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Reverse Indiglo on my '03 ES Installed!!

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Old Jul 9, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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you want to use the three wires going to your dimmer switch. There is a yellow and green striped one , yellow and black striped and a solid black one. Splice in to the green, this is your power source. This should be spliced to the red wire on the Indiglo guage face. The black wire from the guage face should be attaced to any grounded (metal ) point of the car.

If you have any questions pm me....
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Old Jul 9, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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cautiontext those gauges are hottish.

i might have to get me some...but i lost the little needle that holds the RPM gauge at ZERO...and it doesnt work...and my fuel needle is always at F(the light ocmes on about 1/2 way to the 3/4 full line lol) and my engine temp needle is way off...'cold' is half way up,and 'regular' its at the red line lol...and my speedo gauge sticks..

so i dunno if i can just fix it...or if i have to get new gauges..cuz if i do ill prolly get an OZ cluster...unless i find a junkyard with an ES cluster, get that and get those gauge covers..its HOTT...than ill paint my needles blue haha
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Old Jul 9, 2004 | 08:46 PM
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Thanks man... Ebays got both but for some reason I dont trust em yet.... I just dont want to get ripped off lol
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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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Hey if you can get some pictures of the wiring that would help everyone alot Thx man. Maybe some steps on u did it. Cause im a dumby when it comes to messing with wires and stuff i dont wanna mess anything up
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 01:42 AM
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wow! i just installed mine..took me a minute, but im finally done! they look good. i already had someone lookin' ***bad news*** my gas gauge came flying off when i was taking the stock black gauge off and now my gas gauge is F*U*K*E*D up!!!! im so pissed...is there anyhting i can do to fix it? its saying my gas gauge is beyond full..but i know im on a half tank..help! if there is any.. - ian
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 08:25 AM
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Damn this is exactly what i dont want to happen please guys take pictures for the dummy like me
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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I received and installed mine tonight. They look very nice. I plan on only driving my car at night now. I don't have my camera with me so I'll make this as detailed as possible. Installation is extremely easy. Just take your time and be careful if you've never done anything like this before.

I'll go in steps to make it easier.

What you'll need(at least it's what I needed):
10mm socket wrench, Phillips screwdriver, wire strippers and electrical tape

1. Disconnect the negative on your battery.
2. Remove the two screws on the underside of the dash above the gauges. This will release the black plastic trim piece.
3. Remove the three screws holding the gauge cluster in.
4. Pull the cluster out. It's kind of a pain to remove if you don't have it positioned right. Just keep turning it until it comes out. Don't yank it either.
5. Once you have it pulled out, you'll see there's two(2) bundles of wire attached the gauge cluster. One white and one blue. Carefully disconnect.
6. Now you have the gauge cluster completely removed. The clear cover is removed by simply releasing a few tabs.
7. Same thing goes for the black piece. Just a few tabs.
8. Now you've got the bare gauges and needle staring you in the face. According to the instructions, they want you to just lay over the indiglo gauges without removing any needles. I found this to be impossible. There's just no way you can maneuver the indiglo gauges into place without breaking something. Which means you're going to have to remove at least two needles. Maybe one needle if you're a magician. I'm not so I took off the RPM & temperature needles. I can't stress enough how careful you have to be in doing this. The needles are very brittle. There's already been a couple of you that have lost or broken something. You break, you buy.
9. Carefully maneuver the indiglo gauges into place over the stock gauges. When I layed mine on top, the edges were lifting up and not laying flat against the old gauges. I kept thinking WTF, you stupid piece of junk, do I have to tape you down? The answer was no, the black piece you took off after the clear piece will press it down nicely.
10. Put any needles you removed back on carefully.
11. You can now put the clear and black cluster pieces back on.

Moving on to the wiring

12. I spliced mine into my dimmer switch. It made the most sense and it's also the easiest way. When you see how many wires come out of the back of the gauge cluster, you'll agree.
13. To get to the dimmer switch wires you simply need to pop out the dimmer switch and remove the cover that's on the end of the dashboard. It's easiest to remove your change holder and pop them both out that way.
14. Now for splicing. You have three wires going to the dimmer switch. You only need to be concerned with the green wire and the all black wire. Don't bother with the yellow and black wire.
15. My indiglo gauges came with some green/blue/dimmer wire harness hooby-doo. My advice is to set it to Max and Blue and leave it alone. I zip-tied mine behind the dash. I don't need some useless jibbledeewong cluttering up my dash.
16. One on end of this hooby doo is a red wire and a black wire. The other end is what hooks up to the actual indiglo gauges. Your concern at the moment is the red and black wires. Very simple: Red wire spliced into green wire of dimmer switch. Black wire spliced into black wire of dimmer switch. If you don't know how to splice then allow me to introduce my friend, google.
17. Now route the connector for the harness(aka hooby-doo) behind the dash until it comes out behind where the gauge cluster will be.
18. Plug in all your connections. Reconnect your battery and test.
19. Reassembling is everything backwards. If you took it apart you'll be able to put it back together.
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Old Jul 14, 2004 | 01:19 AM
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Sounds simple the way u say it

Those are good instructions now i just need a little more information on the needles they are the most sensitive to deal with. U said u removed them some how? How are they attached? Can someone get some pictures plz.
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 06:16 PM
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Does anyone know how to fix the needles, i took them off without realizing i shouldnt n now there not really correct and the temp meter is right, but when the car is off, it falls way to far, i think i ****in broke it
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