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balonywolf · 10-09-2007, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragoneye

That's a cool idea! really!

I wonder how feasable that would be...I mean the tech is there (i.e. Mustang color chooser) it'd just have to be implemented in a different way...

Thanks! I thought of it while I was working on a manip of those gauges. I was thinking they are kind of small and hard to read, and that a little light would further clutter the whole cluster. Then I had the idea that the whole gauge would change color.

This is what I imagined that the difference would look like:

*Mr. Wyndham* · 10-09-2007, 09:22 PM

Yeah!

Take that to GM!

It really, honestly, is a good idea!

Power Junkie · 10-10-2007, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Yeah!

Take that to GM!

It really, honestly, is a good idea!

I agree... definitely a feature i'd like to see... not only looks good, it has a functional use... good work there balonywolf!!

Pencil.Fight · 10-10-2007, 01:18 PM

After seeing that, I have a hard time thinking what other options GM would have to accomplish that goal.

*Mr. Wyndham* · 10-10-2007, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Power Junkie

I agree... definitely a feature i'd like to see... not only looks good, it has a functional use... good work there balonywolf!!

Right? Who needs a DIC, if your low on gas...the whole gauge lights up red!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pencil.Fight

After seeing that, I have a hard time thinking what other options GM would have to accomplish that goal.

What do you mean, 'to accomplish that goal'?

Pencil.Fight · 10-10-2007, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

What do you mean, 'to accomplish that goal'?

Both the general readability and display of warning lights. They really can't put up a separate warning light on the dashboard, and like he said, a separate warning light on the middle console would be too cluttered.

Warghost · 10-10-2007, 10:18 PM

Wow, that is a great idea BalonyWolf. Maybe Fbodfather could forward this to the proper department and see if it gets implemented?

*Mr. Wyndham* · 10-10-2007, 10:32 PM

It's sooooo posible, too....Dragon's thinking (in the lowest possible state, too

) an LED strip around the inside edge of the gauge (where you couldn't see it) that was a red LED(or red filmed) that lit up, and the rest of the gauge (whatever color it may be darkens) so you'd get an effect like this...

*Mindz* · 10-10-2007, 11:20 PM

*Insert Submarine movie warning buzzer sound*

The_Stache · 10-10-2007, 11:35 PM

If the gauges end up like that on the console... Im gonna have to wire something in to do that.. thats just my style there..

09'Z28 · 10-10-2007, 11:41 PM

looks like a cool idea but what when your racing and you dont have the time to look down

*Mindz* · 10-10-2007, 11:59 PM

I repeat, insert submarine movie warning buzzer. The whole cabin would light up and you'd have an annoying torpedo fired siren going.

But no, the light would be bright enough to catch your attention.

*Mr. Wyndham* · 10-11-2007, 12:10 AM

Honestly though, wouldn't a big bright red light, and a ding be a little more attention grabbing, then a ding, and a teeny, tiny Gas Pump icon?

09'Z28 · 10-11-2007, 12:32 AM

yeah a big red light and loud torpedo launch sound wouldn't be street legal and if your going through a corner at a high speed and it goes off you might go off (the road/track)

10-09-2007, 09:22 PM	#30
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,873 View My Garage	Yeah! Take that to GM! It really, honestly, is a good idea! __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

10-10-2007, 10:32 PM	#36
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,873 View My Garage	It's sooooo posible, too....Dragon's thinking (in the lowest possible state, too) an LED strip around the inside edge of the gauge (where you couldn't see it) that was a red LED(or red filmed) that lit up, and the rest of the gauge (whatever color it may be darkens) so you'd get an effect like this... Attached Images __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

10-10-2007, 11:20 PM	#37
Mindz E.B.A.H. Drives: you wild... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In the happy padded room wearing a jacket that makes me hug myself... Posts: 18,420	Insert Submarine movie warning buzzer sound __________________ Blue Rush, 2010 SS [Car of the Week 3/22/2010] Traded in on...ZLZBUBB, 2013 ZL1

10-10-2007, 11:35 PM	#38
The_Stache SoCal Race Team #13 Drives: 2010 1SS:RS:LS3:SW Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,800 View My Garage	If the gauges end up like that on the console... Im gonna have to wire something in to do that.. thats just my style there.. __________________ A.K.A - Diarmadhi (old handle) - So much to do.. So little money Owner : Fast-Stache Industries LLC

10-10-2007, 11:41 PM	#39
09'Z28 The "Mad Hamster" Drives: '71 Camaro, '90 mx5, '71 2002 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,610 View My Garage	looks like a cool idea but what when your racing and you dont have the time to look down __________________

10-10-2007, 10:18 PM	#35
Warghost Drives: Camaros & Mustangs Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Port St Lucie, FL. Posts: 168	Wow, that is a great idea BalonyWolf. Maybe Fbodfather could forward this to the proper department and see if it gets implemented?

10-10-2007, 11:59 PM	#40
Mindz E.B.A.H. Drives: you wild... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In the happy padded room wearing a jacket that makes me hug myself... Posts: 18,420	I repeat, insert submarine movie warning buzzer. The whole cabin would light up and you'd have an annoying torpedo fired siren going. But no, the light would be bright enough to catch your attention. __________________ Blue Rush, 2010 SS [Car of the Week 3/22/2010] Traded in on...ZLZBUBB, 2013 ZL1

10-11-2007, 12:10 AM	#41
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,873 View My Garage	Honestly though, wouldn't a big bright red light, and a ding be a little more attention grabbing, then a ding, and a teeny, tiny Gas Pump icon? __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

10-11-2007, 12:32 AM	#42
09'Z28 The "Mad Hamster" Drives: '71 Camaro, '90 mx5, '71 2002 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,610 View My Garage	yeah a big red light and loud torpedo launch sound wouldn't be street legal and if your going through a corner at a high speed and it goes off you might go off (the road/track) __________________

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