Finally fixed and changed my cluster.

[eb_5litre]

Gday, Just wanted to show a pic of my modified cluster. My odometer had stopped working so I pulled it down to replace the little nylon gear and thought why not muck around with the cluster dials.



I put it back in the car this morning and everything works fine, just gotta wait for night so I can see it with the lights on.
Now how do I go about putting white LEDs in it?

[xrtonv]

look madd mate howd u do it. is the wite orginal?? if not wat do u buy / need to change it?

[eb_5litre]

I downloaded the templates then changed the colours on the computer and printed them out on photo paper. Theres a tutorial around somewhere......

[xrtonv]

id really like to see that template thing i wana do mine
can u add the template to this page or the link where u got it from

[eb_5litre]

Templates

Credit for them goes to Mniven at FordMods.

[ROOSTA]

Wat program do you need to open a .psd file???

Cheers,
Nik

[Skooter]

Originally Posted by ROOSTA

Wat program do you need to open a .psd file???

Cheers,
Nik

.psd is photoshop I think

[yahoo189]

they are black not white though? And by the way what do you print it onto?

[DEVL-XR]

Question, how did you cut out the little square holes so neatly? What did you use to cut them out?

[sven]

looks nice mate. wouldnt bother with led's. just go to autobarn and get the colour globe you want. you need 4 for the whole cluster and then can change indicator and full beam light if you want. i'll see later when i get home if i can dig up pics.

[eb_5litre]

Originally Posted by ROOSTA

Wat program do you need to open a .psd file???

Cheers,
Nik

I used Jasc Software - Paint Shop Pro 9

[eb_5litre]

Originally Posted by yahoo189

they are black not white though? And by the way what do you print it onto?

Thats just a template, you use photo edit software (paintshop pro/photoshop etc) to replace the black with whatever colour/design you like eg. I drew 2 circles around the speedo and tacho and replaced black with white.

It printed on Kodak Gloss Photo Paper.

[eb_5litre]

Originally Posted by BradensEBxr6

Question, how did you cut out the little square holes so neatly? What did you use to cut them out?

A Stanley knife and a steady hand.

[eb_5litre]

Originally Posted by sven

looks nice mate. wouldnt bother with led's. just go to autobarn and get the colour globe you want. you need 4 for the whole cluster and then can change indicator and full beam light if you want. i'll see later when i get home if i can dig up pics.

So I can just get normal bulbs in white?

[eb_5litre]

[eb_5litre]

Heres a night shot, please excuse the 2 blown bulbs on the right.

[DEVL-XR]

Looks pretty good, I might have to have a proper go at doing it myself, its a lot cheaper than ebay!

[Mickus]

Originally Posted by BradensEBxr6

Looks pretty good, I might have to have a proper go at doing it myself, its a lot cheaper than ebay!

Print it off on the laser at tafe wilko! come up gold ;)

[yahoo189]

you are without a doubt (eb_5litre) THE WORLDS BIGGEST CHAMPION. THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH.

[JUZXR8]

how do you go with the indicator and high beam lights? do they shine through the paper properly? or did u just cut holes through them?

[eb_5litre]

Well I cut the blinker ones out but forgot the high beam. It doesnt show through the paper at all.

[DEVL-XR]

So you cut the indicator symbols out, so how does it still look black in the photos?

[eb_5litre]

Hmm... probably just a shadow. They are definately cut out and light up perfectly. I'll get a photo with the hazards on this arvo.

[MotherNatureVer2]

Looking good Jase :P

[eb_5litre]

Heres a shot with the blinkers on..... plus I put white light globes in.