[CLOSED] GB: Custom Gauge Faces (Speed & Tach)

[maupineda]

Originally Posted by CJW2OO4

Got mine! They look so much better in person. Not too light..so happy I went with the regular blue and not the dark one

they look awesome!!!! I think these will make the car look and feel much more special considering you look at them all the time when driving!

[maupineda]

UPS just dropped them off, very well packaged and they seemed well made. hopefully, I can install them this evening after work.

[wdb]

mine arrived too, wow that was fast! They don't really look white though, more like light gray.

[RossBMWZseries]

Yalls look great. Maupineda, I noticed yours doesn’t say “check gas cap” on the RPM section. Did you request it that way? Looks better IMO. Even though those should be white gauges, they look pretty sick in that grey color. Here’s a snap of mine!

[Angelito]

Originally Posted by wdb

mine arrived too, wow that was fast! They don't really look white though, more like light gray.

Agreed. Might be the backing paper mentioned by Cyclops that's making yours look darker. I'm still waiting for my Gray ones to come in, will post pictures once I get them.

[maupineda]

Originally Posted by RossBMWZseries

Yalls look great. Maupineda, I noticed yours doesn’t say “check gas cap” on the RPM section. Did you request it that way? Looks better IMO. Even though those should be white gauges, they look pretty sick in that grey color. Here’s a snap of mine!

Mine is Canada Spec, so it does not have the gas cap tale-tell, also mine does not say Service Engine Soon, but rather has the engine icon.

[kaybat]

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Angelito

Agreed. Might be the backing paper mentioned by Cyclops that's making yours look darker. I'm still waiting for my Gray ones to come in, will post pictures once I get them.

Please do post pics.

I pulled a corner of the backing paper up -- that's not the issue. If you look at the pictures in post #1 the white faces are lighter than the thin ring that goes around the edge; on my "white" faces the thin ring is the lighter color, not the face. I've reached out to the folks in Poland to get clarification. This is not what I was expecting.

Originally Posted by kaybat

Are those "white" too?

[maupineda]

I just completed my install, and they look absolutely fantastic, almost perfect, and I say almost because as with any new development, you learn as you go.

The issue for those with logo (Roadster or Coupe), there is a light leak from the telltales around the logo. For those that have not installed yet, a possible solution is to tape the back of the logo script, but before doing anything, make sure that would not affect the colour of the white lettering (I hope that makes sense). The logo script is transparent, so take your time and be patient as you need to be 100% sure of what you want to do before proceeding to gluing the gauge face.

I will upload some more photos of my install as well as the light leak issue

From a design perspective, an alternative solution is to lower the logo and serial number (as well as the ///M on the speedo to maintain all on the same plane); however, this may only work for the coupe script as the roadster script is longer and would have leakage with the coolant telltale light. Better still, the script can be made not transparent, just a solid white colour. This would not matter at all since there are no LEDs behind it, and even though they are transparent, they will not illuminate as the ///M on the speedometer does.



More pics coming soon

[maupineda]

Here are the photos of the cluster put back on, and how it illuminates, it looks really nice this dark blue!



Below you can see where the light leaks



basically is the C and E in the case of the Coupe. The Roadster may show more leakage as the script is longer

The next photo shows the LED cavities, the space is tight, so without reprinting the faces without transparency, the only alternative is masking the script from the back, or a portion of the cavities. for now, I am living with the condition as it is only an issue during ignition on and engine off, or in my case when driving in DTC mode

[Vid714]

Originally Posted by maupineda

I just completed my install, and they look absolutely fantastic, almost perfect, and I say almost because as with any new development, you learn as you go.

The issue for those with logo (Roadster or Coupe), there is a light leak from the telltales around the logo. For those that have not installed yet, a possible solution is to tape the back of the logo script, but before doing anything, make sure that would not affect the colour of the white lettering (I hope that makes sense). The logo script is transparent, so take your time and be patient as you need to be 100% sure of what you want to do before proceeding to gluing the gauge face.

I will upload some more photos of my install as well as the light leak issue

From a design perspective, an alternative solution is to lower the logo and serial number (as well as the ///M on the speedo to maintain all on the same plane); however, this may only work for the coupe script as the roadster script is longer and would have leakage with the coolant telltale light. Better still, the script can be made not transparent, just a solid white colour. This would not matter at all since there are no LEDs behind it, and even though they are transparent, they will not illuminate as the ///M on the speedometer does.

Attachment 2380461

More pics coming soon

How was the install process and how long did it take you to do?

[Angelito]

Originally Posted by wdb

Please do post pics.

I pulled a corner of the backing paper up -- that's not the issue. If you look at the pictures in post #1 the white faces are lighter than the thin ring that goes around the edge; on my "white" faces the thin ring is the lighter color, not the face. I've reached out to the folks in Poland to get clarification. This is not what I was expecting.

Copy, will do & thanks for the feedback. Now based on what Maupineda just posted about the "light leak from the telltales around the logo", and the fact that mine have the Coupe logo and may be darker than what I expected, I'm willing to buy your light gray ones if you choose to sell them.

I hope Venoxy is able to remedy this issue without added expenses, mine just left Germany today. I'll definitely post pics as soon as I get them.

[Vid714]

Mine just came in too!!

[RossBMWZseries]

Man they look amazing off but even better when the lights are on! As for the light leak, hopefully a small piece of tape will do as you stated. What’s with the section on the gas gauge? Looks a bit more Light blue

[maupineda]

Originally Posted by Vid714

How was the install process and how long did it take you to do?

It took me about 1hr, is best to take your time and do it slowly and carefully. the DIY video posted on the first page is all you need.

The only thing I would advise doing differently is installing the needles, when the cluster is connected back to the car's harness, it sort of resets itself and if you did not put the needles back on exactly where they came off from, they will be off, so I found that to perfectly set the needles to Zero, is best to connect, let the cluster complete its resetting process and then place the needles carefully so they are put on aligned to their zero position, is not difficult, just requires attention to detail, if you follow this advice you may save yourself some on/off of the needles (I had to remove the tach a couple of times to get it to be perfectly aligned to Zero).

[maupineda]

Originally Posted by RossBMWZseries

Man they look amazing off but even better when the lights are on! As for the light leak, hopefully a small piece of tape will do as you stated. What’s with the section on the gas gauge? Looks a bit more Light blue

Don't worry, that is just a shadow, my garage was closed and thus very dark and the dome light (the one on the headliner) hit that corner of the cluster creating that effect.

[kaybat]

Originally Posted by kaybat

white, yes.

[Cyclops]

Originally Posted by maupineda

I just completed my install, and they look absolutely fantastic, almost perfect, and I say almost because as with any new development, you learn as you go.

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More pics coming soon

maupineda, thanks for tackling the first install and providing feedback. I honestly didn't think that those logos would have been opaque to allow light through, however, I do think that a piece of black electrical tape should fix that issue pretty easily.
Mine are scheduled to arrive tomorrow so I'll give that a go and see how it looks.

I'll reach out to Venoxy and see what they have to say.

Thanks

[XMetal]

Looks really good. How come the ///M logo light up so well, but not the Coupe logo? Now, I wish I would have order a set

Originally Posted by maupineda

Here are the photos of the cluster put back on, and how it illuminates, it looks really nice this dark blue!

Attachment 2380493

Below you can see where the light leaks

Attachment 2380494

basically is the C and E in the case of the Coupe. The Roadster may show more leakage as the script is longer

The next photo shows the LED cavities, the space is tight, so without reprinting the faces without transparency, the only alternative is masking the script from the back, or a portion of the cavities. for now, I am living with the condition as it is only an issue during ignition on and engine off, or in my case when driving in DTC mode

Attachment 2380497

[Cyclops]

Originally Posted by XMetal

Looks really good. How come the ///M logo light up so well, but not the Coupe logo? Now, I wish I would have order a set

The M logo lights up well because it's not laying flat against the plastic as there is some contour there to allow the light to pass through. On the tach you can see the face would lay flat against the plastic, so it only lets light through (leaks) around the left and right warnig indicators.

[kaybat]

Oh- so another words, light will bleed into the logo?
Here's mine(white) held up to a light...

[Vid714]

Originally Posted by maupineda

It took me about 1hr, is best to take your time and do it slowly and carefully. the DIY video posted on the first page is all you need.

The only thing I would advise doing differently is installing the needles, when the cluster is connected back to the car's harness, it sort of resets itself and if you did not put the needles back on exactly where they came off from, they will be off, so I found that to perfectly set the needles to Zero, is best to connect, let the cluster complete its resetting process and then place the needles carefully so they are put on aligned to their zero position, is not difficult, just requires attention to detail, if you follow this advice you may save yourself some on/off of the needles (I had to remove the tach a couple of times to get it to be perfectly aligned to Zero).

Ok cool thanks!! Hope to get them in this weekend.