COMPLETED: 03-04 G35 coupe instrument cluster/gauge color change
 

finally got to finish up this cluster. did various experimenting and messing around..basically molested this cluster to see what can be done.

this was a spare cluster i bought off ebay from a 2003 G35 coupe, automatic w/ navi and about 62K on the clock.

i need a better camera. the red is true red in person. where ever it may seem that there are hot spots, it's very uniform to the human eye. don't mind the different colors here and there. just wanted to show what can be done, i.e. the blue odometer LCD, white gear indicator LCD, white temp needle. the blue odometer LCD is actually more of an aqua blue than represented in the pics. the first pic shows how crisp the white is. don't know why the camera made it more yellow in the subsequent pics.


well, without further ado, here's the finished pics:

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Looks Sick. Nice work:)

sick work man

The only change I'd like to have seen is the major dash marks on the tach in red, too.

How did ya do it.. Did u have to resoldier every led on 1 by 1.

Sounds like a pain in the ***

Looks great, wish I had the skills to do something like this. :)

looks great !

yeah, please fill us in on how you did yours. did u put some color gel on the back? did u change the bulbs to leds?

looks great i agree with C though you should of done the bigger marks on the rpm gauge in red like the speedometer

the 03-04 clusters uses incandescent bulbs from the factory. the 05-07's use LED's. so i had to retrofit LED's in the bulb bases one by one.

as far as the ticks on the tach, that could've been done but i was just using this cluster as my guinea pig and did a bunch of diff looks to it.

How does your mile counter light up?

nice, but im a fan of the amber/orange

how did this took you?

sick!

i was touching this cluster here and there whenever i had time over a span of a month. but i can finish up a whole cluster in a day or less if i work nonstop.

looks sickkkk!

the 04 doesnt have leds?

nope, they use filament bulbs. the only led's are the indicator lights

How do you change the color, Are you using lighting gel?

Hi temp lighting gel. You can buy it from here. This will allow you to change individual hash marks etc instead of having to go with the color of the actual led you covert it too

i didn't use lighting gel. i used colored transparency film and backed it with white flat top 5mm LED's. retrofitted extra led's to the cluster base for more lighting.

Can I ask, when after you take off the cluster panel, before you take off the cluster face, you have to take off the indicators of speed, gas, temperature and RAM right? how did you take off the indicators??

i have no idea and so scary to try to pull them out cause they look like so easy to broken, please teach me how to remove them.

Holy crap. This looks amazing! Job well done! :D

How much do the spare clusters go for?

Your running a little hot.. haha!! Looks good..

looks real nice! is it for sale and does it fit the 03/04 automatic non nav?

Very nice! Good job..

love it!, Job WELL done!

:biggthumpup::biggthumpup::biggthumpup:

thats sweet! THREE THUMBS UP!!

Wow. I love the orange too on the stock cluster, but this looks truly amazing.

Hey.. Can you tell me the size of the leds for needles in the tach and which website did u got it from?. Thank you

looks awesome!

Nicely done

does the 2005 G35 Coupe of LED lights?