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[hainzy]

You'd be after the yellow needled gauges for an LX.

[Tiny]

To the best of my knowledge you're after the yellow needle set! I'm sure Dr Terry would be the right person to set you straight on it!

[MRLXSS]

Yeah, you would be after a Yellow Needle one...

But in my opinion... The White needle ones look heaps better! Mainly because they dont fade! I have a white one in my hatch and it looks great!

Also, White ones are cheaper than yellow ones

[REDA9X]

For a late LX, you should have the yellow needle SLR gauges with the park brake light in the speedo.

[Toranavista]

The second set has been made up from a speedo from a SL. All of the needles have been painted in an attempt to make the whole cluster match.

[ls2lxhatch]

You can tell it is an SL speedo because it only goes up to 160 km/h. The SS/SLR speedo is 200 km/h

[MRLXSS]

I couple of months ago, they would sell for $150-200, But now, the yellow needle ones go for upwards of $700!!!

I reckon you should still be able to get one around the $200 mark at a swap meet...

[Toranavista]

Keep in mind that most of them for sale need repairs, so budget that in.

[Dr Terry]

Hi Guys.

Firstly, the 'yellow' gauges are the correct ones for the LX series. Secondly, if it's a 1977 model then it will need to have the later units, where the park brake & brake fail are 2 separate lights. The 1976 ones have 1 warning light for both brake functions.

Over the years these gauges fade a lot, so the original gauge colours are difficult to distinguish.

AFAIK, the needles are not yellow for LX, they are orange. However, the lettering and graphics on the dial face are yellow. I own a low mileage 9/76 SL hatchback & that's how those gauges are coloured, likewise some individual gauges that I have stored in boxes. I think the 'yellow' needle thing comes from the UC & HZ series where the needles are yellow, but the dial face lettering is white.

I think many of those red needles on the previous page have been fiddled with.

Dr Terry

[REDA9X]

There are basically 5 sets of SLR gauges, I decided to go and take some pics of the 3 different sets I have. All are in very good condition so you can get an idea of what they should look like.

first up, LH. There are 3 different types of LH I have seen, the first has miles and KM, the second is as pictured, and the 3rd has 7 digits in the odometer while this one has 6


The next is the early LX SLR type


Late LX type. These appeared in around mid 77 and have the park brake in the bottom of the speedo as you can see.

[REDA9X]

Yes, watch the low KM ones, especially when the the needles look faded. I've even seen guys claiming to have new old stock ones on ebay with 0km's. thats just wrong, none EVER had 0km on them from new.
The last few expensive ones I saw on ebay went for just over $900!! PS, I don't drink beer, but a Jim Beam would go down nicely lol, just kidding

[TerrA LX]

Can we stick this and the console thread?

[REDA9X]

Not a bad idea, maybe just put a thread together with all the information and pics

[REDA9X]

The redline in an LH or LX cluster is the same for 6 and 8. There is a selection on the back for 4, 6 and 8. A purely 4 cylinder one was made too with no selection, these are the ones that come up on ebay as NOS