Changing the color of the gauges

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Tue Dec 03, 2002 6:24 pm

Does anyone know if there is an aftermarket gauge kit for the Vibe so I can get rid of the orange colored gauges? Pontiac has been using the orange gauges for about 20 years now and I am sick of it. It was cool for a while in the '80's, but now I think that it is just tacky. I wouldn't care that the radio still lit up orange, but the gauges have to go. With so many nice looking aftermarket gauges out there for other cars, I wonder if anyone is making them for the Vibe.

Vibe Rater · Post by **Vibe Rater** » Tue Dec 03, 2002 11:26 pm

It may be as simple as changing a bulb? Anybody?

Sub-Vibe-R · Post by **Sub-Vibe-R** » Tue Dec 03, 2002 11:28 pm

quote:It may be as simple as changing a bulb? Anybody?I'm not sure at 100% but I think bulbs are clear, the tint is directly in the board

Post by **NSimkins** » Tue Dec 03, 2002 11:36 pm

See this thread for more info. It's harder than you think:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=1346

Sub-Vibe-R · Post by **Sub-Vibe-R** » Tue Dec 03, 2002 11:45 pm

Oh my God. Changing solded LEDs....May be the best to get another colour is to wait an aftermarker part who remplace the entire gauge pod.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:01 pm

I agree. What a major pain that would be. I was assuming that since the Vibe and Matrix both suffer from the same orange gauges that what made them orange was just the backing of the gauge faces themselves. I would have never dreamed that they would have bothered to solder in the darn ugly orange LED's. I'm kinda surprised that they even used LED's for the gauges rather than just a bulb or two behind the faces. God, I hope that some company comes out with an alternative to these gauges. Since Toyota basicly makes these cars, why didn't they just use the nice white gauges like in the '03 Corolla?

Sub-Vibe-R · Post by **Sub-Vibe-R** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:36 pm

quote:why didn't they just use the nice white gauges like in the '03 Corolla?Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think '03 Corolla S has red gauges.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 9:34 am

Nope. My sister got her '03 Corolla S about 3 weeks before I got my Vibe. The Corolla's gauges (in all trim forms) are black with white illuminated readouts. She even commented on why, since so much of the Vibe's interior is taken from the Corolla, does the Vibe have the ugly orange gauges.

Changing the color of the gauges

Changing the color of the gauges

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