I'm retarted!

[hello2000]

Man I'm retarted. I was installing my indigo gauges, like an idiot as I was putting them on with too much force and broke the fuel needle off. I was thinking no big deal, take it to the mazda dealer to put it back on. I was wrong, they said they would have to replace the whole instrument panel at cost of $700. So, for those of you are going to install indigo's please becareful. $700 is a lot of money.

 

[JDM Sam]

Sux man. Shoulda did a search on this in the appearance and whatever section. There's a How-To and you needed to cut the gauges with an exacto knife for them to slide over. If you can find another cluster with a good fuel temp section you can remove it and install it in your cluster. There's a thread with someone who fixed theirs. If you buy the cluster yourself its about 500 and its pretty easy to swap them out.

 

[Vulcanon]

yep that type of stuff happens, gotta be careful with those gauges!

 

[Mach 3.5 Turbo]

BTW, did you knw that it's spelled "retarded" not "retarted"?



Retarded indeed

 

[Dimitrios]

retarted ---->> buy dictionary --->> look up "retarDed" --->> follow up by new instrument panel purchase at local Mazda dealer.

 

[Dreeza]

yeah, hi-perf got his needle broken too

i believe he went to the junkyard and got one pretty cheap from a car there....

 

[YellowSpeed1229]

i did that on my truck.. luckily it was a s-10 so parts were easy to find... got one at the junk yard

 

[instylz]

Yes get that piece at a junkyard and tell the stealership to **** themselves. Bunch of ******* cocksucking assholes.

 

[Stealth5]

or dont installe indiglo gauges

 

[hello2000]

I already installed them. They work fine

 

[BinaryRotary]

Yes get that piece at a junkyard and tell the stealership to **** themselves. Bunch of ******* cocksucking assholes.

Why, he broke the needle, not Mazda.

 

[jsgolfer]

im with stealth, don't install indiglo gauges.

 

[instylz]

I only got that pissed cuz I hate how every dealership has to charge for a full product when someone may just need to replace one piece.

Why, he broke the needle, not Mazda.

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Originally posted by instylz
Yes get that piece at a junkyard and tell the stealership to **** themselves. Bunch of ******* cocksucking assholes.
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[Stealth5]

you dont really need that needle anyway

 

[uclap5]

if the individual piece isnt available from mazda itself the dealers have to order the entire assemblies, so they charge you for the whole thing.

i wouldnt call it the dealers fault.

 

[mixmaster_matt]

on www.car-part.com they have a replacement instrument cluster for $165...

 

[14LBS]

OUCH!!!!!

 

[SmoothCriminal]

install an oem rx7 panel with a factory boost gauge and oil temp gauge