BTW those look decent. Like keliente said, the tastefully done ones are going to look exactly like the stock instruments, just reversed color.

 

There was a post in the appearance forum and quite a few guys are running the ebay ones and like them. I guess you guys are just in the minority. I have a set of high dollar Macewen ones now and in my opinion they really aren't any better than the ebay ones. The only reason i didn't go with the ebay ones again is that they don't have 150 mph ones for a TA that light up Red.

 

Installation is very simple and removing the needles was unnecessary. I have an 00 Z28 - this is how my install went...

1. I put my steering wheel all the way in the down position, and unscrewed the tilt lever (just gives you more room)

2. That plastic trim piece around the gauge just pops out, if I remember correctly. I'm pretty sure I didn't have to unscrew that lower trim panel to get to it...but I did this a long time ago so I may be wrong...

3. In my car, the gauge cluster was held in by ~4 screws...took those out and pulled the cluster straight towards me to disconnect it

4. It was much easier to seperate the plastic from the gauges itself, and remove it in two pieces. If you try and leave it together, it seems impossible to wrestle it out of that small space...they are held together with plastic tabs. When I took them apart, the plastic piece slid out, then the gauge cluster itself comes out easy.

5. Get yourself a nice table with a bright light over it...clean the gauge cluster very well and let it dry fully. Then I gently pushed the needles to the straight-up position...remove the plastic from the back of the gauge face, slide it over the needle onto the gauge (you can bend these). Try and hold it right above the gauge while you line up the numbers. It won't adhere fully until you really press down on it, so take your time lining it up right...when satisfied, press down & smooth out the surface. I removed the little pin that keeps the needle from falling below 0 on the spedometer...included in the price of my gauges was a trans am bezel, which the needle would then rest on.

6. from there, the small gauges go on easy.

7. Reinstall in the car the same way...put the cluster in first, then snap the plastic bezel over it, tighten the four screws, reattach the trim piece and you're on your way...

 

thanks guys for all the advice!
one more question, can i just re-program my 110 speedo to make it a 150?
it sounds like a shot in the dark but i want to know if it's possible

I like the way the ones on ebay look

has anybody switched to the led lights? how do they compare to bulbs?

 

I have LEDs in my TA dash, because the Normal TA dash lights up more of a orangish red so i put red LEDs in mine so now my dash lights up a blood red. I love it. I believe you can just plug in the 150mph speedometer in place of the 110 but your factory speed limiter will still be in place.

 

Anybody have a good 150 speedo for a 94 Z

yeah if my car has a speed limiter i haven't found it yet


random thought: they should make a 200 mph speedo they would sell

 

They do for 97+ Camaros and i believe 93+ birds.

 

I went with blue LEDs. I did my gauges, headlight **** assembly, and HVAC to match my headunit. Here are some pictures (man i hate that we can't inline photos on this site):

http://www.keliente.com/pewter%2000/gaugeslit.jpg

http://www.keliente.com/pewter%2000/xm/*****.jpg

http://www.keliente.com/pewter%2000/xm/knob1.jpg

It looks incredible in person, the camera doesn't pick it up so well.

More pix on my site:

www.keliente.com