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Old 12-08-2004, 02:29 PM   #1
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Glow needles

Any body ever use these?I have an 86 dash with analog gauges I am thinking of customizing and might use these.http://www.autoaccessorystore.com/ho...ame=&options=1
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Old 12-08-2004, 03:10 PM   #2
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whoah, some of those would look nice over my indiglo/white faces. And it sounds like you just adapt it to the bottom of the existing needle/s.

So does any one know if our needles are lexan based like it asks?
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Old 12-08-2004, 07:39 PM   #3
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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
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Old 12-13-2004, 02:22 PM   #4
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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.
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yes i did try to e-mail them again
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Old 12-15-2004, 12:54 PM   #6
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I got my gauges in the mail yesterday, but the faces were gray, not white...are they supposed to be gray?
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it deponds what one you clicked on to buy theres a white one and a gray one witch pne did you click on

also 87tip did you ever get thoes needles? if so did they work?
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I haven't gotten them yet.Right now I have a digital dash.I can't decide between reverse glow gauges and the needles or auto meter gauges.
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you have a digital dash? man if i where you i would keep the digital dash. digital dashes are hard to come by and look really cool.
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I looks ok but it's not very accurate.Just the tach alone is 3-400 rpm's off.My gas gauge is off too.
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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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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
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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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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?
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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.

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Excellent reply. I even get it now...
I have a cluster on the way and I'll make some use of this.
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