Custom-made gauge faces

[Ldub]

Kidding, of course...

BEAUTIFUL job...me likey!...

[ssignature]

How hard was converting those lights behind the gauges? And more so switching the gauges out witout messing up the needles id love to do this just scared of the outcome lol Thanks for ur input

First, I bought an LED light strip off of Amazon :http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Mounted it where the clear plastic pane meets the black in the front (drilled a tiny hole to let the wires out), attached a piece of silver reflective material against it to direct the light towards the gauges. Then used some black vinyl to block the view of the light strip from the driver. I took all the main illumination sockets out of the gauge cluster. Took one of the sockets and ran the wires from the LED strip into the socket and then plugged it in to the socket (if the polarity is right, it lights up!). The result is very good. Great brightness, no glare, and the dimmer still works! I'll post a photo of this if anyone wants.
Next. I took the needles off when the VX was running and fully warmed up with the connectors still attached, noting the settings on the gauges. Powered it all down, attached the overlays, reattached it, started the car and then popped the needles back on. Then I reattached the clear part and reattached the light socket. It was really quite simple but it took some experimentation at first.