Don't you get it? It's not a matter of what is just about good enough to get the job done. It's about spending your hard earned money on junk. If I wanted something that just about does the job, I'd save the money and paint the gauges myself. I don't want the kit for show, I don't want the kit just so I can say I have it (and you don't). I want it for my own satisfaction. Don't you want the best for the buck? or is second place good enough?
I noticed the difference in quality at first glance and I was comparing it to the Speedhut gauges from memory! Few hours later I brought up both sites and looked at the pictures side by side to confirm my initial impression. It's not like I sat here in front of the computer with a damn magnifying glass checking each pixel. You'd have to blind or not care about your money to not notice the glaring difference in print quality.
Since it is something that would be in my car and a purchase decision I will have to live with in the long run, I give a damn about how good the kit is. I will not spend a penny on any piece of garbage mod. None. Zilch. I will not spend a penny just so my VX can look like the approximation of what I want to achieve. I will not be satisfied until I get the real deal. If I was into Type-R Integras, I'd get a real friggin' Type-R. I'm not the type who would slap a Type-R sticker on the lowest model Integra and call it good. As much as people praise and claim to love their VXs, I am often shock by the kind of things they do their "pride and joy." I don't understand how people can settle for anything other than the best for their "pride and joy".
Like I said, I can live with the stock gauges... so if nothing works out with Speedhut, it's no big deal to me. If it bothered me that much, I would not have bought my VX. Besides, the factory dash works and functions as it should. What else do you want? a song and a dance? Wrong car. Either way, we're SOL. If they say no... and the requirement stands at 25, like you said, we're SOL. If we don't ask, this thing will never happen, and we're SOL. Nothing to lose in asking.
From the way it looks, aren't the needle kits seperate anyway? If you want that feature so badly, you could always add it to the Speedhut kit or to whatever kit you buy.
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