I put the APC Speedglo on my 97 Dak about a month ago. I also had to cut the
stop at the 120 mark, but other than that, it lined up good and I can still
see all of my icons and lights.
----- Original Message -----
From: Will Coughlin <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: DML: apc's speed glo dash gauges
> Chad, I have the APC white faces in my truck, and I just put APC
speed-glo's
> in my buddy's '99 silverado. My white faces were a bitch to put in, but
they
> did line up and look right.On the other hand, the speed glo's I did this
> past weekend in the silverado were not the same story.They were much
easier
> to put in, but they did not turn out as well.The tow/haul,e-brake,abs,and
> service engine soon lights didn't line up.When the lights come on, they
show
> up, but the letters are off and the light only shines through some of the
> places in the speed glo face.One other thing we noticed a problem with(I
> don't know if you've ever driven a silverado,if not, this might not make
> sense) is that where the luminescent mileage/gear selection indicator is,
it
> is now extremely hazy and you can see the gear indicator during the
day,but
> not well.At night, forget about seeing anything in that area. We didn't
have
> to cut out any of the guage stops.I contacted APC about the problems we
had
> with their junk and they were not at all helpful.Hope this helps,
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Chad Evans" <hemidak@Msn.com>
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: apc's speed glo dash gauges
> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 20:24:33 -0800
>
> Help!! I purchased the speed glo dash for my dak. i have a few questions.
> First did anyone have to drill out the stop for the "mph" 120 mark? I did!
> second did anyone get the dash to line-up with the speed-glo. Some of the
> icons are the same size some are different. The "check engine" and "o/d"
are
> bigger, i beleive there were a few more that i couldn't get lined up. I
was
> wanting to know if anybody had the same thing happen to them or similar.
>
>
> hemidak@msn.com
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