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My tach won't work now. I bought that indiglos from bnoon and I can't get the tach to move when I hit the gas. The speedo works from what I can tell, and the temp, and gas work as well. I don't know if this is just a size thing or it's not sitting right, because the overlay is a little warped, and tomorrow I will try some double sided tape, and see if that works, but I din't know if it will. I have a pre 98 car and I don't know if there is a differance with years, and gauges, but can someone help me? My dash is in pieces and I will have to put it back the old way if I can't get it to work tonight.

yo did u remember to take out the needle rest? and put it over the new overlays? and yeah ur gonna get tach stick...depending on your double sided tape it may or may not help.

i had to use superglue...and ever since it's been perfect

I got some stick when i put in my white face gauges. All i did was pulled the needle base out a little bit and it hasnt stuck since.

A great way to pull the need out gently is by prying it out with two spoons wedged under the base, that will give you the extra room to keep it from sticking.

Yeppers, youre sticking. Most likely need to tape it down. I taped mine down but my speedo still seems to stick around 80-85 miles an hour. Next time i get a couple of days off work I'm going to Krazy Glue mine down also.

But they still look sweet to me...

Okay, I have seen the indiglo face kits for a while now and I am dying to get a set...the instrument panel and the HVAC controls...how much per kit and do you get to choose colors? Someone throw me a link please! Any info will help!
I have the 1999 SVT...

u can check with brad noon to see if he still has any left or check ebay for the dash indiglos. the hvac's i believe were thru brad.

Last question on the Indiglos. Is there a walkthrough on how to do the HVAC? I have those to, but I wanted to get the Tach problem fixed first. Can anyone help me?

Take out your radio, pull off the dash trim very easily (this may vary depending on year) pull off heater knobs, one was a lot harder than the other two. Place HVAC indiglo on plug it in make sure it's working, replce knobs. and everything else. The knobs really hold it in place rather well.

i gotta install both soon too but its freezing now, even in the garage with a portable heater. i dont want to have the same "sticking" problem others have and i dont want to glue or tape anything down. i plan on keeping my car even if getting another one. so i'd like to be able to go back to stock. i gotta think of something clever to solve this problem before installing.