new help installing gauges

[birde427]

hey can anyone help me install these bad boys on my 2000 civic ex, i can do the wiring no problem, but the needles are so sensitive i dont know how to take them off to put my gauges in. Anyone out there done this before ??

 

[civicex23]

You sure you need to remove the needles cuz I didnt? If the gauges are thin enough you can slightly bend them then slide em underneath the round part of the needle and they should fit nicely. Hope that helps a lil.

 

[EK9]

don't take the needles off, might have to get new gauge cluster =p just slide it in, bend the gauges little bit where it'll not leave a bent mark... really e/z and simple

 

[jonnyp777]

but how would you bend it with the gas/coolant gauge. two needles. or is that when you need to bend it? just wondering.

 

[Liz]

but how would you bend it with the gas/coolant gauge. two needles. or is that when you need to bend it? just wondering.

Be very very careful! I broke mine when I did that side. What I think I should have done was move both of them almost up. Then slide them over. That way you have to do as little bending as possible. So that might help.

 

[Mr. Lin]

If they're gauge faces, you don't take the needles off.You have to slip the hole over the needles.

 

[jonnyp777]

i tried to put the gas needle as close to where it was as possible. will it go back to normal when the car starts or when i fill my tank? thanks.