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    Lighting gauges with Electroluminescent Tape 

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    Published on 02-22-2013 03:39 PM
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    I thought people might be interested to see how I've changed the illumination of the gauges in my Bugeye using a product called Electroluminescent tape (or simply "EL tape").

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