New Gauge Needles

I decided to remove the orange from the needles and frost them.
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nice!
i plan on doing that when i do the LED swap... some time :rolleyes:

what'd you use? nail polish remover?

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Originally Posted by zebra

nice!
i plan on doing that when i do the LED swap... some time :rolleyes:

what'd you use? nail polish remover?

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i used paint stripper on a q-tip. it pulled the orange right off. then i went over it with some fine grit sandpaper to give it the frosted look.

What does it look like lit up?

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did you pull them off to do it? i was thinking about leaving them on..wasn't sure if orange is on top or bottom

need to pull them off and the orange is on the bottom

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Originally Posted by PitchBlackC3

What does it look like lit up?

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not very bright actually, lol. I was gonna do pure white LEDs for the gauges and then modify the needles so that they are blue.

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Originally Posted by oleshifty

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did you pull them off to do it? i was thinking about leaving them on..wasn't sure if orange is on top or bottom

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you have to pull em off, orange is on bottom. not hard tho, took me all but 10 minutes.

I guess the needles on the 03-up are different. The base looks a little different. I have some on my desk here and the plastic is tinted orange on the pointers on them.

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Originally Posted by PitchBlackC3

I guess the needles on the 03-up are different. The base looks a little different. I have some on my desk here and the plastic is tinted orange on the pointers on them.

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well that sucks. you can always buy a set of clear needles from ebay.

Can you see the needles at all at night when lite up?