1 to 1 scan of an BE intrument cluster

[02legacygt]

ok here is the project i need a clear 1 to 1 scale scan of a BE, pref. an 02 or 03 intrument cluster without any of the plastic on top i need it to look like this this was taken with a cell phone, however here is the deal and once the proto is done i will be able mass produce these in any color!!!!! i have the ability to reproduce these guages!, i just need someone to get me a 1 to 1 scan so i can get the holes and the shape right. please someone out there help. the first one to give me a good clean scan i will provide with a FREE set your choice of light up color i.e blue, red, yellow, purple, orange

PLEAESE HELP ME HELP YOU



https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

[Huffer]

i need it to look like this this was taken with a cell phone,

Are you sure about that part?

Why don't you just dismantle a gauge cluster and scan them?

[02legacygt]

um cause i dont have a scanner other wise this would have been done already and i have one at work but i done want to be a weirdo hauling my cluster into work to scan it, so like it said to the fisrt person that can get me a whole cluster i need a clean clear scan at like 200 dpi i will give them a free gauge overlay with there choice of color!!!

please help everyone!

[Huffer]

So go in afterhours...sheesh...it'll be quicker than waiting for someone here to take theirs apart...

[02legacygt]

yeah i know i can however i live in buffalo and seeing how you live in OH you can app. that since i have no garage and no of no friends with one i would have to do this outside..today its 20.. tommorow colder this weekend it is supposed to be in the teens....

SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME NO ONE IS WILLING TO DO THIS?

[SilentRacer]

Maybe I can offer you a different type of help:
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/145/7124~Punctuation-Posters.jpg
Maybe then, people can actually read through your post without vomiting on the screen.

[02legacygt]

hahaha,.... thanks for the tip silent i know my grammatical usage is not the best when i am typing

[Reason]

yeah i know i can however i live in buffalo and seeing how you live in OH you can app. that since i have no garage and no of no friends with one i would have to do this outside..today its 20.. tommorow colder this weekend it is supposed to be in the teens....

SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME NO ONE IS WILLING TO DO THIS?

So I read this and almost passed out.

[subaru_terrence]

do you think you can make one based on km/h?

i live in canada :P

[02legacygt]

i really need the 1 to 1 scan for hole location and shape. I would prefer mph just because i think once the proto is done, aka mine, most people will want a mph overlay however if you get me a scan of a kilometer cluster like I asked I would have no problem getting you the proto for that. You would just need to tell me the color you would want!

[02legacygt]

WELL my friend pdawg is my new hero he came through and got me a 1 to 1 scan and as payment he will be getting a free set of gauge overlays!

once these are done and once i talk to the mods of the board i will see if i can have a group buy or if i should just but them up for sale on the classifieds section

Check back in about 1 week!!!

cheeers!!!!

[pdawg]

:grin: :grin: :grin:

[02legacygt]

Just an update for everyone here they are just printed

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

i will post another pic when i get them installed

bet you guys and gals will be jealous!!!!!

[Huffer]

Nicely done.

[subaru_terrence]

do I read the same as reading my stock one based on km/h?

I would like to get an orange one to match up with my gauge and dvd deck

[02legacygt]

but do you want the kilometers to be the bigger numbers cause i would still need a scan of your cluster then for placement. To make sure your going the right speed and all. If you can get me the scan, i would keep good on my word of the first one for free.

on a side note i think i might be in a little trouble i took the needles of last night to install the gauges and reintalled them and now that are "sticky" and jumpy and the speedo wont return to zero at rest. ?? The needles are not touching anything but they are acting like they are.

Can anyone help

[subaru_terrence]

if the mph reads the same... I dont mind reading km/h as the smaller numbers

I dont really have the time to take out my cluster

[battman]

Those look pretty sweet! I can't wait to see them installed

[Huffer]

but do you want the kilometers to be the bigger numbers cause i would still need a scan of your cluster then for placement. To make sure your going the right speed and all. If you can get me the scan, i would keep good on my word of the first one for free.

on a side note i think i might be in a little trouble i took the needles of last night to install the gauges and reintalled them and now that are "sticky" and jumpy and the speedo wont return to zero at rest. ?? The needles are not touching anything but they are acting like they are.

Can anyone help

You need to adjust the needles...you probably didn't put them on in the same place (dial-wise). This is common in the GC Imprezas where people have taken the dials off to change the lightbulb colors.

[02legacygt]

ALL IS WELL i fixed the needles i just didnt have them pushed in all the way, i'm dumb anyway here they are i love them and think they turned out friggin great, im gonna put a for sale up for the extra i already have made in the classifieds .

if you look in some of the pics you can see my Carbon fiber dash overlay i did myself!!,

the only the with the gauges is the lights is a little spotty, i mean, it is a little bright under the bulbs but other than that ... next best thing to indigo!

now for the pics!


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u157/x360graphicsx/hand%20drawn/gauge3.jpg


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u157/x360graphicsx/hand%20drawn/gauge1.jpg


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u157/x360graphicsx/hand%20drawn/gauge4.jpg


http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u157/x360graphicsx/hand%20drawn/gauge2.jpg

[Huffer]

Looks pretty nice dude! You will want to double check the bulbs in the back - sometimes they work loose and that's why you're seeing drop-outs.

[02legacygt]

here is a link to the forsale thread!

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=8206

[battman]

Now if we could just get the ODO screen to match. Oh well though, I can't wait to get mine

[02legacygt]

Here are what the red sets look like this is on the crappy light table at work!

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u157/x360graphicsx/hand%20drawn/HPIM0322.jpg

[Wiscon_Mark]

I don't suppose you'd be willing to expand and do other model years?

I know the BD/BG/BK folks with 120mph speedometers are hurting for some, and I'd like an alternative to my crappy eBay 140mph overlays.

[d1giPhux]

+1 one on the BD model years... we definitely need something done.

Also, what type of material / printer are these being made on? They laser cut? Details! =]

Good job man.. now u just gotta wire some diff colored LED's for the green screen there! :lol:

Also.. ideally.. i would love to get something with a high contrast face color so that it would be able to be viewed in sun w/sun glasses on during day, and high contrast at night, like.. red / black as well.

Something like the JDM type gauges would be awesome.. but that may require color filters / diff LEDS.

How did you make the templates so that it shines through blue.. is it because of a diff color LED, or does the actual print filter the normal bulbs.. so to say?

Also.. damn, BD's really need light up needles!

[02legacygt]

um.. well like for this post i would need a 1 to 1 scan of someones exsisting gauges without the needles. Im sure if someone could get me that it would be no different than how i made these. The same offer stands the first person to get me one will get a free set!

Which brings me to my answer section the are made from 20 mil Velvet lexedge, i went with velvet finish instead of clear becuase it would help diffuse the light better and give a more even light throw behind the numbers, they are printed on a Gerber Edge with uses thermal transfer films and then cut on a Gerber Vinyl Plotter

[d1giPhux]

very cool! =] Id volunteer mine.. but... its working... and in the car.. so id rather keep it that way! LOL. How hard was it to pull off the needles anyways... for whoever did it?

I'm sure someone here will hook you up.. but how much would you sell a kit for anyways.. or at least the gauges? Also.. was the color using the stock bulbs.. or colored LED's you installed?

would be sweet to get something like this JDM look(pic jacked from another thread):

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/05/dsc014574um-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/05/dsc014628bg-1.jpg


Minus the stupid yellow rings around the gauges.. could maybe make that red.. or not there.

Wonder if there is anyway to get the BD's needles to light up? i've seen kits where you can buy light up needles.. but anyone else have some good ideas?

[02legacygt]

hey man ,,, the price would be the same for these and hopefully Reason would let me do a group buy for these ones 2, that is if someone can get me the scan i need!, and yeah that JDM cluster wouldnt be hard at all, just use a light silver for the numbers for the daytime, so you could still see them and then have them light up white at night!

really not a problem!!!!

[jjs316]

What are you making these with? Regular vinyl? White vinyl then digital print the color?

[HotBoxer]

any possibility of a set of whiteface gauges with blue back lights for a bd/bg?

[02legacygt]

BD guys i told you i need a scan of your gauges like i needed a scan of the BE gauges if you want me to do one for you guys!, and yes i can do them anystyle you want. ANY COLOR COMBINATION white, purple, pink, polka dot, carbon fiber, ANYTHING!!!!!! but i need that scan first.

[02legacygt]

Which brings me to my answer section the are made from 20 mil Velvet lexedge, i went with velvet finish instead of clear becuase it would help diffuse the light better and give a more even light throw behind the numbers, they are printed on a Gerber Edge with uses thermal transfer films and then cut on a Gerber Vinyl Plotter



the answer was about 4 posts back what they where made out of , it is very similar to what the original gauges where made from, (i.e, quality, ridgidness) in the group buy you can see and hear from people who have bought them from me already!, i dont sell crappy stuff!

[HotBoxer]

well once somebody scans the bd cluster count me in for a whiteface set with blue lights.

[SilentRacer]

use the group buy in classifieds

[undasighted]

I'm going to the junk yard this weekend. If I can find a BD I'll rip the cluster out of it and send you a scan

[Reason]

I'm going to the junk yard this weekend. If I can find a BD I'll rip the cluster out of it and send you a scan

Nice! Thats what we need :smile:

[undasighted]

I'm gonna be wandering around the yard from about 9am till noon looking for scooby parts, so if anybody else has anything they're looking for, let me know and if I can find it I'll try to grab it for you.

[Wiscon_Mark]

If you can find a GT or 97+ Outback (BD/BG) with decent looking front calipers, I'd buy them.

[undasighted]

pictures gentlemen. If you want stuff, post pictures. The celica was my first car I ever worked on and all the stuff I did with it was pretty basic. I'm still learning and will probably have no idea of half of what you're talking about. I'm good at taking shit apart and putting it back together, but I don't know what everything's called yet.

is that bad?

[Wiscon_Mark]

Brake Calipers. As in, the things that squeeze your rotors, they generally have pads in them.

http://www.pozitifpc.com/editorblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/brake_caliper1.jpg

It's red in this picture. I need the fronts off a GT or outback, as said.

Perhaps we should PM if any additional conversation is needed, and stay on topic.

[1-3-2-4]

very cool! =] Id volunteer mine.. but... its working... and in the car.. so id rather keep it that way! LOL. How hard was it to pull off the needles anyways... for whoever did it?

I'm sure someone here will hook you up.. but how much would you sell a kit for anyways.. or at least the gauges? Also.. was the color using the stock bulbs.. or colored LED's you installed?

would be sweet to get something like this JDM look(pic jacked from another thread):

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/05/dsc014574um-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/05/dsc014628bg-1.jpg


Minus the stupid yellow rings around the gauges.. could maybe make that red.. or not there.

Wonder if there is anyway to get the BD's needles to light up? i've seen kits where you can buy light up needles.. but anyone else have some good ideas?what he said I would like that look but won't that requre changing the bulbs? I guess you would need a frosty overlay and white led bulbs?

[d1giPhux]

yeah, and all we need next is some damn light up needles too! LOL.

[1-3-2-4]

I would not think that would be too hard

[undasighted]

there was a guy on 6gc who had his set custom made for him and the guy who made it somehow set it up so that the higher you rev or the higher the speed the needles go from glowing white to different hues of red. Pretty slick. I gotta see if I can find the link with the video.

[02legacygt]

hey off topic now!!!, Seriously if you guys want a BD/BH cluster GET ME PICS!!!!!

and you know since these are custom totally custom, there is really nothing stoping you from getting like "color shift colors". I mean having your lower speeds on your dash be like a white and then having them gradually fade to dark red the faster you went, just a suggestion!!!!

[battman]

Alright, I know this thread is pretty much dead but here are mine. Sorry for shitty pictures, my camera is being stupid.

These are with blue bulbs.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/brandonnbatt/ForSale003.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/brandonnbatt/ForSale004.jpg


I am going to be looking for some LEDs that project light all around to fix the deadspots. Unless someone has a better idea.