Reverse glow gauges

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 1:14 pm

how does Reverse glow gauges work??

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:30 pm

do you mean reverse glow or el (indeglo)?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:34 pm

Audacityracing wrote:do you mean reverse glow or el (indeglo)?

HUH???

you are making it harder on me so go ahead and explain how both works

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:10 pm

reverse glow was originally designed so that the colors on your normal speedo were inverted (black to white, white to black, etc). this allowed the face to light up instead of the numbers (like stock)

reverse glow seems to be attached to EL now though. EL or electroluminescent guages use a material that glows brightly when explosed to an electrical current.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:33 am

ic... then their is no chane for a DIY for me

thanks for the info anyways man.

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:34 am

sure there is

you can buy electroluminescent paper or use glow in the dark paint with uv leds

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:41 am

man we are talking Egypt here... we only have A4 Xerox paper (actually we have more varity than that but no one will understand what i am talking about).

if i even tried to import some i will get hell from customs as they will think it is a device for building a bomb or so... my best bet will be buying a ready made set for the Woo and that will cost an arm and leg given the shippingcosts and all.

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:44 am

you have the tach with your guages?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:48 am

not yet... thats another reason i am going to slow down on this project... i am considring a tach gauge cluster swap so i don't wanna get a set for a non tach cluster and then swap mine with the tach one and lose the dials i bought.

so basicly i have the non tach version but not for long.

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:50 am

why not print your own set? the 1.4L set should fit the 1.5 just fine and they are white with the tach setup. it wouldn't be indeglow, but it would be reverse glow

***edit.... i just saw the 1.4 was in mph