Aftermarket Gauge Clusters

[YoungGunSupra]

Hey all i have an 1987 Supra and i have pretty much everything STOCK. as you all know the stock cluster gauge is just black with a DULL green light behind it. i absolutely HATE IT...just wondering if anyone knows a place or can link me anywhere where they have different gauge clusters for the supra. i love the black and white that alot of new cars have. or even the blue neon. please help!

and yes i have read about just changing the lights in the back to LED lights...but quite frankly im not handy at all and i wouldnt even know where to start.

-John

 

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

You can customize it with different backface & blue LED bulbs with red LED needles or even aftermarket clusters like Stack Inc.

 

[RiyadYar]

this might help you on where to start. its not hard to just change the bulbs . http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76463&highlight=interior+lights

 

[YoungGunSupra]

yess riydar i was browsing the articles and i saw that! i am horrible with anything to do with electronics and as soon as i saw soldering i was like oh no -_- i was thinking ill probably remove the cluster and see what i have to work with. or ill tak ethe instructions form the article to some lighting place and have em do it for 50 bucks.. Lol

Thanks!

 

[Fubar231]

You're lucky man, least you didnt get some gay indiglo gauge overlays like mine had... Now they dont even LIGHT UP! There white/reverse blue and they dont work anymore so now i cant see how fast im goin at night! Be happy you got lighting gauges!

 

[Koenigturbo]

Speed hut, great gauges, great price, great, service, they sell an entire gauge pack for our cars. You can even customize the fonts or lighting if you want. almost any light, font, color you want.

 

[RiyadYar]

their really isnt any soldering iirc t o just change the blacklight of the cluster

 

[Neodeuccio]

Speed hut, great gauges, great price, great, service, they sell an entire gauge pack for our cars. You can even customize the fonts or lighting if you want. almost any light, font, color you want.

A question on these. They all seem to have the indiglo blue backlight at night. Do you know if it's possible to use these gauge faces, but keep the stock bulb setup for at night? I'd like to updated the look a bit myself, but I really hate that indiglo blue... Can I just install the faces, and I use my own colored bulbs with them?

 

[Koenigturbo]

A question on these. They all seem to have the indiglo blue backlight at night. Do you know if it's possible to use these gauge faces, but keep the stock bulb setup for at night? I'd like to updated the look a bit myself, but I really hate that indiglo blue... Can I just install the faces, and I use my own colored bulbs with them?

Sorry I don't have an accurate answer for you, I don't know, I guess call Speed hut up. I really don't think it's possible

 

[Poodles]

No, the faces cover the old faces and won't allow light through.

 

[RazoE]

I used to have those indiglo gauges in my 89. Looked good to be honest. I didnt' have them hooked up for a week or two, couldn't see shit. Afterward, I tapped the cig lighter and I was rolling in indiglo city..

It got old though, decided to use blue LEDs instead, liked them so much, put them on my 86.5 as well..


1989

86.5

I'm going to go with green LED's in my 92, as I want to keep it as original looking as possible...

 

[Neodeuccio]

Is this just the stock setup with blue leds?

 

[RazoE]

yup, they don't look too bright in those pics because light's hitting it head-on. Here's a pic of them in the dark..

 

[Neodeuccio]

Hell, that looks good. I'll just do that!

 

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

you can make the needles red!

Cut away the clear plastic under the needle scrape off the orange paint on the under side of the needles then apply red paint to replace the orange. Apply 1 red led under the needle and paint the clear plastic only around the red led so it doesnt go in the rest of the gauge face.

 

[figgie]

aftermarket

well you could always do a dakotadigital dash. Just need to adapt it for the poopra (MKIII or MKIV).


http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/sho...upra-tt-mac-mini-custom-dash-custom-boot.html (some blimey down under).

that is what the dakota digital dash looks in the MKIV.

AiM
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q56/upgradedsupra/CustomDash001.jpg (this is Upgradedsupra's)

MoTec SDL (ADl2 and ADL3 look the same but the underneath is what hikes the price up considerably).
http://ij.supramania.com/sdl04.jpg (this is IJ.)

RCL
http://www.rlcracing.com/pro-series-x.htm


Racepaq

Bosch

So many ways to skin this cat.

 

[Stretch]

Wow, that mk4 looks like a space ship inside, and that's not an exaggeration at all! I prefer the mk3 digital cluster. Someone should make it lhd. Oh wait, I am .
eric

 

[KicknAsphlt]

You're lucky man, least you didnt get some gay indiglo gauge overlays like mine had... Now they dont even LIGHT UP! There white/reverse blue and they dont work anymore so now i cant see how fast im goin at night! Be happy you got lighting gauges!

How did you splice in the wires for the overlay? I had the same problem with those type of gauges on my truck about 9-10 months ago -- turns out my T-tap splices worked loose and the connection was iffy. I went back and used uninsuluated butt-splices and covered with heatshrink and it's worked like a champ since. This was back in May that I fixed it, too.

 

[Fubar231]

How did you splice in the wires for the overlay? I had the same problem with those type of gauges on my truck about 9-10 months ago -- turns out my T-tap splices worked loose and the connection was iffy. I went back and used uninsuluated butt-splices and covered with heatshrink and it's worked like a champ since. This was back in May that I fixed it, too.

They came with the car. I don't like them personally.

 

[Supra469]

I'm really like how that looks!