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Old 10-29-2017, 06:41 PM
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Added a few coats of bed liner to the mirrors. All plastics with the exception of the antenna base now have a few coats.
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Moved my switches from the center console to the overhead console.

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As previously mentioned: Sah-weet!

Do they do anything yet?

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Originally Posted by OhioLariat
As previously mentioned: Sah-weet!

Do they do anything yet?

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Yeah, the first one on the left runs my driving lights behind the grill. Waiting on money from a couple football tournaments I've officiated to get the other two running.
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Just waiting on a couple more pieces and the gauges will be 100%. I don't like the route I took for the power cables so I'll be taking a new path for those. I think it cleaned up well.
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They look really good! Are you planning to clock them so the needles are vertical when at the proper operating value?
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Originally Posted by OhioLariat
They look really good! Are you planning to clock them so the needles are vertical when at the proper operating value?
I was reading that their Elite series would do that. But, I haven't seen that these will.
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Can't you just spin them to the position you want? That's what we did with some old mechanical Stewart Warners "back in the day." Sure, the text is skewed, but you can see if things are "right" with a glance. (When I replaced the needles on my Mustang's gauge face, I made it so everything sets on or about the "M" in "NORMAL" for the same reason.)

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Not that I've noticed. They're sealed tight with the connection for the harness and posts for the mount. There is a button on the face but that's for gauge color selection.
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Not that I've noticed. They're sealed tight with the connection for the harness and posts for the mount. There is a button on the face but that's for gauge color selection.
I must be missing something. Can't you just spin the whole gauge in the pod opening? I'm expecting the mounting holes are just that... simply 2-1/6" holes which would allow you to turn the gauge to end up in whatever position you want. Did the gauges and pod come as a "set," and the pod assembly have integrated mounting points?

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