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hotdimmes

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Do you think they are tacky? I want to be able to quickly look and see information in a way that only a digital gauge can provide. I can't help but think though that it would look very lame and dated looking, having a pillar of digital displays, that is.

Discuss.

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I dunno. Can you get white? That is if you have white gauges. How about if the numbers/letters are in blue?
 
todras said:
I dunno. Can you get white? That is if you have white gauges. How about if the numbers/letters are in blue?
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Eh...no white gauges...already did red LED interior conversion...although I think I've got a pretty good solution. I'm gonna work on it a bit then unveil to the masses :laugh:
 
I have some red LED digital temperature gauges (older Cyberdynes) in another of my cars, and they are a bit difficult to read in bright sunlight. Something to consider...

Maybe some blue Dakota Digital gauges?

Tho I appreciate the accuracy of the old Cyberdyne digital units, I'm more of a full sweep man these days. Here's the 3-gauge pod in my CSVT with ProSport gauges. White during the day, Green at night.

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gmorrell said:
I have some red LED digital temperature gauges (older Cyberdynes) in another of my cars, and they are a bit difficult to read in bright sunlight. Something to consider...

Maybe some blue Dakota Digital gauges?

Gary M.
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well...I already bought the sender units to play around with for these nordskog gauges...buttt maybe I can swing some blue gauges and then I won't have to swap the blue smd LED's on my head unit...hmmmm
 
hotdimmes said:
well...I already bought the sender units to play around with for these nordskog gauges...buttt maybe I can swing some blue gauges and then I won't have to swap the blue smd LED's on my head unit...hmmmm
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Cyberdyne is now Nordskog, isn't it? Perhaps the owner didn't like the association with Cyberdyne Systems in the Terminator movies? :shrug:

Doesn't Nordskog have Blue LED or vacuum fluorescent gauges as well as Red LED? The Dakota Digital Blue gauges are vacuum fluorescent.

Gary M.
 
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gmorrell said:
Cyberdyne is now Nordskog, isn't it? Perhaps the owner didn't like the association with Cyberdyne Systems in the Terminator movies? :shrug:

Doesn't Nordskog have Blue LED or vacuum fluorescent gauges as well as Red LED? The Dakota Digital Blue gauges are vacuum fluorescent.

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hmm not sure, but I definitely think terminator when I see cyberdyne gauges! Nordskog just offers red/green/amber/blue. I don't think it's that VFD light blue.
 
I like them, but I don't think they'd fit with the style of the car, since the gauge cluster is all analog gauges. If our cars came with a digital speedo in them, then I think it would match better. Stick with a digital voltmeter and analog for the rest maybe?
 
I had two nordskog digital gauge in my old a long time ago. i got green ones to match the factory dash. one was volts, and the other was a tach. I believe i sold them to Ray a long time ago, not sure if he still has them.

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