White Overlay Gauge and LED setup

[Ron 73]

For you who may be thinking about putting in these overlays, I was told by one member here that i should post the pic i showed him, its rather blurry, ill learn to operate the camera someday.. Im far from being thru with the dash, the steering collum needs to be put back in order and the new dash cap put on and the final thing is the passenger side gauge setup im building, but these couple pic will show how they look anyway... Im real pleased with the overlays as i didn't have to remove the indicators... I have only one clear pic, im sorry for the one that isint, when im completely finished i will post up a couple CLEAR photos of the dash.. It was well worth the effort and adding the LED lights made it even better. i do have to say sitting in the car it sure looks better then the photo shows...
1st pic with flash day before i started to put wood grain front in and hook it all up, red fender turn signal lights go good with it

2nd (more then i thought) is still day before with LED's in it..

3rd put together (no steering )

This the last one is that is blurry some, sorry, But anyway, if anyone wants to use these overlays, the hardest thing is tearing all out to put them in, the LED lights come in several colors and if your just doing the dash and nothing else you take the old bulbs out (7 with this needed) and replace with the bulbs, Bulbs are 5 dollars a piece, the overlays are 20 dollars, kit to put them in is 5 bucks, life time guarantee with overlays and shipping was free I have under 80 dollars in everything.. Ill post up decent pics when dash cap is in with the gauges..
The dark areas for whatever reason doesn't seem to be visible sitting in the car, you folks can be the judge, im not one bit sorry i did all this myself.. I just wanted to share the idea and give some prices to any who may want to do it.. One more thing, that could mean a lot to any who decides to do this but think red is dark, IT IS, red is the darkest of the LED lights, and also If you take the factory blueish green filters off the cluster, it becomes brighter... This i did, pic cant really show anyone, this is bright in the car, very easy to see everything..

 

[Propwash]

Sweet! Cluster looks great even from the outside view Ron. The white, the red, all goes together real well. Good job!

 

[racedodge]

that looks BA!!!! now I wanna do one!

 

[Ron 73]

I forgot to add this, I didn't like the light colored wood grain look so i took some flat black paint, thinned real thin! I used a rag and gently wiped it over this, it really didn't darken it that much but enough i liked the looks of it. You can see it has a somewhat of a shine to it which is after all was dry and done, i used armor-all on it. Maybe some like them lighter, to each his own but i really liked the looks of this, the silver/chrome look around the outsides is nothing more then a silver sharpie marker..

And thanks guys!!!

 

[Revhendo]

Nice trick on the woodgrain. I sanded mine down and painted it flat black and did the paint marker for the silver trim. I gotta say, if I had thought of your trick, I might have kept the wood look.

 

[Ron 73]

Thanks gents, I shut the flash off and tried this one, not perfect but..

 

[scotts74birds]

Looks good Ron! Did you have them re-screen the "ammeter" gauge to look like a "volt" gauge? That way you can get rid of all the silly stuff behind it, and install a simple volt-meter. Redline gauge has a conversion for it.

 

[Ron 73]

Looks good Ron! Did you have them re-screen the "ammeter" gauge to look like a "volt" gauge? That way you can get rid of all the silly stuff behind it, and install a simple volt-meter. Redline gauge has a conversion for it.

Thanks Scott, If im understanding you right here, the only thing i did was put the over lays on the old dials, there exactly as the original, just white, i do have a set of gauges in the car that function and one is a volt meter. If you, or anyone is interested in doing this ill get the link no problem, its cheaper then the new complete gauges and ive read a lot of good as far as using them and not coming up on you or anything, some dials are transparent so when these go in they cant be off at all or they say you,ll have shadows, that isint a problem with this one but i did take my time to get them exact so its right with the numbers or you may run into problems reading them for accuracy..

Hey, you remember when we were talking about my truck, same one as you have? I cant remember the link so i was going to PM you, but i know the OP here and hes a nice guy.. Got some good news on it, the wife stopped in to pay the guy to inspect the truck and he told her the underneath of it was fantastic. I didn't expect that, hes also taking the trans out for a rebuild and the wife and i talked about it and agreed to just have him do it, he does this stuff for a living and we will have a warranty in case something does happen, costs more but in the long run, maybe the best thing to do! I hope, I was going to have it taken out is all, i rebuild it and he put it back in, but you cant beat a man at his own game and he does it all the time.. Thanks again..

 

[Ron 73]

These are free to anyone that can use them, instructions are included and i have the solution i bought with these to put them in, Its free also, all it said was add water to it which i did, if you want it no problem, its probably just soap of some kind but its been around a week since i used it, cant see how it could go bad.. First one that wants them and posts PM sent here gets them, just PM your name and address, im paying postage on it so i hope someone can use them that has a RR, Satty, or Charger...Please don't just PM if you want them post "PM sent" so everyone else knows there already spoken for.

This dash protector for the same cars is still for sale, $25.00 shipped to you...

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

Nice job Ron, looks good. I gotta do something w/ the cluster in the 67 and have been thinking of going w/ the white face stuff. The LEDs should last forever.

 

[Ron 73]

Thanks Ken, I hope whats left will help someone else, i really like them and the LED's..
IF you go this route, hears the link, you can get the LED lights here to..

http://www.whitegauges.net/

 

[blackblazer717]

Lookin good bud. Came out better than i was expecting. Ill get some.more.updates up tonight in my gtx thread. thanks for making sure i was ok buddy.
Talk to you soon.
Luke

 

[moparstuart]

awesome great job

 

[Ron 73]

blazer, if you like these the site link to do it is hear, ill email it to ya! NP and thanks..

Stuart, thanks a bunch!, cant understand why someone, at least so far cant use the ones left.. I cant make the price any better..

 

[Ron 73]

Over lays are gone!!!!

 

[dburkett8]

pm sent

 

[Ron 73]

pm sent

If you look above your post, you'll see i posted today there gone, i did just PM you and gave you the link if you want to pursue it...

 

[Ron 73]

Dash protector/cover is sold..

 

[Ron 73]

New dash cap on and fit real good.. Still lots to do.

 

[Revhendo]

That looks pretty dang good there. How hard was the install?