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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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dude what car are you looking at its no damn way in the world to do that man.... i must be missing something
Old Aug 13, 2007 | 10:41 PM
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Yeah man. No way physically possible to change the bulbs without pulling the cluster, unless your hands can pass through a solid surface. It takes like 5 minutes anyways.
Old Aug 14, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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thanks.. no one answers my question. is it a bit forgiving for space or not?>
Old Aug 14, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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no bro.. you have to go with standard 194 bulbs those hour bulbs are used for signals and other 194 not clusters.
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 02:43 AM
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Face plates

Well..............if i must remove the whole instrument cluster .

I want to get those blue face plates that cover the speedometer and tach.

Do you know who sells them? And where I can get a new plastic cover for the front?
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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you can have them on ebay.... i had the white face ones a while ago...

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it seriously 10 min of work if that hard to you lol... stop now.. just being honest
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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When you take out the cluster you don't have to crack it open. Its gonna be a completely different issue altogether to change out the faces.
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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When you take out the cluster you don't have to crack it open. Its gonna be a completely different issue altogether to change out the faces.

that's not complicated either.. when i did my LED install, i went ahead and took off the clear plastic cover, and cleaned it.. the hardest part of doing those overlay gauges is lining up all the dashes perfectly without messing up the needles
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 10:14 PM
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yeaup you have to pull on them very very softly... i have done it several of times
Old Aug 16, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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biggamehit i have 194 bulbs they are the same exept a bit longer so this is where my questions lies with "forgiving room"
Old Aug 16, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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i would not know bro.. you have to plug em in and see if they fit.. i have only delt with standard side 194's
Old Aug 16, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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If I had to guess I would say the longer bulbs would not illuminate the gauges as well because the light has less room to spread out.
Old Aug 17, 2007 | 04:59 AM
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well they are 360deg so that should not be an isssue. give it a try bro ho
Old Aug 19, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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probly rip it apart tomroow and giver a try
Old Aug 21, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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this is dope. i will definitely do this some time soon. good write up



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