tacotravis Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I have a 2002 outback and was wondering if any one knew of a company or place I can get colored gauge backgrounds for my Speedo and tach. Looking for a white or red. Just ordered colored leds for all the dash lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 If you're just looking for the backgrounds whitegauges.com has them in white and several colors. The colors are more expensive though. There are also reverse glow guages available if you look around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacotravis Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 The whitegauge.net gauges are cool but they are just stickers? Says to remove em you need a heat gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacotravis Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Bump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr. Carb Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I have a 2003 Guage cluster from an outback that is now white, I removed all the green from it. so it will be any color you want it to be with colored led's for dash lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacotravis Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Yeah my lights are LED red but the actual face I want to change from black to red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Carb Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Oh, gotchya. When I did the back light conversion I found some sites that sold the faces, they kind of just slid over the top of the old faces though and would have a slit that you would have to hide to go around the needles without removing them. Trust me, you don't want to remove those needles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacotravis Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 o removing the needle does not bother me one bit I changed the faces on a 99 Tacoma that I had. Speedo I used a speedo app on my phone to reset the needle. Once I set the speedo needle the tach was easy just get to a set speed and set the tach needle to the right rpms. Gas gauge just set back to what was there before and temp just run your vehicle warm put it where you know normal is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratpick Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 You could replace needles as described by tacotravis, but I'd suggest leaving them in place and using slits. There's chance to damage/ destroy movement (guts of gauge) pulling pointers. "Stickers" that go over your best bet. I work at a gauge restoration shop, and modern gauges like yours are tricky to mess with and don't offer much, if any, parts or service support. We don't even touch modern Japanese gauges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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