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:shrug: i do not know but i would like to get some for my 91 rs becouse i got the reverse glow gauges from procarparts.com and now i am stuck with my stock yellow needles
Did procarparts give you a receipt in your email?..i didn't get a receipt, and they didn't respond to my email....just wondering if my gauges are in the mail.
I just used clear acrylic epoxy to glue LEDs into the plastic the bulbs normally lit. I pulled the needles and removed the yellow-orange paint. Then applied white. With the LEDs, the needles appear to match the indiglo overlays I got perfectly....
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- '87 Formula Firebird - never ending project
- '91 RS Camaro - *sold
- '93 Z28 - donor
- '71 Camaro LT - as if I need another project.....
- '00 S-10 Xtreme ext cab... new beater
procar parts did the same exact thing to me....i orderd what face gauges...the box even had the part number for the white ones and they sent me silver and wont reply to any of my emails...i didnt even wanna mess with it so i put my silver ones in and i must say i love it cuz it stands out from the crowd and looks really good
Originally posted by deadbird I just used clear acrylic epoxy to glue LEDs into the plastic the bulbs normally lit. I pulled the needles and removed the yellow-orange paint. Then applied white. With the LEDs, the needles appear to match the indiglo overlays I got perfectly....
Deadbird,
What did you use to remove the paint from the needles? And then you painted them white? It looks like they need to be clear to pick up the light. Could you explain in more detail? How does it look in daylight?
I used a utility knive blade a scraped the paint off the backside of the needle. Holding the blade perpendicular will scrape away the paint w/o scratching clear of the needle. I then took some white spraypaint and shot it in the lid and used a matchstick to repaint the backside of the needle white. They look just the same as factory only.. white.
Crappy camera produces crappy pictures but, you get the idea...