View Poll Results: best setup to get?

6 color indiglo gauges

9.46%

reverse indiglo gauges

20.27%

indiglo needles

12.16%

indiglo needles AND reverse indiglo gauges

25.68%

keep it stock, SE looks better than reverse and needles....

32.43%

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INDIGLO'S, REVERSE, OR NEEDLES....oh my!

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05-31-2005, 11:43 AM

#41

paultyler_82

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I've actually seen two variations of the orange needles, there are some that are clear with red/orange backing, these are pretty obvious, and then there are the ones that seem to be completely made of translucent orange/red plastic. Mine are the second variety and I really don't mind them, I've gone over them with a small coat of translucent signal red model paint to make them a more red color, what I want to know is... on the 98-99's with the 74 style bulbs, I want to keep the white output but I want it to be brighter with no hotspots (or barely noticeable ones if they have to be there) anyone know how to manage this? Would Warm White LED's work?

05-31-2005, 12:14 PM

#42

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Man, any of them look nice as hell. Id love to do it but im afraid id break it all.

05-31-2005, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by maxima8624

I wouldn't recommend reverse indiglo, you get sick of it after awhile. I always leave my indiglo off as it shows in first pic. I rarely turn on my reverse indiglo.
but LED needles are nice.

I love those reverse indiglow gauges, but I can't seem to find them for the 98-99 max/I30. The odometer reading is digital an the space is different from the 95-97. Anyone know where to get ah pair of these for the 98-99??

06-01-2005, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dawalkster

mmm hotspots. your gauge rings look nice though

thank you. but the pic makes the hot spots stand out really bad. its hard to tell in the car unless you know where to look for them.

what are warm white leds?

06-01-2005, 01:12 PM

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Warm white LEDs put out "Warm White" rather than "Cool White" it refers to the color temperature, cooler being more blue or violet, warmer being closer to incandescent, and I was wondering, due to the color filter on our gauges meant to whiten standard incandescent light, would the warm white LED's be more likely to display a true white in our gauges?

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Have you checked Paradox? I believe they have some.

06-01-2005, 01:57 PM

#46

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i emailed import intelligence, this is what they said

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Originally Posted by import intelligence

In 1998 Nissan changed the needles on the Maxima from a white needle to a red needle. The only way to use a different color needle kit on a 98+ Maxima is if the car is an SE with OEM white gauges or acquire needles off of a 98+ Maxima SE cluster. The 1998 Maxima SE came with red needles but they are actually clear with red paint on the back of them rather than tinted red like the rest of them.

06-01-2005, 08:13 PM

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Sanded the orange off my needles and redid them with a red sharpie cheap and affective with some 194 white polargs behind um i think they look pretty good what do you guys think?

06-02-2005, 06:16 PM

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i like my leds

06-02-2005, 07:50 PM

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i want the blue needles with an white led backlit backound and red led rev limit

06-02-2005, 08:30 PM

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wow flipXmaxima- talk about back from the dead thread!

I have gone through iterations of blue, red and am about to go to white LED's. I have all red interior lighting so red matches the best but I am itching for that Lexus clean white gauge look with red needles so it still will technically match my interior lighting.

06-02-2005, 09:15 PM

#51

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the problem with so many white leds is they make our gauges illuminate bluish because of the color filter...

06-02-2005, 09:22 PM

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my contribution:

these pictures were taken back in 2003s... my car is depreciating day by day and it looks dimmer than these pictures now...

06-06-2005, 03:12 PM

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If you already have SE gauges, just keep them and go with blue LED's.

They look way better in person. Its hard for my camera to capture them in the dark.

06-06-2005, 07:25 PM

#54

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im on my second set of reverse indiglos because my first set from custommaxima died on me. got another set from http://www.elgauges.com/index.asp?Pa...PROD&ProdID=47 for $30 and they are the same as the ones on custommaxima for the most part. I have a 97 and i also replaced all the backlights with led from superbright leds which are very bright blue. The combination is great. The leds were just simple little push in bulbs, the same that go in the courtesy lights on the doors. Anyone with white needles should def consider this.

07-24-2006, 06:04 PM

#55

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I have the paradox reverse gauges, but for some reason i can't seem to get them to reverse the lighting. Any suggestions??

http://www.paradox-systems.com/produ...products_id=74

The first picture is what i was looking for, but can't get to work.

08-26-2010, 12:02 PM

#56

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Is there a site?

Quote:

Originally Posted by juani

I wouldn't recommend reverse indiglo, you get sick of it after awhile. I always leave my indiglo off as it shows in first pic. I rarely turn on my reverse indiglo.
but LED needles are nice.

Where can i find these?

08-31-2010, 01:43 PM

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Holy old post resurection!!

The answer to your question is on page one of this post
http://www.importintelligence.com/
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08-31-2010, 04:50 PM

#58

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I would prefer to stay OEM on the gauges but would like those chrome rings to make it look more modern...it looks classy..

11-22-2010, 10:06 AM

#59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperChris

2-color (blue & green) reverse indiglos with stock needles

yeah, the glare does get annoying after a long drive, but they still kick @ss IMO...i'd consider the needles too, but i'm tired of dismantling the gauge cluster.

they look way better in person!

How do i find these

11-22-2010, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by J2songz

Where can i find these?

IMO those red needles arent the import intelligence needle LED's, I say that because mine are no where near that bright

11-22-2010, 10:48 AM

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How do i find these

SEARCH noob. Its not hard. I found them on a google search in less than 2 minutes.

11-22-2010, 12:51 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tigersharkdude

SEARCH noob. Its not hard. I found them on a google search in less than 2 minutes.

I found alot but not those, I got a 99 with the digital mil meter so all the 1s ive seen are for 97 down or 00 or better

11-22-2010, 02:07 PM

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Closest thing I can find. Those exact gauges are fairly old
http://www.custommaxima.com/product/...s/Default.aspx

11-22-2010, 08:00 PM

#64

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Do the combination, might as well go all out imo.

07-23-2011, 11:00 PM

#65

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Where did you get your reverse gauges?

07-24-2011, 08:24 PM

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Ebay, Google and

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Originally Posted by neosmatrix

Holy old post resurection!!

The answer to your question is on page one of this post
http://www.importintelligence.com/
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07-24-2011, 09:12 PM

#67

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Quote:

Originally Posted by juani

I wouldn't recommend reverse indiglo, you get sick of it after awhile. I always leave my indiglo off as it shows in first pic. I rarely turn on my reverse indiglo.
but LED needles are nice.

where did you get these gauges? they are sick!