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Instruments - Rice or Nice?

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Old 05-29-2008, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Calmchaos
You only have to move the needle since the spacing is the same.....
you don't have to regear anything.............................
+1 correct, carefully remove the needle and move it where you want
Old 05-29-2008, 04:00 PM
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You didn't tell me where they came from! I wanna know!
Old 05-29-2008, 04:28 PM
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I just realized what you mean by "starting at 6 (o'clock)". I like what you did even better. Some drivers turn their gauges on their side to get this effect, so the needles sweep uniformly and the crucial part of the gauge is at 12 o'clock.

But we already knew that.
Old 05-29-2008, 04:34 PM
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I like them, they are very different. (ps your package is shipping today, Ill get you a tracking number tonight)
Old 05-29-2008, 11:11 PM
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I like it, but if it were me, I'd color match the numbers on the gauges to the exterior paint and go with a dark background like a slate grey or something and top it off with one of those LED dash kits.
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Not rice, but too much contrast for my taste. Nice work.
Old 05-30-2008, 12:37 PM
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Looks great, it would have been rice if you went green or something crazy with little stickers all over the place.
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well it would suck to ditch them just cause people on here said it was rice....It's your car.
I like them!
Old 05-30-2008, 03:08 PM
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Thanks all for the feedback. I'm going to be getting my signmaker to cut a few other prototypes with different materials, numbers and configurations and we'll see which is the most popular.
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any other asians out there who take offense at the mild insult that is the "rice" slur? Just wondering. Don't mean to start a fight (or maybe I am).



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