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Now you too can have that killer racing look with printable white gauge
faces. I drew these up using DeltaCAD, which is a free CAD program
that even beginners can grasp easily. They are very accurate and
when cut out properly will fit right over your existing gauges. I
have drawn up the tach, speedo and temp-fuel gauges. If you don't like the
style, you can alter the fonts, colors, and everything else, while maintaining
the same template so it still fits.
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The .gif file will not print out the right size but let's you see
exactly what the face looks like. I tried to stay true to the
original, but I added a few more divisions per unit because I think it looks
better. The CAD file will print out with much more detail
than the .gif will. So don't try and just print the .gif file!
Use the CAD software.
I used a
semi-gloss heavy weight photo paper and high quality color ink-jet
printer to print these out. Set the scale to 1.0. They look
absolutely awesome. I spent over 10 hours on all three. The
detail in them is extremely professional and the fit is near perfect
(basically as good as you can cut them out). I am very happy with
the results. I swear I get about 1-2 more hp now. ;-)
You have to take out the rear bulbs for each gauge because at night it
looks kind of lame with the old numbers showing through. Or you
can use
thicker photo paper, or double it up over the brighter parts, or use
your own brain to figure to something out. You may need the Continuum
Bold Font. Download it here and put it
in your C:\Windows\Fonts folder.
Response to someone's e-mail:
The templates will slide over the needles.
After all it is only paper, it will bend/fold to accommodate
slipping over the needles. DO NOT remove the needles. You will break
your cluster. Indiglos slip over the needles as well. So you
should leave the original plastic faces as they are. I actually put
a blank piece of photo paper behind the printed piece to further
reduce light from the rear showing through, and then I left only the
center bulb, which lights the odometers.
I then took one of the bulbs from the rear, and soldered it to the
center-top circuit board piece that houses the two upper lights
which you leave in. This makes the cluster shine from just the top
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