DM1975

Gels would work great. I was going to try something to that effect, but I wanted to go as absoluty cheap and easy as I could, not that some gels would break the bank, but where I am at I would have to order them from B&H or Adorama, this way I can just run down to staples. That may be my next step in the changeover though, after these wear out.

I already have the warning lights changed over. They do not look as good, but I used kindof a subdued coloration for the front part and a vivid color background. It works fine, but it just looks a bit different. After I get it all done up and laminated and installed I will get more photos up. I still have to fiberglass a new dash for this thing with a custom spot for the ECU. As for how long it will last, that is simple. It will last long enough for my cheap butt to do a better job at it later on

One more thing on this, I do not know how well this would work with other colors. The bulbs under the speedo and tach are green covered. I am sure they can be changed somehow, but I am not going to fool with it as gren is the color I want.

Thanks, I just used a regular ink jet printer and regular printer paper. There are several places on the net that gives instructions for doing this in several different ways. Some even show how to do indiglo with electroluminescent sheets, but I kinda like this since it is cheap and easy. I still have to get it all finished and see how well it is going to work on the actual dash. Who knows, it might look like crap with the dash bulbs.

Just in case you are still interested, and since I still can not find manufactured gauge faces for an 87 then here is a tutorial showing what I have done for my own. I did it in green but you can do it in blue. You need Photoshop to do it. I first copied my gauge face on a scanner and opened it in photoshop and made two seperate images. One is the background with the color I want showing at night (I made that color a little thicker over the lines so I have an easier time lining it all up), the other is the front cover showing the numbers in white or red. I then used print preview in photoshop to print both of these out on normal paper. Next I fixed the two together useing carpet tape (white or wood glue would work as well) Just make sure they line up perfectly. If you use carpet tape you want to make sure that the two pieces are tacked down close to all of the bleed through colors to get a good light transfer through them and on all areas that will be cut so the pieces stay sanwiched together better. Here is that gauge face next to the original in regular light prior to cutting it out. And here it is on top of my light box to show the color coming through. Next I cut it all out and I will laminate both sides just to give it some more protection. I suggest that both front and back copies have the black face or else light will bleed through. If you do another color on the top then just make sure the back piece is black where you do not want light to transfer. I will post more when I get it all done and installed. I hope this helps.

I plan on putting Herculiner down on my floorboards when I finish welding up the rust holes. I have used it before on a Chevy build and liked it a lot. I just have to get them dang holes patched. My wire welder is a piece of junk with only a high and low setting on the heat and it keeps blowing holes through the metal and I don't think my arc welder would do much more than act like a plasma cutter on that sheet metal.

I am in the same boat as you with the rusted out floorboard. Best advice is to build your own as said before. Coat the bottom if the truck before you paint it with a rust converter instead of just painting over the old rust. All of the rust on mine is getting this treatment and a repaint right now along with a lot of welding. But then again my Pathfinder is kinda being completely re-engineered anyway. As for blacked out lights, do you mean black out drive lights?

I have searched about everywhere I can to find replacement gauge faces for my Pathfinder but I can not find them for a 1987. Any links? My idea for this... 1. Take the gauge cluster apart 2. Scan the faces onto your computer 3. Photoshop in the face as white and the letters and ticks whatever color you want 4. Print out on a frosted white transfer sheet 5. change the bulb colors to what you want 6. cut some lexane to fit the gauges and attach the transparencies to them and install your new faces 7. Put it all back together and you have a cheap indiglo "kinda-ish" dash Or you can get a sheet of EL and use it along with the transparnecy and have real indiglo.

I have an 87 and have been looking at the same question on here. 31X10.50's seem to be the consensus around here for max size on a stock suspension. I myself do not mind the 31's, but I did want a bit of a wider tire than a 10.5 and I am buying my tires tomorrow. I will be going with the 10.5's