Thanks for the tip, I did go to the BBB site and there were 8 claims,
youch. It looks good, but I wouldn't want to risk the hassle, not to
mention it costs more than any of the other options. At least with a 5
gauge cluster if an Autometer/VDO style gauge went out you could replace
the individual gauge. And I have heard of no reliability problems with
Dakota Digital, I just think it's about time they come out with a Version
2.0 that looks nicer ;-)
Bill
At 07:40 AM 4/24/2003 -0500, rwelch@bartnet.net wrote:
>That gauge set is made by Custom Rod Gauges out of Fresno, CA. If you go
>to the Fresno Better Buisness Bureau you will see there are a number of
>complaint files against them. Others (members on the ChevyTalk BB) have
>had a lot of problems with Mark the owner and the gauges themselves. I
>suggest you do a search on ChevyTalk.com and judge for yourself. I will
>say though that most of the problems seem to be for similar gauge sets
>for the 55-57 passenger cars and 57 in particular (I don't know if that's
>significant or not).
>
>I have a set of these gauges and I have not had any problems, however,
>the night lighting just plain sucks. The light from the bulbs bounces
>off the v-bezel and makes for a terrible glare. For some reason that I
>have not yet determined, I cannot make them dim, even after replacing my
>dimmer switch. I got the black set about 3-4 years ago - they do look nice.
>
>Bob W
>Bartlesville, OK
>56 Cameo, 55 Post Belair, 56 Panel, 54 5-window PU
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