Idea for back-lit gauges... [was: Brighter gauges for Mk1.]

["Dan S" <danws@tampabay.rr.com>]

I've got a '00 Jetta with back-lit gauges, and I too have been pondering how
to accomplish that very task. I think with some hobby stuff, it CAN be done
for under $100. Look at your Timex(R)Indiglo(R) watch......you can buy that
stuff. Specialty model shops carry it in big (enough) sheets to use on the
gauge cluster. NOW, how to do the needles themselves.......

I think that stuff is called 'Light Sheet' or something.
Here's the place where I found modelers using it....
http://www.ketzer.com/
go to his section for: Model Making and check out the Millennium Falcon,
check out the 'How it was made' section and go to the Lightsheet
section.....DING!


HTH

Dan
Tam-pa, FL
'81 Rabbit Sportruck
'87 16v Scirocco
'00 Jetta
http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Randy B
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 1:56 PM
To: Jeremy Salda
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Calling Brett!!! was: Brighter gauges for Mk1.


Jeremy,
The gauge faces were made by Brett Van Sprewenburg from the list.
Brett, you out there???
He sent me sample images of the tach/speedo and I played around in Photoshop
with them and finially decided on white/black/red with the word Scirocco on
the faces.
I believe he can put whatever you want on them, only limited by your
imagination. (I even considered using the Porsche Boxster font for awhile).
I have also been thinking about a way to create a set of gauges where red
light passes through the #'s and such like in the 99.5-2001 Audi A4's but
haven't come up with a solution that would be: A. within a reasonable
budget, and B. semi OEM looking (not hacked together).

If you come up with something that works LMK.

Randy




> Where'd you get the gauge faces from? I can't find them anywhere anymore
> for an MKI. Also, has anybody done any more radical mods to their
> gauges, like trying to get the red/blue combo that's on the new cars?
> I'm down for more light and white faces, but if I can modify it even
> further, I'll try it.
>
> jeremy
>
>
> On Friday, December 7, 2001, at 12:14 , Randy B wrote:
>
> > Well I finially got around to puting on the gauge faces I got from Brett
> > many moons ago and they came out real nice :)
> > The instalation was real straight forward thanks to the great
> > instructions.
> >
> > While handling the Speedo it occured to me that I could create a
> > brighter
> > and more evenly lit gauge if I added another bulb to the housing.
> > After going through my parts bins I found another bulb housing/wire and
> > went
> > to work instaling it.
> > Check out the link for details:
> > <<http://www.myscirocco.org/_MARS__81S/Gauges/gauges.html>>
> >
> > After installing the guage cluster back in the car (at night) I tested
> > it to
> > see if there was a difference with the new bulb by  unpluging each one
> > at a
> > time.
> > There was a noticable difference when both were on over just having one
> > on.
> > It is kind of like having a speaker not connected, you don't notice
> > right
> > away but when you find it and hook it back up you say...WOW! I can't
> > believe
> > I didn't notice. (just did this in the Jetta, one rear speaker wasn't
> > hooked
> > up).
> >
> > Well, off to the wrecker for some trim pieces :)
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
> >
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