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Lol that stomper reminds me of a pic i saw on merkursport a while back of a xr4ti with giant 4x4 wheels and it was bright yellow
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The forward facing turbo outlet and pipe are 2" diameter, correct? Will it fit to a Cossie 2WD or Sierra 4x4 IC?
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Scalawagk9 wrote:The forward facing turbo outlet and pipe are 2" diameter, correct? Will it fit to a Cossie 2WD or Sierra 4x4 IC?
Yes, and yes. The "long" straight end of the S pipe might need an inch or two in length cut off of it to use with a 2wd or 4wd IC.
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Billet adjustable wastegate actuators are back in stock at http://www.merkurdepot.com > Wastegate Actuators

This latest batch of actuators have been anodized in black and are ready to ship!
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We we able to contract the manufacturer to make an exclusive run of the "Indiglo" 150 MPH gauges for the XR4Ti just for us and now have them available at:
http://www.merkurdepot.com > Gauges

These are the electroluminescence lighted gauge faces that give you a nice bright display at night and you never have to worry about those dim cluster bulbs again.
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merkurdriver wrote:We we able to contract the manufacturer to make an exclusive run of the "Indiglo" 150 MPH gauges for the XR4Ti just for us and now have them available at:
http://www.merkurdepot.com > Gauges

These are the electroluminescence lighted gauge faces that give you a nice bright display at night and you never have to worry about those dim cluster bulbs again.
I will so be ordering that if I have the extra cash this weekend, and possibly a good working tach. Mines been busted since I owned the car.
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Get out the soldier gun - the tach can usually be repaired by going over the spots you see that have cracked.
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merkurdriver wrote:Get out the soldier gun - the tach can usually be repaired by going over the spots you see that have cracked.
I have a feeling I would cause more damage than what is there. I am horrible with soldering. I tried practicing with some old circuit boards and failed miserably. I think it may be mechanically defective as well, cause when it does work, my rpms change when going around corners.
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Is there any chance that those gauges will come in KM sometime in the future?
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I dont suppose those gauge faces are available in black? I hate white faced gauges but would like to change the backlighting color.
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lucky87 wrote:Is there any chance that those gauges will come in KM sometime in the future?
Maybe the next run we do. For right now they do have KM on them, just really small.
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wicked93gs wrote:I dont suppose those gauge faces are available in black? I hate white faced gauges but would like to change the backlighting color.
I asked the same thing when I had them made and they talked me out of it - they sent a sample from another car in a black face and the numbers looked great at night when lit, but were hard to read during the day.
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Which is a problem with the color they chose...for a black face the color should be closer to cyan(a really light blue that looks closer to white) then at night you can use a blue tinted bulb on a dim setting to darken it(or maybe coat the backside with some dark blue nightshade type stuff?) Oh well...maybe it be figured out some day
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If your just trying to change the backlight color, ian does some good work. Or follow the write up and switch your bulbs to a colored LED. That seems to work for most guys.
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Got my gauge faces installed on Saturday.

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