I would love to see a set installed in person. I did the same thing on my 2011 Camaro 2SS and the lighting was just not the same, not as bright and the font was just not as sharp. After a month I ended up going back with my OEM gauges :-(

 

I'll try to get some shots with a DSLR.

There is a minor drop in brightness (by minor I mean almost unnoticeable, though I left the center 4 gauges in so I can somewhat see it there). The font is very sharp. Their warning light indicators are in a slightly heavier font though. From what I can tell, they can make it all in less weighted font if desired, as the edges are very sharp. If I didn't tell you these were aftermarket, the average car guy would have no idea that I had aftermarket gauges in the car and that's what I was looking for, an OE style that matched my tastes.

 

I concur fully! I have driven with them in for a few days now and can say they quite possibly are my favorite mod (Mostly because I am looking at them on a constant basis when in the car and not looking at the rd) it is a Noticeable mod, but only to those who know the mustang, anyone else would not have a clue (minus the custom logo)

However, install for me was tricky....do NOT twist the needles off. You wil lose all track of where they go back, trust me! Lift them straight off so you can install them back perfect. I have to take my gauges back out for adjustment. the speedo, tach and top center gauges are spot on....but those darn bottom gauges keep moving on me. A little at a time, with every stat up they moved clockwise until after 6 times or so then finally stopped at teh 9 o'clock position.

So Im gonna take the gauges off and lift the needles straight up and swing them to the needed positions. hopefully that fixes the problems. OH and by the way, every time you plug the cluster into the harness it re-calibrates...or so it looks.

 

I found I didn't need to keep track of where the needles were. They all went to a position just slightly below the zero mark when the cluster was disconnected. So I just pushed the needles back on around mid-travel and then turned them opposite their normal direction until they were positioned one click before the zero mark. All except the oil pressure gauge were perfectly aligned and I only had to move that needle back one additional click. It was a lot easier that way than trying to line them up above the gauge and then push them on without twisting.

 

I Had them do a custom set for my 2005. The font on those were slightly less sharp. The lighting was a bit dimmer, not much. For the warning lights, the light was not diffused and was too bright. When I had high beams on, the blue light was so bright that it was distracting. I had to take a piece of clear plastic, thoroughlly scuff it and place it behind the guage face to diffuse the light. Then it was just fine.

From the current posts here, though, sounds like Blackcat has improved and these are not issues anymore?

 

I have an issue that you all may be able to help with.. what do I do if some of the pins on the connector for the gauges broke? The 2 right pins broke off... I still have them, I just need to know what to do!

 

oh man, that sucks. Any good with a soldering iron?

you may need to get at the back of that board to desolder the remaining portion of the pins and solder in a fresh pair, or you might be able to solder on those sections on the stubs.

 

hmm.. i might just take it to the professionals for that one!

 

If you can take off the plate the pins poke through, then you can replace the pins. It doesn't look like that can be done in this case. I think you'll have to solder them back on.

 

the pins poke through! now how would i go about replacing them?

 

Find a local computer repair center and see if they either have the pins or buy an old board that has some and de-solder the pins from an old board into your board. If you're not comfortable soldering then let the computer repair guy do it.

 

well.. this is above me.. would anyone be interested in buying a 2010 gt500 cluster that needs to pins resoldered?

 

Agreed. Don't give up. It is a simple fix that an electronics repair shop can do. Take it in and see what they can do.

 

Any place that is 2M certified should be able to solder it back.

 

Thanks for getting them out to me, they came in the mail today and I should have them installed by mid day.

 

so you are taking it to the dealership to get reprogrammed today?

 

Nope I just took the simple route and just swapped out the gauge overlays but I did leave the center 4 pack alone since I wanted them to be correct to the model of the car. Replacing the two needles was a trick. Best solution was to plug the gauge back into the car with out the cover and the two needles. While the car was idling at norm temp I then barley pressed the rpm needle on and so forth for the speedo gauge. Unplug the cluster again and remove it from the dash and press the needles into place and re assemble everything and wow the gauges sure change up the looks of the dash. Oh ya I did use a app on my iPhone to check my speed while driving it was right on to the stock gauge.

 

The OEM gauge with the Halo ring is not transparent also, I thought it would be myself.

 

Are they available for the bade GT???

 

ran into an issue with mine the other day. Weird, but hen my gas light came on with 50mi to empty, the tach needle shot up to 6k and is now about 3k off. when I shut the car down the needle rests on 3k rpm.

gonna have to pull them off and adjust the needle....AGAIN, like the 6th time!