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11-20-2008, 10:28 AM

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Look what I did

11-20-2008, 10:41 AM

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Did you "turn" the panel yourself?.... nice piece all the same.

11-20-2008, 10:59 AM

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no i didnt but thanks. some guy of ebay sold the plate as well as some custom gauge faces with them. Its funny because ive been battling with getting that stupid gauge to work for the past two weeks and I finaly figured out the problem. I had the positive wire tapped to the ignition wire that only controls start up. I found the right wire last night and voila! I was so happy over something so stupid lol

11-20-2008, 11:15 AM

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you mind showing us how you installed the autometer gauge in there... ive been debating getting aftermarket water temp and oil pressure gauges

11-20-2008, 11:28 AM

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One day you'll be driving as the sun is going down, and suddenly youll go blind and crash. Too shinny, or maybe youll just get distracted.

11-20-2008, 11:32 AM

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One day you'll be driving as the sun is going down, and suddenly youll go blind and crazy. Too shinny, or maybe youll just get distracted.

That's the purpose of machine turning. Breaks up the reflections so it doesn't do that.

11-20-2008, 11:35 AM

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i want to touch it, very nice

11-20-2008, 11:37 AM

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That's the purpose of machine turning. Breaks up the reflections so it doesn't do that.

its still really shinny

11-20-2008, 12:06 PM

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I need to drop the hot wire guage down to 12g or something in mine.....it never seems to read over 150 -
Full sweep to 250 - so something isn't quite right yet.
What gauge did you use? - as we have the same Autometer unit.