Guages are here today!
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Guages are here today!
I got my guages in today and going to do the install this afternoon. Where is the best pace to tap in for power and where is the best place to wire into the lights so that they dim?
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: South Dakota
I used these directions, but modified them as I was using autometer guages.
Good pictures, and accurate wiring info.
You may need to cut-n-paste the link.
http://www.smokyvalley.com/gauge_install.htm
Good pictures, and accurate wiring info.
You may need to cut-n-paste the link.
http://www.smokyvalley.com/gauge_install.htm
Mountain Pass
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Tallahassee,FL
i have the cobalt blue autometer gauges, i bought a adjustable resistor from radio shack and installed it between the voltage source and the gauges, so i can dim my gauges..You can tap into power from the fuse block, or directly from the backside of the switch itself.
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From: South Dakota
No need to buy any resistors or the such, if your gauges use a standard bulb for illumintation.
Light blue with red tracer is the dash illumination wire, I used a white with blue tracer to run up to my gauges with a speedy connector (I know, I know..). Illumination now runs off the dash switch.
The 12V fused keyed power is light blue with a red tracer, and is in a bundle of wires containing red, blue and white wires. These wires are for customer access. I speedy connected a red wire to the LB/RD wire for my switched power.
Light blue with red tracer is the dash illumination wire, I used a white with blue tracer to run up to my gauges with a speedy connector (I know, I know..). Illumination now runs off the dash switch.
The 12V fused keyed power is light blue with a red tracer, and is in a bundle of wires containing red, blue and white wires. These wires are for customer access. I speedy connected a red wire to the LB/RD wire for my switched power.
Last edited by superrangerman2002; Jun 15, 2005 at 05:19 PM.
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From: Shawnee, Ks
I thought about putting in a seperate dimmer for my guages seperate from the dash lights. I know a couple people with Cobalts and they did the same thing because they use LED's and are brighter. My ISSPro's are a little brighter than stock but its not enough to bother me so I left them on the dash dimmer. I used the customer access wires for the ingnition on power and then tapped into the dimmer on the guage lights.
