring eBay for a couple of months until I found a cluster with some gorgeous gauges AND big, hi-res pics. Used a little old graphics / photo manipulation program I have to alter them a little, livening up the color and covering up the needles in the image. With a little trial and error resizing them, I was able to print out some very nice facsimiles on the laser printer. A little effort with popping my cluster open and I have groovy gauges that were totally free.
I didn't even use my own ink and paper because my printer is B&W and I went to my Momma's house to print 'em off.
Oh wait, that's not true. I bought a red model car paint marker for a couple bucks and painted my needles red like an M3. That was an expense.
I don't think the cluster I copied even went for $300. I don't remember. _________________ 1992 Plymouth Sundance Duster -- 263,000 miles -- RIP due to rust;
1991 BMW 325i -- 158,546 miles (plus ? miles when the odo didn't work!) |
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idanity
Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 3097 Location: N.W.U.S.A.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:23 am Post subject: |
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yeah..for $300 dollars, they can keep it. _________________ .......... |
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beejay
Joined: 18 Nov 2002 Posts: 1158 Location: Eastern, Pa
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:16 am Post subject: |
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really,
in a race or performance car the red line would be straight up.
So those gauges are pointless. _________________ Bob
92 325ic gone
14 BRZ ltd
05 Tundra SR5 TRD
01 VFR800fi - 03 DR650S - 83 CB1100F - 82 CB900F - 69 CB750 |
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