Psych0matt Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 There was a thread last week with some vert questions and this came up. I'm just wondering who here has experienced or has a UB3 in their convertible. I have one and was going to swap it, but if it's a pain to see in the summer then I might end up just getting rid of it. I do remember it sometimes being hard to see in the cavalier, but I didn't think it was that bad though. Lemme know what you guys think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaroonRegal Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 One of the common jokes among Cougar guys (a digital cluster is the standard cluster) was that we have a pair of sunglasses in our car so we can see our speedometers, not because of the sun. That joke was of course kind of stupid because you couldn't see the cluster with shades on either, but the sun definitely made it impossible to read the speedometer. I don't know about the UB3, but the Ford digital cluster was very difficult to see at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeZ34 Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I'm sure it would be tough to read during the day, but god damn would it be cool at night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaroonRegal Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I'm sure it would be tough to read during the day, but god damn would it be cool at night! Totally cool at night. I'm thinking about what I've seen of UB3's, and I'm wondering if they're not at least a little better than my old Cougar's guages were. It seems to me like the UB3 uses a little better lighting, and it might be more visible in the day, even if it's not totally perfect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Just take it apart and clean it up good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I say put it in and try it....I would deal with it during the day, just to have it there for night time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93CutlassSupreme Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 One of the common jokes among Cougar guys (a digital cluster is the standard cluster) was that we have a pair of sunglasses in our car so we can see our speedometers, not because of the sun. That joke was of course kind of stupid because you couldn't see the cluster with shades on either, but the sun definitely made it impossible to read the speedometer. I don't know about the UB3, but the Ford digital cluster was very difficult to see at times. the digital cluster in my Thunderbird is easy to read in any light.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Well put it this way: '90-91 Cutlass verts got the cluster from the factory. It can't be THAT bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 If youre going to run any lights during the day, then you may wantr to keep the VF dimmer wire (Soilid yellow) disconnected.. THis keeps it at the brightest level.. (Think of your stock radio.. Lights go on, the clock dims.. When off, its bright).. That the plan for the Lumina as my parking lights are on during the day.. Because Im cool that way.. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I want one of these things to toy around with and create some way for it to fit in the defunct Grand Prix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I want one of these things to toy around with and create some way for it to fit in the defunct Grand Prix. Send the parts MY way.. I'll get it to go in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitzel Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 America-build W-bodies don't have a photocell to sense when to turn the instruments to full intensity (daylight), and when to revert to night mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted February 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 America-build W-bodies don't have a photocell to sense when to turn the instruments to full intensity (daylight), and when to revert to night mode? i have a sensor in my 1990 CS and 1992 CS that senses light and switches the lights to dim at dusk/night time its in the drivers side dash speaker a nice feature how? (I assume you put that in yourself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 cars built for canada have that feature, autoheadlights i think?? from what i take its required by law that canadian built cars have it. wheras cars built for america do not have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomshado Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 the auto lights were an option on GM cars, I'm not sure about w's but maybe bonnes got it. regardless, IIRC its called night sentinel or something to that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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