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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 02:42 AM
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x2. the aluminum is hot.
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 02:54 AM
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I dig the center tach, reminds me of the wrx I almost bought the other day Gauge face color.... just not me... But that can be changed. Congrats man, job well done! Very cool mod!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:04 AM
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Oh course..
Colors can be changes..
It's just first design that it was made....

Since it's total custom, you can design it pretty much anyway you like..
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:22 AM
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clean! i would get a set if i had a manual
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:42 AM
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COOL!!! I've always wondered why tc has speedometer in the center and tach on the right side. If there is another color, I'm all over it!!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:50 AM
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if the tach is in the middle, wont it be giving you false info? because that normally is the MPH? overall nice though...
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:02 AM
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will be watching and if you go into production like you are on the celica i will have to hit you up with some designs...Keep up the good work
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by riboflavin
COOL!!! I've always wondered why tc has speedometer in the center and tach on the right side. If there is another color, I'm all over it!!
I can custom make them anyway you like...
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if the tach is in the middle, wont it be giving you false info? because that normally is the MPH? overall nice though...
They are tested and it's accurate....
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:12 AM
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One more question, is it plug n play or do I have to let the expert to install it? cause I don't know anything about gauges.
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by O5_TRD_tC
clean! i would get a set if i had a manual
Same here!

Nice product and mod! I hope you make lots of $$$$$$!!!!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 2_much_tc
if the tach is in the middle, wont it be giving you false info? because that normally is the MPH? overall nice though...
and to add.... yeah.. it's rewired if you didn't know.

the motors for both the tach and the speedo are the same and thus share the same properties and overall travel.

the signals that are sent to each motor have just been rerouted to the other and vice versa... thus providing the center motor to move with RPM.. and vice versa.

the only thing that had been preventing anyone from fully completing the mod was producing gaugefaces.

after talking to dooly, whom i have known to make high quality gaugefaces for the celi before... i was going to ask him about the center tach for the tc... but i guess i shouldn't have been surprised.... he had already done the rewiring and was already in progress..

i could've done or tried to make some custom gaugefaces myself, but out of respect to dooly already working on it, and the fact i know his stuff is high quality, i waited patiently for him to finish to reveal it

and thus.. it has!!!!! yay!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Jehoo
Originally Posted by O5_TRD_tC
clean! i would get a set if i had a manual
Same here!

Nice product and mod! I hope you make lots of $$$$$$!!!!
U copied what I said!....lol..the "I hope you make lots of money"
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 08:21 AM
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is it really that easy? just switch the signals going into each motor? i'm majoring in EE so i have some basic experience in wiring, so im wondering if its something i can do.

so...are different guage faces going to be available?
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 01:15 PM
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I'm most definitely interested - but I'd like to see some other peoples ideas (besides the red) to get some ideas for my own. Anybody got ideas they can photoshop?
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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I want! I want! I want!!! Just not in red!! like everyone else said aluminum is sexy or maybe black. Is there a how to for the wiring. How much for the faces? I think you got a following here.
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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I made these mock ups real fast. I'm at work and a bit rushed, so they're a bit sloppy, but I think we all get the idea... I'm rather fond of the two tone idea.. and all around, I prefer smaller text:


brushed


black(ish)


2tone
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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black(ish) is sexy as hell!!
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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watching
Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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SORRY 56kers

I decided i wasn't happy enough with those... so I added a bit of a red stroke to the two tone as well as sharpened and italicized the font and made the "font-size-gradient" more apparent on the speedometer and tach (as in, the font gets bigger as the numbers get higher)... gives it all a faster, cleaner appearance I think. Since the black one seems liked, it did it there also. Can the two tone sort of thing be done dooly (if I cleaned it up and gave you higher res sort of mocks)?


Old Apr 27, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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Nice!



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