fztcar

Hey. I got a template for the 2004-2006 xB Gauge cluster. I thought I would try to make some custom faces. I am just learning to work with photoshop, so they are kind of generic and might not be the best out there. However, I would like to try to make some for my fellow xbers who dont want to spend $25 to change the face, or for people who like to change it up weekly. If you have an idea for a custom face, please PM me with details. I mean good details. If you have a specific picture you want to use send it to me, give me what colors you want everything to be, basically you design it and ill make it. Im not very creative sometimes, so if i have to improvise details, you might not like it.

Give me a couple days to make your request. After its complete, I will send you the jpeg of the file and you can print it out from your home computer, or take it to kinkos for high quality, whatever you want to do with it. If you like the design, i would ask for a donation paid to my paypal account. No set price, no payment required. If you love it, hate it, whatever, Paypal me $20, $10, $2, or nothing, its all up to you. I just wanna work on something when im bored. The only thing i ask is that you do not repeatedly send me emails asking if its done or when its gonna be done. Im not making you pay for it, so be patient.


Im not trying to scam anybody, please dont think that. Like I said, nobody has to pay anything if they really dont want to. Just trying to fill my free time. Heres a couple that I made real fast tonight. Oh, and dont be mean, constructive critisism is welcome though. Thanks for reading the wall o' text. Hope to get some PM's soon.

snowromance

how do they look installed and how well does the light show through them at night?

fztcar

i havent tried them out yet. I just finished the template last night and have just been working on making some. i will have it apart next weekend when i install my led ring. so i will take a couple with me and let you know after I try it. thanks for your interest.

fztcar

Couple more.





*favorite so far*

snowromance

i would definitely be interested. just would like to see the finished product installed at night to see how well they illuminate.

daneisthegreatest

iTrader: (1)

how well they illuminate all depends on the material you print them on...if you use photo paper, you might not be happy with it...

you want to use this kind of plastic called Mylar...it transmits light really nicely...thats what we use in the theatre business to make our movie signs out of...

i would think kinko's and other copy stores should have this...should be able to get it off ebay...but that is what you will want to use...

snowromance

yea i just dont see a dark color one of these lighting up very well at all.

Metro273

I really like the Chicago Bears and the Famous Stars and Straps faces...

fztcar

thanks all for your kind words so far. like i said before, i wont have my display apart until probably next weekend when i install an L.E.D. ring. i will have a couple of these printed out to take with me and ill take pictures and let you all know how it looks. unless somebody gets to it before me. thanks.

bB2NER

I'd like one like this but with silver/gray instead of blue?
http://item.express.ebay.com/_W0QQit...mdZExpressItem

daneisthegreatest

iTrader: (1)

if a dark one is printed on that material i was talking about it will show up well...i have one thats indigo blue and it shows up well

fztcar

hmm something like this?

bB2NER

OH YEAHz, I like that but would be concerned about the amount of light that could pass through it at night?
Is it possible to put a matte finish on it instead of the gloss that came on 2 others that I have already? More like the stock one.
That looks like a fun program to mess with.

fztcar

hmm i think the gloss comes from the paper that its printed on. the best i could do is change the color of the black and try to make it a lighter black. maybe that would help? idk

bB2NER

I may put a piece of matte laminate over it to get rid of the shine later.

fztcar

that will probably work.

heres a couple new ones. then im taking a break to watch basketball.

Sciond

the cars one is cool

hip_2b_sqr

Maybe try printing them on a sheet on matt finished mylar (drafting product). Might have to buy a small roll and cut your own sheets. Light would pass through the image pretty good on the lighter ones.

__TOASTERBOY__

I knew the cars DJ box resembled an xB

fztcar

what do the professionals print theirs on? anybody bought a custom face?