* tC : Center Tach Conversion and Custom Gauge Faces
#22
I dig the center tach, reminds me of the wrx I almost bought the other day Gauge face color.... just not me... But that can be changed. Congrats man, job well done! Very cool mod!
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Originally Posted by riboflavin
COOL!!! I've always wondered why tc has speedometer in the center and tach on the right side. If there is another color, I'm all over it!!
Originally Posted by 2_much_tc
if the tach is in the middle, wont it be giving you false info? because that normally is the MPH? overall nice though...
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Originally Posted by 2_much_tc
if the tach is in the middle, wont it be giving you false info? because that normally is the MPH? overall nice though...
the motors for both the tach and the speedo are the same and thus share the same properties and overall travel.
the signals that are sent to each motor have just been rerouted to the other and vice versa... thus providing the center motor to move with RPM.. and vice versa.
the only thing that had been preventing anyone from fully completing the mod was producing gaugefaces.
after talking to dooly, whom i have known to make high quality gaugefaces for the celi before... i was going to ask him about the center tach for the tc... but i guess i shouldn't have been surprised.... he had already done the rewiring and was already in progress..
i could've done or tried to make some custom gaugefaces myself, but out of respect to dooly already working on it, and the fact i know his stuff is high quality, i waited patiently for him to finish to reveal it
and thus.. it has!!!!! yay!
#32
Originally Posted by Jehoo
Originally Posted by O5_TRD_tC
clean! i would get a set if i had a manual
Nice product and mod! I hope you make lots of $$$$$$!!!!
#33
is it really that easy? just switch the signals going into each motor? i'm majoring in EE so i have some basic experience in wiring, so im wondering if its something i can do.
so...are different guage faces going to be available?
so...are different guage faces going to be available?
#35
I want! I want! I want!!! Just not in red!! like everyone else said aluminum is sexy or maybe black. Is there a how to for the wiring. How much for the faces? I think you got a following here.
#36
I made these mock ups real fast. I'm at work and a bit rushed, so they're a bit sloppy, but I think we all get the idea... I'm rather fond of the two tone idea.. and all around, I prefer smaller text:
brushed
black(ish)
2tone
brushed
black(ish)
2tone
#39
SORRY 56kers
I decided i wasn't happy enough with those... so I added a bit of a red stroke to the two tone as well as sharpened and italicized the font and made the "font-size-gradient" more apparent on the speedometer and tach (as in, the font gets bigger as the numbers get higher)... gives it all a faster, cleaner appearance I think. Since the black one seems liked, it did it there also. Can the two tone sort of thing be done dooly (if I cleaned it up and gave you higher res sort of mocks)?
I decided i wasn't happy enough with those... so I added a bit of a red stroke to the two tone as well as sharpened and italicized the font and made the "font-size-gradient" more apparent on the speedometer and tach (as in, the font gets bigger as the numbers get higher)... gives it all a faster, cleaner appearance I think. Since the black one seems liked, it did it there also. Can the two tone sort of thing be done dooly (if I cleaned it up and gave you higher res sort of mocks)?