Illuminated "Si" on Mph Gauge

[Black 02 SI]

i will be starting a custom dash soon as well. let's just say goodbye to pocket under the radio and hello to volt, egt, and water temp :) did i forget to mention i loooooove gauges??? that will bring the count up to 6 autometer gauges. plus the more gauges the more people think yur car is fast, haha.

[dobbs02si]

It's all about dedication and being original.

I invested 30+ hrs just to have all my dash LED's red....If you're lazy - why bother modding :p .

And I f'n LOVE the led's..makes me think of an audi tt

[EPJuicebox]

Man i just finished looking at oogy's memebers ride page and i saw he got the Illuminated Si to work are there any DIYs for it? this is the only thread i could find.

[oogy-boogy]

Man i just finished looking at oogy's memebers ride page and i saw he got the Illuminated Si to work are there any DIYs for it? this is the only thread i could find.

I had a DIY before the site crashed. I need to rehost the pics and type up another.

[EPJuicebox]

I had a DIY before the site crashed. I need to rehost the pics and type up another.

I joined up the site like a month ago when i got my Ep3 so i missed the site in its prime .

other than wiring the LED Was it hard to get it illuminated??

[oogy-boogy]

I joined up the site like a month ago when i got my Ep3 so i missed the site in its prime .

other than wiring the LED Was it hard to get it illuminated??

It wasn't just a light. It was a functional shift light.

[EPJuicebox]

It wasn't just a light. It was a functional shift light.

oops. my bad i thought you had it lit up constantly, i just realized you had made it a shift light too. nice

I'm just interested in having it just stay lit up. wondering what the process was to make the "Si" translucent enough to shine light through it

[oogy-boogy]

oops. my bad i thought you had it lit up constantly, i just realized you had made it a shift light too. nice

I'm just interested in having it just stay lit up. wondering what the process was to make the "Si" translucent enough to shine light through it

A scalpel and a steady hand. You have to:
- remove the cluster trim
- remove the cluster
- remove the clear plastic cover
- remove the needles (be sure to take all sorts of pics at idle, at reg temp and make sure it has a full tank).
- remove the over lay
- trim a section in the cluster for an LED, etc
- wire it up
- carefully scratch the paint from the back side of the si logo

[EPJuicebox]

nice thanks for the info!!! now i must get the courage to take it all apart lol

[oogy-boogy]

NP.

If you don't have patience then I wouldn't recommend you try it. There are multiple pieces that can easily break.

[DarkSiRacer]

Can't wait to see the pics and the "How-To" Instructions...

[twep]

i thought i saw somewhere a guy did do this already?

[oogy-boogy]

Yep. I had it posted but the crash deleted it.