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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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anybody interested in a cheap, fast, and tool-free way to change the color of ur HUD? well if u have ever worked on a stage u should have thought of this long ago. its called a light gel and i can get all differant colors and i can make any pattern u want. they look great and u cant tell its not stock. if yall wanna help support a broke enthusiast i can get the stuff and make em for yall perty cheap. anybody interested? hope so cuz i want to buy car stuff already !!!
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 01:21 PM
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all you do is cut out a piece to the correct size and slide it in place. it looks great and u can get any color u can think of. id tell u all where to get the light gel but i dont have any clue where to get it. my gf is going to see if she can order samples of the gels if anybody is interested.
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 02:00 PM
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some s13 coupes had the digital cluster and a HUD
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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yeah, my digital speedometer is on the HUD, other than that i have analog gauges.
Old Nov 1, 2005 | 07:50 PM
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of course we get HUD in the s13 coupe so with that settled...anybody interested???
Old Nov 10, 2005 | 06:57 PM
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Originally posted by Abdukted
of course we get HUD in the s13 coupe so with that settled...anybody interested???
SETTLED!? nah man not until i have my wor di tit too..I have a digitial dash in my 91 coupe and it projects to the windshield. and it's a US market nissan. ok, now that's settled, tell me homie, just where exactly can i find that light gell? i want a cool blue image.
Old Nov 11, 2005 | 03:46 AM
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SETTLED!? nah man not until i have my wor di tit too..I have a digitial dash in my 91 coupe and it projects to the windshield. and it's a US market nissan.
yeah...thats exactly what Abdukted was talking about, HUD in an s13...lay off the rock
Old Nov 15, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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yeah...thats exactly what Abdukted was talking about, HUD in an s13...lay off the rock
Old Nov 15, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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yes i too have HUD in my 91 US coupe, so whats up with the color change, i'ed like red
Old Nov 16, 2005 | 01:46 AM
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This is what I did to change the display color of my clock in my old CRX:

- Go to the hobby store and buy the transparent color brush on model paint of your choice. The paint I used is a company called Tamiya.

- Find a flat, hard plastic package off of something you bought out of a store, and cut a section to fit into the HUD display.

- Take your paint and paint one side of the plastic piece you cut. The more layers between fully drying, the darker and richer the color.

- Let FULLY dry

- Slap it ontop if the hud display, facing the dry, unpainted side of the plastic directly against the display.

Old Nov 17, 2005 | 09:08 AM
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great idea! but i was way ahead of ya...i bought some candy purple, candy read, candy blue fascolor at my local r/c hobby shop. sprayed each color on some pieces of lexan sheets i had when i used to r/c. now, i got some really nasty and some cool color options to shoose from.
o, and yea, i wasn't high when i was talking about the HUD....i was just saying that UNTIL 'I' had a word about the HUD, THEN it would be settled. but it doesnt matter now. i was just shocked that some ppl never seen a HUD in the US before. but like i said, i dont care nomore.
Old Nov 17, 2005 | 12:31 PM
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So just curious, has anyone found this light gel colored sheeting that was meantioned? Where abouts would you find some?
Old Oct 29, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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anybody thats into the theatre can find it i had an ex grab some samples from her supplier just find a community theatre and ask where they get their light gels
Old Oct 29, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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my hud is broken, as well as my digital speed-o
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