Halo Gauges

[TheKrazyRaven]

I just put the same gauges in my car tonight, and I don't get what you're talking about. You take off a few bolts, take a couple of plastic trim off, slide the gauges in and hook up 2 wires.

I changed the needle bulbs to red without taking the cluster out as well, it's not hard at all.

If you can change the air filter, you can do this.

i wouldent go so far as to say that

 

[DemonNeno]

Well there are the Speedhut ones which are the ones I have. They are very good quality and they have good support from Speedhut. You can also design them any way you want. Here are mine:

Now out of curiousity, is the Fuel guage meter printed that far off to the left of the pan, or does it seem that way because of the angle of the picture? I noticed the needle lined up nicely w/ the temp, speedo, and the tach, but seems the needle doesn't overlap the fuel meter...

 

[SHOGIRL1994]

i wouldent go so far as to say that

I don't know why everyone has had such a hard time with these. I made my own gauges for both my '94 and my '89 (these were harder b/c it's just one wide gauge face) and even had to cut the holes myself and line everything up perfectly with the front and back layers and still, it was not that hard to install. I even had to remove the needles for mine but it didn't take more than 30 mins to disassemble the dash and then put everything in and back together.
BTW, spray-adhesive is very good for this job... it goes on evenly and bonds very strongly.

 

[DDakRT]

I don't know why everyone has had such a hard time with these. I made my own gauges for both my '94 and my '89 (these were harder b/c it's just one wide gauge face) and even had to cut the holes myself and line everything up perfectly with the front and back layers and still, it was not that hard to install. I even had to remove the needles for mine but it didn't take more than 30 mins to disassemble the dash and then put everything in and back together.
BTW, spray-adhesive is very good for this job... it goes on evenly and bonds very strongly.

Exactly, althought I don't think too many people found them difficult to install. It's a few bolts here and there, no big deal at all.

 

[94 SHO OFF]

They're pretty easy to install. Once you have your cluster all open take a red sharpie marker and paint the needles, its cheap fast and looks factory. Also hook up the wires to your fog light switch, its easy to get to it and you wont blow a fuse or anything. Oh yeah and take some invisiglass (best window cleaning product ever) and use some newspaper to clean the plastic window case.

 

[Racer X]

They're pretty easy to install. Once you have your cluster all open take a red sharpie marker and paint the needles, its cheap fast and looks factory. Also hook up the wires to your fog light switch, its easy to get to it and you wont blow a fuse or anything. Oh yeah and take some invisiglass (best window cleaning product ever) and use some newspaper to clean the plastic window case.

My idea was to remove the needles (carefully, as not to lose speedo and tach calibration), sand the paint on the back of the needles off, repaint with a luminescent white paint (something that reacts to blue LED, white LED, blacklight LED light), and use high flux white LEDs to illuminate the needles and odometer. I have this setup now, and even without the luminesent paint on the needles it looks hot.

So when is this winter s*** gonna be over, anyway?

 

[black93sho]

I just installed my gauges, and it was very easy and they look great. I used a red sharpie for the needles, and was very happy the way they turned out.

To look at mine go to www.cardomain.com/memberpage/728893

 

[DDakRT]

My idea was to remove the needles (carefully, as not to lose speedo and tach calibration), sand the paint on the back of the needles off, repaint with a luminescent white paint (something that reacts to blue LED, white LED, blacklight LED light), and use high flux white LEDs to illuminate the needles and odometer. I have this setup now, and even without the luminesent paint on the needles it looks hot.

I just did what Jay did in this thread. I also painted the needles with a permenet marker.

Looks great.

 

[NoSlo]

Don't remove the tach & speedo needles, as per the Helms manual, you will never get the calibration right again! (try it in a wrecking yard on a SLO if you have any doubts...) The speedometer calibration is a careful balance of the spring strength and the needle position.

 

[shofun93]

Hey guys I just installed mine and it went pretty well. After removing the speedo cable and the steering coloum shroud it went pretty well. However, after replacing the dash and testing everything out I notice the tach is not working correctly. At idle it doesn't read at all and when I step on the gas and rev it up it shoots way above the actual rpm's. Any ideas??

 

[94 SHO OFF]

I had the same problem with mine after installing them but with the speedo instead. Make sure that the gauges are completely flat with the back of the instrument panel because if the bottom for example sticks up too much then it will catch the needle and cause to to not read properly. Hope that helps

 

[shofun93]

the needles move free and easy, is there some way to reset the tachometer. It seems like the signal is messed up or something.

 

[DDakRT]

Don't take out the gauges, I did all mine including replacing the needle bulbs without taking off the speedo cable, this way nothing will be messed up.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

including replacing the needle bulbs without taking off the speedo cable, this way nothing will be messed up.

you must have VERY small hands

 

[Dr. Tweak]

the needles move free and easy, is there some way to reset the tachometer. It seems like the signal is messed up or something.

Yes, you have to hit the rev limiter. Do it in second as that will work best.

 

[shofun93]

I have an ATX, can I still hit the revlimiter while driving?? Or can it be done while sitting parked?

Also, did any of you Halo users re-install the needle stopper at the 8K mark?

Thanks, Jason

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

Also, did any of you Halo users re-install the needle stopper at the 8K mark?

Thanks, Jason

isnt there not a hole for it?

 

[DDakRT]

you must have VERY small hands

Think about it for even half a second, you need to slide your hand back there to take the speedo cable off (which is absolutely nessessary if you're taking the cluster off anyway), you can reach the bulbs as they're in the same area.

It's just common sense.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

Think about it for even half a second, you need to slide your hand back there to take the speedo cable off (which is absolutely nessessary if you're taking the cluster off anyway), you can reach the bulbs as they're in the same area.

It's just common sense.

last week when i changed my bulbs in the needles there was absolutely no way i could get my hand behind there enough to turn it around to take out the bulbs

i tuged enough that the cable finally came off then it took me anout and hour to get it back on afterwards

 

[DDakRT]

Fair enough, the hard part like you said is turning the bulbs, but you just got to use different fingers and what not. Took me all of 5 minutes to put the bulbs in. And I don't got small hands.