glow gauges

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jaschke
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glow gauges

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how difficult would putting different gauges in for my dash.... on a scale of 1 - 10
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if you mean gauge faces, they arent that hard. Just be carful not to break the needles off, like i did. Search the board and you will find a ton of topics about it, and there are lots of people on here that can help,and Jeffs site has an awesome how to: http://www.mazdamaniac.com/ Welcome to the board :D

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Re: glow gauges

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well thank you!
i read that site over .... i dont think i'd be able to do all that myself, unfortunately. with the part saying id be royally screwed if i break the needles....... yea that kinda discouraged me from doing it! :mad:
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eh, needles can be replaced. As long as youre careful and dont rush it, the needles will be fine. Its really not a hard instal either, i did it in under an hour, and most of that was taking the gauge cluster apart.
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Re: glow gauges

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the replacement gauges are a pain
the indiglos, slip over the stock gauges
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