I have tried this before, but I stopped the project because there were too many things in my way. I want to change the color of the gauges from green to either a red/orange or a blue. I have taken the cluster apart and removed the 4 green light bulbs and moved a couple around to put some of the whites in their place. The only problem is that green still shines through. Does anyone know where I can buy different colored lights that fit in behind the gauges, and what I can do to remove whatever the green is that is shining through?
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They had no blues (they get in tomorrow, but I'm not a very patient person) so I bought reds. They worked perfectly, even the odometer turned red. The only problem is that I can't find any colored #74's (the small ones for the tach and temp gauges). So right now, the entire speedo is red, and the outsides fad to white and some green. I'll have to find some colored small ones somewhere.
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Originally posted by IntruderToo bad those are available only with silver faces.
It was awkward at first, but I got used to them pretty quick. And at night you can't tell if the faces are white ot silver or black or whatever.
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Just my luck, right when I start altering my car, a nice little Check Engine Light shows up, so it's in the shop right now. I'll post pics as soon as I can. I am going back to buy the blues ones today and hope to get the smaller lights sometime soon. For right now, the center is nice and red and it fades to white/green as it reaches the edges.
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Well, turns out there were two parts to the CEL: non-working fuel guage and non-working speedometer; only one thing: they work fine. Mazda reset the computer and we started the car, wouldn't you know it, another CEL! They did not have time to look into it today, so it's going back tomorrow. Unfortunately for the project, my parents (it's not technically my car) freaked out and I had to put the green ones back in place. I hope that once this is all resolved, I will be allowed to put the reds back in, but as it looks right now, it might be green forever!
The odd thing is that I have taken off the cluster before and put it back on, and there have been no CEL's, but the one time I actually get something to go my way, this CEL has to show up and rain on my parade... it really isn't fair...
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