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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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i've been seeing tc's with black-silverish tachometers
(like the silver tachometers that we all have) but instead they are kinda dark

does anyone know what i'm talking about? if you look at the instrument cluster on the scion.com website in the picture gallery area, you will know what i'm talking about
Old Nov 6, 2008 | 06:21 PM
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.. kinda dark...?

i have no idea what you're talking about... they changed the gaugefaces only slightly since the '08s for the redline and red area for the temp to look different... and also since the '08, the leds are now orange and not amber.

nothing else has changed.
Old Nov 6, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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they're the same....

05-07




08+

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minus the led-head-ized colors.. lol.
yay for picture comparison!

but yeah... gaugefaces.. like i mentioned.. just the redline area.
Old Nov 6, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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oh Yeah forgot to mention that!

Note: There is still a needle there in the 05-07 pic, it's sweeping.

Please dont PM me asking about wheres my needle or that looks so cool because it look like an EVO's dash board. lol
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my bad guys, i just saw pics of gauges that were darker and was curious about it

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it's called.. camera lighting..
Old Nov 6, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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yeah, it's just the lighting.

But you could paint it yourself easily
Old Nov 6, 2008 | 07:19 PM
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arghh...
again... my bad...
now i feel like an idiot

but it would be nice if scion changed their face plates to be like that pictured
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they do come like that pictured...
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and.... /thread
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could always give sean some work.... http://store.ledmod.com/index.php?ma...products_id=43
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or just drive in a dark area, don't drive during the daytime, or put on some dark sunglasses...

I need a facepalm pic, anyone wanna post one?
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here's one coming up:
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lol

i'm done...
you can lock it trung jf;laieuaoigshgasd
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