My EL blue guages conversion, gas temp and colck too!! - Honda Prelude Forum

PreludeRacer023 · 04-05-2003, 10:18 PM

here ya go, also theyre dim because i had to dim them to show the color, the brightness of the guages makes my digi cam do funny things.peace

Sonik_Fury · 04-05-2003, 10:21 PM

Looks sweet, how'd you do it??

MR.CLIFFORD · 04-05-2003, 10:24 PM

Looks great. Nice work.

concLude · 04-05-2003, 11:46 PM

nice work as alwayes, i'm looking to do this over the summer, hey did you install the jdm climate control yet? i wanna have it do just what the stock one does now minus the other options...sorry go go ot.

PreludeRacer023 · 04-06-2003, 12:15 AM

well the speedo tach i used a dark blue presentation cover from office depot, placed it behind the the face of the guage..now the gas guages and temp and clock were trickier, ive seen other do it by placing blue film over the guages, but it looks all fuzzy that way, not good IMO..so i took apart the tem gas cluster, theres three ROM boards that have the guages mounted on them, in front of them is a thin hard plastic piece, very very lightly tinted, so i removed the plastic pieces and replaced them with a dark blue, but clear, not blurry plastic..got it from my roomates dark blue windscreen of his GSXR1000 bike, he had craked it and didnt need it, anyways it came out great, looks awesome , even better in person...and no i havent gotten the climate control yet, itll prob be a good month or so before i get that in...peace

SlowSi · 04-06-2003, 12:16 AM

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Originally posted by concLude
i wanna have it do just what the stock one does now minus the other options

Then what's the point? That makes no sense at all.

concLude · 04-06-2003, 12:31 AM

i think he konws what i mean i read his other posts, meaning you get hot/cold and blower modes, you just dont have all the other modes like keeping the car at one temperature ect...

PreludeRacer023 · 04-06-2003, 12:52 AM

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Originally posted by SlowSi

Then what's the point? That makes no sense at all.

it doesnt make sense?? other than the fact that its a digital face, looks 10x better, and classier, you can always add the sensors later anyways, but im hooking it up so you get AC heat, and fan speed, but it wont work AUto...you obviously havent seen the unit, it makes the interior look soooooo much sweeter..peace

concLude · 04-06-2003, 01:09 AM

is the only part we need is the actual control unit? i pulled it out of my clip i had sent from singapore, i wish i knew what i was doing or i would have grabed all the parts before i scrapped it? sorry to roll on the off topic. this is my last question ha maybe

PreludeRacer023 · 04-06-2003, 10:52 AM

you also need the air mix motor, power transistor, and a relay...then the fun begins

vipastyle · 04-06-2003, 11:11 AM

could you do a write up or something? this is very interesting. so are you saying you just put a piece of that transluscent plastic sheet behind it?

SlowSi · 04-06-2003, 12:07 PM

I have seen the climate control unit and it does look pretty sweet, but I just don't think it's worth it unless you get it to be fully functional.

animeking · 04-06-2003, 12:15 PM

Does your tach still have a red-line?

concLude · 04-06-2003, 01:06 PM

damn, know of a place where i can pick up those two other parts?

Forbidden · 04-06-2003, 01:33 PM

conclude: your best bet is from a scrap yard if you can find a place where they have some Honda/Acura I think the car that has a system that looks the most like the JDM climate control is the 1st gen CL. Though many Honda/Acura now have the air mix motor, I have one from a 99 Accord here right now, though by looking at the wiring, it might be a little different. I'll know when I'll try it I guess. I think I'm gonna take the easter weekend to finish this thing up.

PreludeRacer023: If you can convert the JDM climate control to blue let us know how you did it.

PreludeRacer023 · 04-07-2003, 10:46 PM

yes it still has the red line, and as for the JDM climate control, ill look at it, but im not too sure how enthusiastic i am about tryin to take that part, well see..peace

MNludeDVR · 04-08-2003, 12:13 AM

OT but, 11,868 miles! nice!

PreludeRacer023 · 04-08-2003, 12:56 AM

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Originally posted by MNludeDVR
OT but, 11,868 miles! nice!

yes wonderful aint it!!

marshdoggg · 04-08-2003, 01:17 PM

hey what did you do about the clock? i did this on my car too, but didnt really like the blue, so i went back to stock. the one thing that sucked is that the clock was too dim during the day, cause it doesnt have the brightness control on it..
marsh

PreludeRacer023 · 04-08-2003, 10:33 PM

i didnt do anything about the clock, did u just use film to do your temp ect, i tried that and it was fuzy and hazy and couldnt see it clearly, it took me some searching to find the plastic, and trade out the piece but now its perfect, and clear, and deep blue, i love looks better with the black interior, man what a sexy interior..94 up black leather vtec...mmmmm