# LCD gauge cluster, friggin SWEET
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340 "2008-10-30T14:00:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/1 "2008-10-30T14:00:24Z")
Really cool stuff, entire cluster is an LCD screen. Imagine being able to choose different skins, change gauges, arrange configurations, monitor just about anything, see your music playlist, tuning, literal on board diagnostics. Awesomel :tup:
> **[Ford SmartGauge LCD Instrument Panel Brings Futuristic Look, Green Leaves To...](https://jalopnik.com/5070371/ford-smartgauge-lcd-instrument-panel-brings-futuristic-look-green-leaves-to-2010-hybrids)**
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> UPDATE: We got a first-hand look at the new SmartGauge — here's our a video of the gauge in use! Ford's making no small secret of their upcoming 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid (not the just-revealed 2010 Ford Fusion),...
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### Author:  [@RLB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RLB)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/2 "2008-10-30T14:05:15Z")
pretty cool. imagine what is possible if you can hack it.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/3 "2008-10-30T14:05:57Z")
imagine what happens when it breaks
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/4 "2008-10-30T14:07:18Z")
two dimensional gauges are hard to read out of you peripheral vision, glare and other factors only make it worse. only a few cars managed to get digital right… the s2000 is one.
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### Author:  [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/5 "2008-10-30T14:19:41Z")
> [@theblue](#):
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> two dimensional gauges are hard to read out of you peripheral vision, glare and other factors only make it worse. only a few cars managed to get digital right… the s2000 is one.
this is a whole new ballgame, no bars to illuminate, this is a monitor
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/6 "2008-10-30T14:30:53Z")
it’s still 2D vs 3D…
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### Author:  [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/7 "2008-10-30T14:33:59Z")
Well, nav systems seem to hold up well with glare and other factors, being that this would be recessed into the cluster panel, I’m willing to bet these would be diminished even more.
Either way, the configurability is something to look forward to, more than the type of interface.
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### Author:  [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/8 "2008-10-30T14:38:49Z")
Very cool.
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/9 "2008-10-30T14:46:16Z")
> [@Schema](#):
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> Well, nav systems seem to hold up well with glare and other factors, being that this would be recessed into the cluster panel, I’m willing to bet these would be diminished even more.
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> Either way, the configurability is something to look forward to, more then the type of interface.
IB hacked clusters full of pRon
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/10 "2008-10-30T14:49:11Z")
I heard spooge apears when you hit redline. No need for a shift light anymore.
edit: Oh hai… Best buy advertisements…
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### Author:  [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/11 "2008-10-30T14:53:47Z")
fuck all that noise
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### Author:  [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/12 "2008-10-30T15:07:57Z")
> [@Viper966](#):
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> IB hacked clusters full of pRon
how many ppl are gonna buy a ford whatever this car is hybrid just to hack the lcd, then sell it haha
actually, i can see some ppl doing that :roflpicard:
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/13 "2008-10-30T18:55:58Z")
I think it is gay. Real gauges for life.
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### Author:  [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/14 "2008-10-30T19:00:33Z")
Awesome. But do we really need to switch from MPG to vine leaves as a unit of measure?
dont mind me. Im just bitter that i’m not and wasnt smart enough to build this when I had it as an idea for a lowrider dash way back in high school.
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### Author:  [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-gauge-cluster-friggin-sweet/57340/15 "2008-10-31T07:27:10Z")
