Our LED Lighting Kit with the Stock Gauge Face
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http://www.blackcatcustom.com/chevrolet_cobalt.htm
There a pic of a black and red 2.2 gauge face with the SS/SC style on our custom design page.
http://www.blackcatcustom.com/custom%20design.htm
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^ once you take the needles off you I assume you sand the orange off of the bottom and paint them blue or what ever color you want. You don't have to paint the rest of the needle just the bottom.
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Yes you just paint the bottom/backside of the needles, nowhere else. If you want the needles any other color, we suggest that you paint a transparent color of your choice first, then white over it.
Also, please do not sand the stock color off as this will cloud up the needle. The original paint can be removed with just the 99% rubbing alcohol.
Our Red LED kit will also work with the stock face.
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I'm prolly gonna be ordering the blue kit within a few days here but the only thing I'm curious about it the light yellow/green color of the stock guage face. does that show through with the LED kit?
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We will have to take a picture of the Red LED kit with the stock face. We only have a picture of the red LED kit with one of our gauge faces installed.
http://www.blackcatcustom.com/chevrolet_cobalt.htm
For proper installation the Cobalt clusters should be VIN coded to your car. Something we can't do right now. So the only way for us to install is if you send us your cluster. For pricing please give us a call. Thanks.
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this VIN coding, is this something I can do, or will I have to have a dealer/tuner do it for me?
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This looks like a sweet idea... I attempted setting something like this up myself, but after a week, all of my LEDs and resistors blew on me.... 
So just to make it clear, we would have to desolder the existing bulbs on the circuit board and solder 2 wires in place of those lights? And do you plan on having a white LED kit to get that upscale Lexus/Mercedes look?
Also, the clusters are not VIN coded at all. As long as you match the model year you'll be okay. I bought an 06 cluster off of ebay that maxed at 140 MPH, where as I had the 120 MPH 07 cluster. The speeds matched up perfectly fine (many others have proved this too).
The only problem that I have is that I have chimes and beeps coming from the cluster (07s have the chimes in the radio headunit - 05s and 06s have the chimes only in the cluster) and my DIC can't be changed by the buttons (because I got an 06 cluster).
So just to make it clear, we would have to desolder the existing bulbs on the circuit board and solder 2 wires in place of those lights? And do you plan on having a white LED kit to get that upscale Lexus/Mercedes look?
The only problem that I have is that I have chimes and beeps coming from the cluster (07s have the chimes in the radio headunit - 05s and 06s have the chimes only in the cluster) and my DIC can't be changed by the buttons (because I got an 06 cluster).
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This looks like a sweet idea... I attempted setting something like this up myself, but after a week, all of my LEDs and resistors blew on me....
So just to make it clear, we would have to desolder the existing bulbs on the circuit board and solder 2 wires in place of those lights? And do you plan on having a white LED kit to get that upscale Lexus/Mercedes look?
Also, the clusters are not VIN coded at all. As long as you match the model year you'll be okay. I bought an 06 cluster off of ebay that maxed at 140 MPH, where as I had the 120 MPH 07 cluster. The speeds matched up perfectly fine (many others have proved this too).
The only problem that I have is that I have chimes and beeps coming from the cluster (07s have the chimes in the radio headunit - 05s and 06s have the chimes only in the cluster) and my DIC can't be changed by the buttons (because I got an 06 cluster).
So just to make it clear, we would have to desolder the existing bulbs on the circuit board and solder 2 wires in place of those lights? And do you plan on having a white LED kit to get that upscale Lexus/Mercedes look?
Also, the clusters are not VIN coded at all. As long as you match the model year you'll be okay. I bought an 06 cluster off of ebay that maxed at 140 MPH, where as I had the 120 MPH 07 cluster. The speeds matched up perfectly fine (many others have proved this too).
The only problem that I have is that I have chimes and beeps coming from the cluster (07s have the chimes in the radio headunit - 05s and 06s have the chimes only in the cluster) and my DIC can't be changed by the buttons (because I got an 06 cluster).
Yes the clusters can be interchanged and will work. For a proper swap and for warranty purposes, the clusters should be VIN coded. We need to let people know this so they are aware of this before we can sell them a cluster. If someone is OK with this, we can sell a cluster with the face and LED's installed.
VIN coding is done by a speedometer shop and will match the cluster to your car. As stated above, we can sell a complete cluster with the face & LED's installed, but are not able to VIN code it. Please call us if you would like more info.
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