05-31-2004, 01:00 AM
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I recently put the white faced halo gauges in my car, I love them so far, but it is harder to see the needle during the day time. So I was thinking of painting the needle a different color (like red), but then it got me to wondering if they would still light up fine at night.
Has anyone done this or does anyone have suggestions?
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05-31-2004, 01:26 AM
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they will still glow but it will throw ur speedo off.
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05-31-2004, 01:40 AM
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why will it throw off the speedo?? the only thing I can come up with is the extra weight on the needle?? the only thing id be worried about is if the light could shine through the paint.....
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05-31-2004, 02:33 AM
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Only way I could see it throwing the speedo off is if I took the needles off and didn't put them back on properly.
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05-31-2004, 08:38 AM
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i did it...just scratch off the white paint on the back of the needles, and add a light coat of whatever color u want...it mite throw off the needles, but if u ask me, it's hardly noticeable(like 1 km/h) but they don't light up as good tho...thats the only thing...
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05-31-2004, 10:17 AM
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Yep, you have to scratch off the white paint and just paint lightly only where the white paint was whatever color you want, you don't have to paint the whole needle.
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05-31-2004, 01:08 PM
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A very light coat af paint is the key. If there's too much the needles won't glow. I speak from experience and Silent will too. lol
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05-31-2004, 01:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Grouch@May 31 2004, 11:08 AM
A very light coat af paint is the key. If there's too much the needles won't glow. I speak from experience and Silent will too. lol
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Well, I took a visit to a hobby store yesterday and found some transparent red paint. That should work. |
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05-31-2004, 01:29 PM
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don't forget to post up pics when ur done...i gotta redo my needles cuz the model paint i used is too thick and light can't shine through...i wanna see what it looks like and i'll probly do mine over if i see a difference
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05-31-2004, 05:22 PM
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What i did was took a red sharpie marker and colored the sides of the needles. It looks kinda cool, i don't think i have any pics of it since my comp crashed.
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