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Old 10-31-2004, 07:24 AM
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Default Speedometer too dark to read sometimes? Here's the fix...

Ever get that annoying shadow cast by the speedometer bezel when the sun is bright and there is so much glare that you can't see the upper half of the speedometer dial? Well relax, because "help is on the way". The Gauge Pod Solar Illuminator is an easy mod that brightens up the face of the speedometer by reflecting excess solar lightwaves all the way back into the gauge pod. And the best thing about the Gauge Pod Solar Illuminator is that it is extremely low cost--practically free! So if you install it and decide you don't like it, just remove it and throw it away! The amazing GPSI--stick it where the sun don't shine!
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and who is selling this?

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OfficeMax or apparently any store that sells Avery products.
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Sounds like a fancy way of saving a reflective peice of tape
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Someone has been reading one too many installation manuals, i suspect.
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anyone have pics?
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little pieces of paper, superglue, duct tape and every stickers to fix a tc....you people are crazy?
J/K
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Originally Posted by Cybergypsy
little pieces of paper, superglue, duct tape and every stickers to fix a tc....you people are crazy?
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*Puts cyber back in box, nails it shut* Now stay!
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Originally Posted by Kaeon
Originally Posted by Cybergypsy
little pieces of paper, superglue, duct tape and every stickers to fix a tc....you people are crazy?
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*Puts cyber back in box, nails it shut* Now stay!
lmao!! o no!!!! its halloween!!!! cybergypsy is on the lose again out from the box and haunting ppl!!!
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Originally Posted by Su1c1da1
Originally Posted by Kaeon
Originally Posted by Cybergypsy
little pieces of paper, superglue, duct tape and every stickers to fix a tc....you people are crazy?
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*Puts cyber back in box, nails it shut* Now stay!
lmao!! o no!!!! its halloween!!!! cybergypsy is on the lose again out from the box and haunting ppl!!!
no, everyone knows how i feel about the tC, just that last post
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Kaeon, why did you edit your post to add "*Puts cyber back in box, nails it shut* Now stay!" ? Fuelin' the fire, huh?
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hey miko, get your paint ready.......
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Originally Posted by kaypee
Someone has been reading one too many installation manuals, i suspect.
Definitely. I agree completely with that. Sounds like an infomercial almost.
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Originally Posted by DuMa
and who is selling this?
DOH! <<hand slapping forehead>> Nobody's really selling these. It's a joke. You're supposed to laugh! Oh well, if you have to explain 'em they're not very funny.
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Sounds like an infomercial...
Yes, yes! It's supposed to be parody of an infomercial.
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...almost.
DOH!
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