SILVER fuel gauge be gone!!!! by simota1
 

hey everyone... i got this in the mail today :tup:


before
http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1285251624


AFTER!!!!
http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1285251625

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1285251628


and it lights up perfectly :happydance: now all the gauges match :tup:

looks great! source?

sweet! where did you find it?

idk some dude from texas.... saw it on ebay and i bought it... the guy raped me on the sticker price and on shipping i paid 15 bucks for that small sticker lol and 10 bucks to ship it to guam... i saw the postage price and it was only 1.22... :facepalm:

dont forget ma rep guys :happydance:

not everyone from Texas is an *** like that.

looks cool man.

Doh! I can't view the pictures at work. Black Cat Custom has been struggling with my bezel for over 2 months. The owner says he can do an overlay, but it is ugly because it looks tacked on. He's trying to get his equipment running to create molds of the bezel.

nice after checking yours pics id also like to know where you got the cf audio surround piece

never said that bro :tiphat: in all honesty he was a pretty kool guy cuz he sent me two... so the 25 bucks was totally worth it.. i think he thought i was gonna mess up :p... which means i got an extra one!!! ... if i can send it to bluebat he can copy it and sell it to you guys :happydance: :tup:

its a prototype by evor i tested it for him.. i dont think its available yet

oh ok thx repped you up

and i repped you back bro :happydance:

simota- ask the guy to make more and a link.... then rep. :tup:

actually man i asked him where he got it and he said he had it custom made from some shop.... BUTTT!!! i got an extra one :D unused!!! i bet blue bat can scan this baby and start making copies... what you guys think?

Found this for you since you're changing matters:

http://www.the370z.com/members/socal...t-cluster.jpeg

yah, definitely make duplicates! :tup:

or just send it to me. :p

:roflpuke2:

i want :p

You've reached your quota of goodies! Now, behave. ;)

Where do you get the overlays like the yellow?

Sweet fuel gauge cover Simota ... what did you type in to ebay when you found it? Or name of seller?

i just typed in 370z and it poped up :tup: i clicked on newly listed.... dont worry bro... im not tryna be stingy with this mod... i have a spare and once bluebat sees this thread maybe he can chime in... i can send him the spare so he can make duplicates for you guys :tup:

Thanks man you rock...:tiphat:

i wonder why he hasnt dropped by this thread yet.... :icon14:

Here's what Black Cat Custom is working for me. It's very early in the stages so he is simply testing the placement of the overlay. If it doesn't work out, then he is also going to try to work on a mold as a direct replacement.

That is awesome - I'm thinking a photograph and a vinyl cutter might make something nice - might practice with coloring a photo and printing on inkjet vinyl.

Looks Great and will be intersted if it becomes available?
Og Monster rep Sim. :tup:

:tup: looks nice

:tiphat: rep back

Thanks... eventually he'll figure something out that can be easily customized and mass produced. The look I'm going for will match the stock gauges and work with my white LED lighting :D

If making a mold does not work, I'll simply take the gauge face, drill out the amber parts, spray paint black, and glue the face on.

Sounds good Simota ... Thanks .. Please keep me updated on this .. I think ur gauges look much better without the silver and hope somebody could duplicate it for us ...

Wow .. I like how it says Fairlady on the right gauge face ... Very cool find SoCal ... Brings me back to the old school days when I swapped my stock Civic gauges for JDM Si Gauges ... haha

Made my first ones, but it is a little too glossy. Might need to change materials, also a pixel or two off in alignment. Will try to post pctures later.

update..... i talked to a local buddy of mine who makes stickers i had him scan the original spare and his gonna make 15.... and i will sell these to you guys :tup: i just wanna say i aint tryna rape you guys on profit.... im just tryna be a nice guy and get these out to everyone.... here is the breakdown.... he charged me $35 bucks for scanning charge fee.... and charging me $7 bucks for each sticker (15made)....

that totals to $140 if you divide 15 to that youll get $9... im going to sell these overlays to you guys for $12 shipped... i think thats pretty fair :tup: i gotta buy envelopes and stamps so each sticker should cost me a buck to ship out to the US.... so that leaves me with $2 bucks :happydance: if each overlay leaves me with $2 bucks i can get a mc double and a small drink and ill be more than a happy camper :bowrofl: im just tryna help the forum.... :tup: im not a vendor nor do i think that small of an overlay like this should cost more than that.... lol i mean come on... its just a sticker.... :tup: let me know what you guys think ;)

Great work Simota! Not trying to hog this thread, but just as an FYI you guys can reference my thread in regards to disassembly of the entire gauge cluster for modification here:
Nissan 370Z Forum - DIGItonium's Album: Gauge Cluster Modification

You will have to do this the first time in order to get the Fuel/Temp gauge bezel removed. Then you can reassemble the entire gauge cluster and reinstall it without the bezel. Once the bezel is modified (painted, sticker, etc.), you can simply pop it back in. :tup:

Nissan 370Z Forum - DIGItonium's Album: Gauge Cluster Modification

On a side note, I'm currently modifying the oil temp and batt volt cluster. The faces will be sent out to Black Cat Custom, so he will make the new gauge faces available for customization. The only drawback is that the entire dash needs to be removed to get to the cluster.

Simota, you should paint the bezel black!

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False. I'm from Texas. We are all ********.

OH MY GOD REP X 1 MILLION DUDE! Seriously, hats off to you, sir! :tiphat:

im scared to pull out my gauges.... :roflpuke2: i would paint it black though... itll look sweet...

thanks for starting the list :tup:


no prob man... :happydance:

Curious to see how he cuts them, but that seems like an outrageous scanning fee - are you sure he's a friend? :D

If he is doing a vinyl cutter, that will be nicer than mine (I don't have one yet), but I did add a color bar from green to yellow for water temp, and some color squares (green to red) for gas that show up in the daytime.

Hey is that the list for the black fuel guage overlay? :confused: