I made White Gauges

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:24 pm

I Love White Gauge Overlays. I have a thing for them, what can I say. Heck I've got a site dedicated to making Heater Panel Overlays http://www.alloverlays.comSo I decided to test my hand at these. Before purchasing the gauges to make the overlay I was a little concerned the tinted plastic would be too dark. I still have my doubts, but I won't know until they are installed in the car.Here's what I started with. Happy Birthday GenVibe :DThe gauges I bought are in Really good condition, next to no dust at all. That made it easy to scan in.Applied heavy amounts of Photoshop, Printing and cutting skills and here's the final product. Some of the edges are a bit wonkie, but the copy won't be installed in my car. I'll play around with it a bit more. Here's a picture of the overlay I had in my last car.Enjoy, and have a Good Friday everyone -Jeremy

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:26 pm

how does it look at night?

Vibr8tr · Post by **Vibr8tr** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:16 pm

So how did you do it? That is the big question. They look good though, I like your old car with the palm trees, lol.... very pimp.Also, how easy is it to see the dummy lights coming through, like the blinkers and highbeam and all that?

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:50 pm

can you take some pic's of it at night.

GrayFox · Post by **GrayFox** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:17 pm

we demand mo' pictures!!! nice work!

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:24 pm

Quote, originally posted by ANO_Vibe Â»we demand mo' pictures!!! nice work! X2!

millster · Post by **millster** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:49 pm

Woah! Very nice!I'll go along with the rest and say "Can't wait to see more".

nuvibe · Post by **nuvibe** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:34 am

Are you planning to make some to sell and If you are I'm really interested In buying a set .....nuvibe

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:42 am

If they are compatible with the Trix which I think they may be, Ill def. take a set. Would you be able to have the Matrix name in its font put in silver or black on them too. I got a slick idea to make it light up from behind witha nice red led and some opaque covering.

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:31 am

Looks cool! How well will the indicator lights shine through those?

silvrhawk7 · Post by **silvrhawk7** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:16 am

I would be interested in this as well, However can you do the old school red glow??

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:16 am

Thanks for the support everyone.The indicator lights should shine just fine though the overlay because of the material it's made of. Hopefully there will be night pictures up this weekend. I might sell these on Alloverlays.com but that depends on how well they work. If I do, they will fit the 05-07 Vibes and Matrix Base, AWD, and XR models. silvrhawk7 : I'm still working on Color Combinations.

Mrizzle05 · Post by **Mrizzle05** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:09 am

props to you man... those came out nice.I think they look a lil plain just white... but your other ones looked good. and having a small decal or design per certian requests would be sweet too.GL.

Vibr8tr · Post by **Vibr8tr** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:12 am

What material do you use?

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:08 am

Is it just me or would the Yo! dummy lights just be a lit bulb, Unless you incorporated the outlines on to the new overlay? The manuf outlines are not blacked out, as yours are blacked "whited" out. I guess I will wait like the rest and see the nighttime photos.It is a very good start

kevera · Post by **kevera** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:14 am

If the white material is opaque enough you should be able to see through it.But Yeah,some night shots would clear this up.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:16 am

Looking nice. I can't wait to see the final product.

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:16 am

thats pretty slick, wish i could do a white face guage for my sunfire, but i'd hate to take my cluster apart and f*%k it all up lol, i know someone who does that professionally, installs led's instead of the lightbulbs..amazing work

4azdmunky · Post by **4azdmunky** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:33 pm

NICE, good job! and thanks for having the sack to take your dash apart and show that this can be done.Regardless if you're into them or not, props for just doing it!Please keep us posted of this option and when/if we will be able to purchase these.Oh,..and night pics please

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:07 pm

yea what is the material you used to accomplise this? very sweet job man!

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:13 pm

As promised Night PicturesHere it is with the Flash on Got a few angles with the flash off. I was up late last night putting these together so I didn't have time to put adhesive all the way around the gauges. That's why a few places look a bit fuzzy. Future versions will have the "RPM"Â in red. Mrizzle05, The next set will have some more graphics. I like plain and simple stuff but this might be too little even for me. Custom graphics will absolutely be available.Vibr8tr, sorry trade secret. Keithvibe, The overlay is made to go over the stock paneling. As seen in the pictures the dummy lights light up they shine though the stock shape.Please let me know what you think. -Jeremy

Mrizzle05 · Post by **Mrizzle05** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:20 pm

they look good... why in the night shots at an angle they look blurred out or something.. is that just cuz the overlay? they look great just asking thoughi like them... may have to pick up a set if you start making more... DIBS on first set... haha

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:40 pm

wow. why didn't you do this when i had my vibe GT?? LOL

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:09 pm

Part of the Blurriness is my camera. It's a simple point and shoot and doesn't do very well at night. The other part is the White areas of the Gauge cluster are showing around the Red part of the overlay. At he top of the speedo the overlay is slighly lifted off the cluster. It looks better in person The plan this weekend is to install a new set of overlays with the proper amount of adhesive. If that goes well I'll take real pictures, day and night. And post them up. Don't worry Mrizzle your first in line.Sorry ALKGT, maybe I can work on your Subaru next

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:29 pm

I see how ya did it now.. i though you were replacing the entire guage overlay.. I see now that all you did was ad another layer... Now all ya need to do is get it to light up at night. I used to have a 94 cavalier that had color changing face guages... I could choose what color it would glow at night... red,blue,purple ect....

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:18 am

Like I said, I would def. get a set. I would want it to look the same at night as stock does but I like the daytime white.Could you make one so the kmph are covered up and on the portion above the speed needle there have the Matrix name in its font like the cars emblem, that way I could have it shine red!

JoeKat · Post by **JoeKat** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:56 am

I love it. You did real well. I'd like to say I'm in, but I just don't see myself tearing my dash apart.

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:34 am

what you can do joe if you really want it done..is find a junkyard with a vibe..same year as yours or whatever..and take the cluster out of it..so you have that as the one to do the white gauges..if it works out..then great..if it doesnt..then you dont ruin your original cluster

nuvibe · Post by **nuvibe** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:02 am

Mike, Just for cutting in line your going to the end of the line. I asked first so I should get mine first,LOL Naw just joking.....nuvibe

nuvibe · Post by **nuvibe** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:06 am

Jeremy, did you mention how much your asking for the Overlay's? If not how much?....nuvibe

feelin'thevibe · Post by **feelin'thevibe** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:24 pm

Why won't this work for the 03-04's? I really like this and would def. be interested in a set.

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:08 am

Quote, originally posted by JoeKat Â»I love it. You did real well. I'd like to say I'm in, but I just don't see myself tearing my dash apart. The Vibe gauges are surprisingly easy to take out. Just pull the rings off, remove 1 Phillips head screw (top), push on the two metal clips (bottom), pull the gauge cluster out, and disconnect the cable cluster(s). Then taking the protective plastic off gauges is quite easy too. IÃ¢Â€Â™ll have a installation guide with pictures. Quote, originally posted by nuvibe Â»Jeremy, did you mention how much your asking for the Overlay's? If not how much?....nuvibePrice is still in the works, but it looks like they will be less than $50. Quote, originally posted by feelinÃ¢Â€Â™thevibe Â»Why won't this work for the 03-04's? I really like this and would def. be interested in a set. The 03-04 Gauges have a different pattern. As soon as everything is complete for the 05-07 gauges, the 03-04 Base/AWD/XR gauges won't be far behind.

nuvibe · Post by **nuvibe** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:42 pm

Keep us posted and I'll be waitng. By the way is there choice in overlay colors or is there a limited choices?....nuvibe

feelin'thevibe · Post by **feelin'thevibe** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:58 pm

Let me know when you have the 03-04 set ready, if its under $50.00 consider one sold!

Kari · Post by **Kari** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:12 pm

Quote, originally posted by RedFire2K Â»what you can do joe if you really want it done..is find a junkyard with a vibe..same year as yours or whatever..and take the cluster out of it..so you have that as the one to do the white gauges..if it works out..then great..if it doesnt..then you dont ruin your original clusterUnfortunately it's not that easy....the odometer information is stored in the cluster and very difficult to change.

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:13 pm

Kari he means using the junker guage as the one you take apart and mess with.

SeattleJeremy · Post by **SeattleJeremy** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:56 pm

Update on this Project. I've had a set of overlays in my Vibe for about 3 weeks, and I need the community's help. The "smoked" plastic makes the White portions of the overlay impossible to see when it's not in direct sunlight (or camera flash). I've been kicking around a few ways to fix this, but have not found one I like or know how to implement. 1. Remove the smoke plastic cover. (not ideal but will work) 2. Have a new clear plastic cover made, using Vacuum molding? (expensive and time consuming)3. Cut out the middle of the stock smoke plastic and insertglue curved clear plastic in it's place. (time consuming, and would need tools for this)Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Fri May 25, 2007 8:34 pm

other sites load nice and fast for me today, but the site you have the pictures loaded on is terrible slow, took over ten minutes to load this one image, so I uploaded it here.Are the hard to see white portions the parts that actually light up, or are they the general background face of the gauge? Do you have any non-flash pictures of the gauges in use, perhaps with and without the smoked plastic cover? Maybe upload them to genvibe? I don't know which of those options i would do. Another would be to add some sort of general backlighting to the light up the entire face. Not sure that is any better than the three you posted.

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Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:19 pm

I'm totally in line for this. Those look awesome!!!

Raivis · Post by **Raivis** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:46 pm

if a gt set ever get made im first for those. i have been thinking about tinkering with my gauges to turn them white.i would have to agree with "joatmon" on maybe lighting up the entire face leds are cheap. i know somewhere you can get 20 with resistors for like $7 shipped

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:28 am

What about using electroluminescent sheeting, lots of places use that to illuminate guage clusters. Ive seen a couple diy's on using that for clusters.http://www.luminousfilm.com

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:14 pm

I like'em.... waiting for final results...BTW you went from a WRX to a Vibe eh.... why may i ask?

Grimoire · Post by **Grimoire** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:02 pm

Still doing this for the 03 vibe? And did you decide on a price?

Rain53 · Post by **Rain53** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:40 pm

I want to ask, how arrows are removed from devices?At me it is impossible to make it.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:29 am

Quote, originally posted by Rain53 Â»I want to ask, how arrows are removed from devices?At me it is impossible to make it.welcome!which arrows are you referring to? the needles that point to numbers and move? or the blinker arrows? the needles should just pull off....

Rain53 · Post by **Rain53** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:07 pm

I referring of an arrow which move. I tried them to take off, put decent effort, but have not taken off.

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zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:23 am

Found a gauge on E-bay if someone wanted a template to work from..http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...wItem

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:09 pm

i think the easiest way to do it rain is use a fork..or 2 butter knifes or something along those lines..and push up on both sides..i knew a guy that used to do this same thing but changed the bulbs inside the cluster to LEDs and whatever color you wantedi'd like to change the lights inside to LEDs..if they arent already and to change them to blue since it looks awesome and will match my car nicely

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