Blue main gauges

I have the Cobalt gauges from Auto meter, and my stereo deck is blue, and I hate how the main gauges dont match!

Is there anyway I can tear the main gauges out and put different backlights in? just curious if anyone has done this

Take the cluster out, scrape that green coloring off, install blue LED lights, done.

What he said. Superbrightleds.com i think is the site for em

I thought the green stuff was under the glass-not on top so we could scrape it off?

Not hard to take the cluster apart to get to it

yea its on the backside doesnt take much, if it was me a would go get a set to do it on then to swap it out one night and if ya mess up your still good to go

Can anyone describe or tell me how to pull the gauge cluster out cleanly? I dont wanna screw up the dash...

And will scraping the clean coloring off be hard? will it look tacky? any pictures from anyone who has done this?

and what kind of LED's will i need? that way I can get them before I tear into it... link me please?

Here's some pics of the cluster pulled apart

http://powerstrokenation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46657&&showall=1

does CP performance sell those custom gauge overlays? how much are they? anyone know?

They did, but Paul hasn't been able to get more in stock lately he said. I just asked about them a few weeks ago

Before you go to the trouble of peeling the gauge faces off and scraping the green off, throw the blue LED's in and see how it looks.

Good point Chase.


I've considered doing this to mine. I originally had the overlays like CP sells in an old truck but but a gauge bezel cover over it to break up all the white. They didn't fit super well (this was 7 years ago so maybe they have better fitment now) and at around dawn or dusk, they were VERY hard for me to see.

I like the black (stock) look now. But my Alpine radio/deck has blue lights as does the DB x-monitor gauge. So I am thinking of going to a blue light on the insturment cluster as well as the climate control to match. Another thing that's subtley custom.

the cluster is out right now, tearing the gauges apart, taking lots of pictures and will do a good write up on this... this is NOT for an inexperience mechanic... I figured this would be an easy project but it is not! to get the green overlay's out you have to tear the gauges all the way apart!!!

yea. . . . . . .

gauges are all re-calibrated, and the green film is gone (used a screwdriver to scrape it away and some emery cloth to clean it up)... LED's will be here tomorrow

So where are the pics if you got all that done already???????????

On my phone still, im gonna make a new thread and do a good write up on it...

Sounds good, I'm a little slow so be very detailed!

cant wait to see this!!!! my stereo and all the accessories are blue lit. all i need is the dash now!!!!! waiting...........opcorn: