Writeup: JamesSpec Gauge Cluster

[Sharingan 19]

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

Very nice job, would like to see daytime pictures as well. This would probably work even better on an S5 cluster, since the S5 already has circular gauge cut outs vs. the 1/4 circle style used in the S4s, so there won't be any shape mismatchs between the stock fuel gauge and the oil/temp/boost gauges.

I don't know if I agree. For one S5 clusters are pink...good luck matching that to anything lol.
Also, although the gauges are round, they are still too small to accomodate a useful size gauge, so you would have to end up doing the same thing I did. The only thing that might work, are those little cheap sunpro/auto-gauge/ gas station triple gauge pods, those things look like they might be 30mm

Not to nit pick, but the illumination brightness levels between the stock & Prosport gauges is different. Might just be an artifact of how it's all wired and where your dimmer settings were at you took the picture - maybe the stock gauges were on minimum brightness, and the Prosports were at full illumination? Can the Prosports be wired in such a way that you can use the stock dimmer to adjust brightness along with the stock gauges?

Actually, the difference isn't as significant as that pic suggests, the cell phone camera does a poor job of picking up light differences...at least w/o messing w/ iso and other settings; and this isn't hondatech, lol.

Yes I have. I actually ran some led replacement bulbs (single led - cool blue) for a while before I did this mod. The single led bulbs aren't brighter than stock incandescent and the cool blue made the stock gauges look more yellow than orange. I have the 4-led bulbs in the turn signals and the are plenty bright so perhaps using those in the "warm" (incandescent replica) or amber color would look good.

These leds have a built in circuit so they can be dimmed by the stock switch (just like the gauges, also led lit). However the dimming is non-linear so they don't dim@ the same rate as the incandescents. Perhaps a full led cluster would be more uniform in appearance, but I just keep it on the one of the top 3 brightness settings and it looks great.