The black face gauges came from aviation. They had a black matte finish to prevent reflections of bright light. Sports & racing cars adopted it for the same reasons.

I found an ebay link for colored bulbs with pics. The colors look pretty good with the white gauges.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Nissan-z-240Z-260Z-280Z-Gauge-Bulb-Set-BLUE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34207QQitemZ4588667758QQrdZ1

Zak

Check out speedhut.com, they have a nice set of gauge covers with indiglo lighting.

i'd love to know if there are any EL kits available. i mean, i dig the original look as much as anyone, but on a daily driver it's not very practical in the dark!

i'd love to know if there are any EL kits available. i mean, i dig the original look as much as anyone, but on a daily driver it's not very practical in the dark!

see the post above yours.

I like the look myself and am considering doing this myself.

Mine are on the way... Pics to follow

Actually, a gage is an instrument and guage refers to size. I know this from ordering pressure and temperature gages on a regular basis for the military. When refering to wire diameter and shotgun shells, guage wuold be appropriate.

Not to sound harsh or anything, white faced gages are for fast and furious wannabes in cheap civics with oversized wings which look like crap by the way and autozone shift knobs. A classic Z looks much better the way Datsun designed them in my opinion. I hope I didnt offend anyone...just my own humble opinion.

Can I ask, what does Ricey mean?

Can I ask, what does Ricey mean?

It comes from the saying "rice grinder" or "rice burner" hints the name ricer or ricey, you know the little honda civics, and all of the other little four cylinder cars out there that have sh*t loads of mods. put on them, usually intaling a larger than life spoiler, nonfunctional hood/roof scoops, stupid lights on everything, and lets not forget about the tail pipe big enought to house a small country in it!!!!!

It comes from the saying "rice grinder" or "rice burner" hints the name ricer or ricey, you know the little honda civics, and all of the other little four cylinder cars out there that have sh*t loads of mods. put on them, usually intaling a larger than life spoiler, nonfunctional hood/roof scoops, stupid lights on everything, and lets not forget about the tail pipe big enought to house a small country in it!!!!!

that pretty much sums it up....