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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
1989 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:56 pm Post subject: Help me choose color of my gauges (before sale ends Friday!) |
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Get your artistic groove on. I need help choosing color of some Speedhut gauges.
A lot of people do white. I can't see why, that looks horrible. And the Speedhuts in particular look like a baseball.
These blood red gauges look really cool by themselves. Not sure they look good in my car though.
Black always works but doesn't give a custom look. Also doesn't screw up the look either!
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Alphius Peanut
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 2429 Location: Grand Mound
1984 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm thinking about buying a set of Speedhuts too since my AutoMeters are flaky, inaccurate junk. Personally, I like an understated look so I will be going with black face, white letters and green illumination to match the Delco stereo. _________________ 84 Camaro Z28 - LS1/T56
85 Silverado - Low and Slow |
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Dewey316 The Lama
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 7295 Location: Bringing the tech
1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:45 am Post subject: |
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Go black, the other pictures you showed looked pretty bad with that dash and layout. |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:32 am Post subject: |
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Dewey316 wrote: | Go black, the other pictures you showed looked pretty bad with that dash and layout. |
This.
Normally I much prefer a white face, but SpeedHut's white gauges do look goofy as your photoshop illustrates. |
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chevymad Master B
Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5473
1987 Pontiac Formula
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Out of those choices, definitely the black. |
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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
1989 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Seems unanimous. I'll probably do that black. |
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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
1989 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Frankly, I don't even want new gauges but my tach doesn't keep up at higher rpm's and I never know where is redline and when to shift. Doesn't bother me on the street because I drive by sound at those speeds, but it became a real hassle at the drag strip with the engine bouncing off the rev limiter every gear.
The tach is very accurate at lower speeds. I think the problem at high rpm has something to do with the RC constant of the circuits but I don't know how to fix that. Would love to keep using the stock tach if it would work better between 6000 - 7000 rpm. |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Why not just install a subtle shift light? |
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Dewey316 The Lama
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 7295 Location: Bringing the tech
1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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QwkTrip wrote: | The tach is very accurate at lower speeds. I think the problem at high rpm has something to do with the RC constant of the circuits but I don't know how to fix that. Would love to keep using the stock tach if it would work better between 6000 - 7000 rpm. |
I would guess they work similar to the camaro gauges. If so , I have a write up somewhere in the archives of this forum, with what pins to test and what resistance you want, and how I fixed mine. |
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izcain 9sec Club
Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1306 Location: Port Angeles WA
1983 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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The black looks good. _________________
1983 Z28 383 + 201ci more = New Heart for this season!
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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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aaron_sK wrote: | Why not just install a subtle shift light? |
I still want the tach to read right. The Speedhut tach has a built in stack of programmable shift lights..... lured in by that feature. |
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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Something is on order. |
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chevymad Master B
Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5473
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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QwkTrip wrote: | Something is on order. |
You mean red? lol |
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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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PINK!!! |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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For that JDM style I know Jon is after. |
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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
1989 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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We can borrow from the food industry and call it Asian Fusion. Make it so popular that it gets it own forum at thirdgen.org. |
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izcain 9sec Club
Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1306 Location: Port Angeles WA
1983 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 8:35 am Post subject: |
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QwkTrip wrote: | Frankly, I don't even want new gauges but my tach doesn't keep up at higher rpm's and I never know where is redline and when to shift. Doesn't bother me on the street because I drive by sound at those speeds, but it became a real hassle at the drag strip with the engine bouncing off the rev limiter every gear.
The tach is very accurate at lower speeds. I think the problem at high rpm has something to do with the RC constant of the circuits but I don't know how to fix that. Would love to keep using the stock tach if it would work better between 6000 - 7000 rpm. |
I just mounted a big ol autometer and took care of that j/k I kept the stock tach though because I like glancing and seeing it wrapped lol
So you settle on black then? _________________
1983 Z28 383 + 201ci more = New Heart for this season!
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QwkTrip 11sec Club
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
1989 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:02 am Post subject: |
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I am letting the suspense hang in the air until I can take pictures. It will be a month before the gauges even show up on my door step. |
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