THE COBRAMAN said:
I'm curious how those of you that have them like them. Personally, I find white face gauges to be somewhat eyestraining, but it could just be I'm used to the white on black.
Well, I'm doing it as part of the theme to the Thundersnake. All SVT's (except the gen 1 Lightning) have white face gauges. And since the car is SVT powered, I thought it would be a nice touch.
Since they give you both the 80 and 120 mph speedo overlays, I figured the smart thing to do would be test one on an 80mph speedo since I'm not using it. So far, I'm not too happy. The stock speedo and tach faces are curved, not flat like the smaller gauges. Since these overlays are actually printed paper with a plastic glossy covering, you can't heat them with a hair drier to make them contour. The end result is the overlay bunches up on itself as it goes up the curved face.
You also have to cut out the holes for the needles, the odometer, and the high beam holes yourself. Not a big deal, but people should be aware of it.
I am still going to try to use them. I think if I make some radial slices in the curved area of the overlay BEFORE I apply them, it make look cleaner. You'll still see the slits, but probably just barely. I took a red sharpie and turned the needle red, and with the overlay and the red needle, this 80mph test speedo now looks like an Autometer Phantom gauge. I really like how it looks, it's just a matter of getting these overlays to not look like ass.
I'll keep trying and post pics.