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DIY voltmeter mod for 2nd gen Chargers

Started by Dino, February 25, 2014, 02:23:36 PM

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Just 6T9 CHGR

#50
March 29, 2014, 11:56:12 AM
Ok got the decal on.  Not impressed with the fit of the decal.  Had to do some trimming and the guide notch in the upper left corner didnt really fit correctly.  Had to do some trimming.   When its installed in the cluster Im sure you wont see the edges too much to tell its a decal.

Still think the PCG stuff fit much better.  I contacted Dave P. there to see if he would do a custom one...no dice.

Over all its pretty much spot on with the voltage readings as seen in the pic.  When the weather warms up Ill install it along with the new OER oil psi gauge I just got...now Ill have a mixture of PCG decals, OER screen printing & Whitegauges decals in my dash ;)
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Charger4404spd

#51
March 29, 2014, 12:02:47 PM
Nothing wrong with that Chris, Im sure it will look great once everything is installed. :2thumbs:

Dino

#52
March 30, 2014, 07:15:05 AM
Is it the monitor or is the battery gauge print a bit pixelated and wobbly? 
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Just 6T9 CHGR

#53
March 30, 2014, 09:04:04 AM
yes the font isnt as sharp as the oil psi gauge is :rotz:
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Dino

#54
March 30, 2014, 09:07:12 AM
Well since my communication with whitegauges doesn't seem to go anywhere I guess I'll just tweak my own and get some thicker decal paper to print on.

When are you planning on working on your cluster?  If I am able to get a decal to look close to the PCG decals I'll send you one.
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Just 6T9 CHGR

#55
March 30, 2014, 11:12:37 AM
Their email sucks.....I found it better when I called them.  Im sure it will look OK when installed
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

RECHRGD

#56
March 30, 2014, 12:16:27 PM
Dino, that's strange that you had to trim it.  The 'volts' one that I bought fit fine.
13.53 @ 105.32

Dino

#57
March 31, 2014, 05:43:58 AM
Quote from: RECHRGD on March 30, 2014, 12:16:27 PM
Dino, that's strange that you had to trim it.  The 'volts' one that I bought fit fine.

Not mine!  That's Chris'   :yesnod:


I fiddled with the design yesterday and the print was way better than the one they sent you Chris.  Let me tweak it some more and I'll repost the design and instructions on how to print it for best quality.

This is what I'm ordering to print them by the way:
http://www.papilio.com/inkjet%20waterproof%20adhesive%20film%20media.html

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Just 6T9 CHGR

#58
March 31, 2014, 05:55:06 PM
You got me all self conscious now Dino!  Called up WhiteGauges and they are looking into fixing it... :thumbs:
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Just 6T9 CHGR

#59
April 07, 2014, 05:28:09 PM
Small update.....they "fixed" the decal and are sending me out a new one....should have it tomorrow.

Silly question about the hook up of the voltmeter.   Can you use the original ammeter wires in the harness?  Reversing the black & red to match the gauge of course. Or should you run new wires tapping off say the fuse box?

Also figured out why my back lighting had different shades to it.  2 of the blue lenses were cracked.

Got some repro's (a little more blue than original) and tested out the new bright white LED bulbs.  These will make a huge improvement!
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Dino

#60
April 08, 2014, 08:33:07 AM
Woah that looks great!  You just reminded me to go find some leds for my cluster as well.  My blue lenses are intact but originals.  Would you still replace them?  I may just do so.

Regarding the hookup, both red and black are power wires so if you're not changing the charging system like I did to mine, I would solder red and black together and take 12v for the voltmeter off keyed ignition.  Ground the other side and done.
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Just 6T9 CHGR

#61
April 08, 2014, 03:58:50 PM
That makes sense.   Got the new decal today...meh a little better I guess...check that....looks exactly the same :rotz:

Another thing I noticed is when its installed the far right of gauge looks like its cut off by the plastic gauge face....have to do a bit of grinding to move the entire gauge over to the left....
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Dino

#62
April 09, 2014, 05:50:45 AM
That's...quite lousy  :rotz:

My decal paper should arrive one of these days so I'll see if I can do better.

It doesn't seem that my gauge has to move but it is a bit more forward than the stock one.  I guess the cluster housings are not that precise either.  Dremel time!   :icon_smile_big:
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Just 6T9 CHGR

#63
April 09, 2014, 04:38:05 PM
Quote from: Dino on April 09, 2014, 05:50:45 AM
That's...quite lousy  :rotz:

My decal paper should arrive one of these days so I'll see if I can do better.

It doesn't seem that my gauge has to move but it is a bit more forward than the stock one.  I guess the cluster housings are not that precise either.  Dremel time!   :icon_smile_big:

Yeah thats what I did with mine.....also tried to lower it as much as possible in the housing to get it to line up (lettering wise) with the other gauges.

This is as low as I could get it without the gauge bottoming in the housing...
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Dino

#64
April 09, 2014, 08:00:13 PM
Careful with that!  The lettering is not on the same level for the 4 gauges.  The top border of the letters on one gauge line up with the bottom border of the gauge to the right of it.  They all stagger like that.
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Just 6T9 CHGR

#65
April 10, 2014, 03:53:15 PM
It still is staggered...if left alone it will be too much on the volt gauge
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Dino

#66
April 10, 2014, 04:13:35 PM
Gotcha!  Just making sure you weren't trying to line them up.  With the loose tolerances on these cars anything is possible. 
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Just 6T9 CHGR

#67
April 10, 2014, 08:12:28 PM
Dash back in with LED's

Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Just 6T9 CHGR

#68
April 10, 2014, 08:13:48 PM
Vast improvement over regular bulbs
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

chargerbr549

#69
April 11, 2014, 12:43:12 AM
Wow!!! Thats a huge difference like night and day!! Where did you get your LED bulbs?

Just 6T9 CHGR

#70
April 11, 2014, 07:20:22 AM
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Dino

#71
April 11, 2014, 08:17:11 AM
That's quite the difference!   :2thumbs:

I'm unsure what to do with the blue lenses themselves, mine are intact but I'm not sure how much they have faded over the years.  Where did you buy the lenses?  If they are cheap I may as well get those as well as the leds.

Thanks for the links.   :2thumbs:
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Just 6T9 CHGR

#72
April 11, 2014, 09:29:56 AM
The lenses I got locally from a friend that is a Mopar parts retailer

http://www.gothamparts.com/

I only replaced the 2 over the small gauges themselves.  The others are the faded originals.  Cant tell a difference.   If they arent broken like mine were I'd leave em alone :Twocents:
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

Dino

#73
April 11, 2014, 09:31:38 AM
Great!  Led's are ordered, vinyl paper will be here on Monday.   :2thumbs:
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chargerbr549

#74
April 11, 2014, 06:25:34 PM
I just came across this DIY voltmeter conversion has anybody tried this, they talk about using a water temp gauge (robbed from another cluster of course) and putting an ammeter face on it or I think you could use a new decal and with a new voltage limiter and a special sending unit it will supposedly work as a voltmeter, for normal the needle would ride in the middle. It sounds like a slick deal and alot less work to do.

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=67781.0
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