What do white-faced S14 gauges look like at night?

[DaveSev]

Anyone got pics? Just curious...plus there is a nice '95 240 for sale round here with 68k going for 5500, and it's loaded with leather and the white-faced gauges and whatnot. So yeah. Pics would be great. Yes, I searched.

Also, what's the steering wheel like compared to S13s? I love my 91 leather steering wheel, it just feels perfect. I've seen pics of Zenkis and they look to be made of the rubbery plastic stuff.

[thelinja]

The white faced gauges just reverse colors at night. The dial appears black, and the numbers, white. The steering wheel is fine...I mean, I have no problems with it. The zenki isn't the only model that had vinyl steering wheels. The leather steering wheel/shift knob was an option for 95-98.

[CKAMC]

its intresting what you can find on ebay...
so yeah try them... i had links then i saw u said night time so then i removed them.

i dont know about the steering wheel since i have only riden and droven s13's that usually had aftermarket steering wheels

[Rownan]

Here's my gauges, kind of a bad picture but it's something for ya. This is a kouki whitefaced cluster.

BTW this is with amber bulbs in the cluster.

[IGSDann]

That, my friend, is fuckin' hot... Hrmmmmmmmm

[SimpleS14]

Rownan - What gauges are those? I have amber bulbs as well and I was looking for gauges to match it.

As for the steering wheel...you can opt for the JDM/Euro Kouki S14 steering wheel or S15 steering wheel. Here's the JDM/Euro Kouki S14 steering wheel I'm rocking....

[Rownan]

Originally Posted by 95KoukiS14

What gauges are those? I have amber bulbs as well and I was looking for gauges to match it.

As for the steering wheel...you can opt for the JDM/Euro Kouki S14 steering wheel or S15 steering wheel.

The other gauges are Autometer water temp and oil pressure. They use the same #194 bulbs that the cluster does, so I used the same bulbs I put in the cluster instead of using the ones from Autometer.

Worked out well.

[SimpleS14]

Interesting...now I must copy you. j/k I wonder if other makes work the same way.

[Rownan]

Originally Posted by 95KoukiS14

Interesting...now I must copy you. j/k I wonder if other makes work the same way.

Not sure!

Here's a daytime pic for ya, same low quality.

[SimpleS14]

Originally Posted by Rownan

Not sure!

Here's a daytime pic for ya, same low quality.

Oh nice...mind telling me how you relocated the HVAC controls? or is that a secret?

[Rownan]

Originally Posted by 95KoukiS14

Oh nice...mind telling me how you relocated the HVAC controls? or is that a secret?

Actually when I did it I had no plan of action at all, I just HOPED it would fit in some way.

Turns out it did, and pretty easily too! Of course the HVAC piece is a tad wider than the din area, so two things had to be modified....

First the metal brackets that hold the radio and stock DIN slot had to be bent up a little to accomodate both the radio AND the wider HVAC piece, while still allowing it to line up with the factory bolt holes. I just put in a little time bending it with my hands and test fitting until it came out well. the HVAC piece has little plastic wings on it where it bolts in, so I just used a dremel to widen them out a tad, and it bolts in almost stock-like. It's a tight fit getting the new HVAC+radio piece in to the dash, so there were a few edges I had to smooth over, but now I can put it in and remove it without any headache at all. The factory HVAC wires will need to be pulled under the crossbeam which is easy enough, but there isn't a lot of slack in them from the factory which means you'll have to plug them in while the HVAC controls are halfway installed, which is fine for plugging them in but I've bashed a knuckle or two having to pull them out....

The second piece that needs to be modified is the plastic surround, you can see in my picture above what I had to do because, again, the HVAC controls are significantly wider. Again I used my trusty dremel (love that thing) with a sanding bit to widen it a little. If you do this go very slowly and keep holding it in front of you to get an idea of symmetry because this part is what can make the different between a bad looking relocation and a factory looking relocation.

I don't have any worthwhile pictures to show you of the job but I suppose I could take a picture of the HVAC+radio piece, if you want, to give you a better idea of how the metal brackets need to be bent.

[SimpleS14]

Originally Posted by Rownan

if you want, to give you a better idea of how the metal brackets need to be bent.

Yes please, if possible can you e-mail them to me at [email protected]?? Once it gets warmer I will try to tackle this and post a write-up and give you credit.

[Ian]

damn george, your car is CLEAN man...

i need to get a new 240 lol..mine is gross

[240silvia]

I remember them just looking the same at night as the regular gauges...

[HyperTek]

heheh that lighting reminds me of my 180 cluster.. took a red marker to the needles, and removed the blue condoms from teh bulbs and it looks like that with the white faces

[DaveSev]

Thanks. Those amber gauges look niiiiice.

And that JDM/Euro Kouki wheel looks sweet as well, though I'm more of a fan of 3-spoke wheels.

[papershot]

so wheres your ebrake?

[katbak]

Is the dash panel an overlay, or painted.
his ebrake might be up... (pretty high up)

I like the dashboard metal piece, nice stuff.

[Rownan]

Originally Posted by papershot

so wheres your ebrake?

I need to get longer e-brake cables to work with the Z32 rear calipers so until then the e-brake is... absent.