Painting needles...still visible in the night?

[charles_00Civic]

agreed, and that uv light is they gheyness

DEFINATELY. Its uneven and looks like ass. Pulling out your gauge cluster is a nono. Too fragile I was super carefula sn till busted my speedo. The needles ona 96-00 dont come off either.

 

[anekin007]

whats wrong with uv? that is whats in my car. glows very even. better then stock dim lights and needles that not glow. my uv bulbs are very small. check out my picture couple post up.

 

[RKSskier]

If anyone wants some really bright UV Leds I can get you some for cheap. Just in case anyone feels the need to do so, just thought I'd let ya know

 

[gearbox]

if your needles are lexan, you can use leds wired in back of the needle to make it glow any color. That's what I did to make my 7thgen needles blue. I think in older models the needes aren't actually lit up. They're just visible because of some kind of top lighting.

 

[Mask0rz]

96-00 usdm needles will not glow. the needles are made of plastic. the only way a needle can glow is if the needles are made out of lexan.

heres my gauges.

i dont think it's gay.

If you put a bigger and one with more output UV neon, i think it will lit up you gauges.

Anekin... are the needles easier to see with UV ?
You used regular paint?

 

[anekin007]

my needles are lexan. it glows pretty bight. i sometimes have to dim it down a little. it is as bright as like the check engine light and brake light stuff on my gauges. u can see its as bright as the glowing SI.

 

[Mask0rz]

my needles are lexan. it glows pretty bight. i sometimes have to dim it down a little. it is as bright as like the check engine light and brake light stuff on my gauges. u can see its as bright as the glowing SI.

hmm so there is no way thatmy old plastic needles will glow with fluorescent or UV paint...?

 

[anekin007]

nope it will not glow at all. the person that made my needles stop making it due to lack of buyer interest.

 

[got traction]

i used a red sharpie to paint my needles.....works perfect...i can see em at night just fine

 

[Mask0rz]

i used a red sharpie to paint my needles.....works perfect...i can see em at night just fine

any pics ?

 

[got traction]

ill post some pics tomororw

 

[93gsrcivic]

Are they still visible in the night when you paint them with a sharpie?


sorry, couldnt find the right answer to my question while using the search.

I painted my needles orange to match my Autometer Phantom gauges. I primed them first. I have white face reverse glow overlays. The light no longer shines through the needles. I use my tach because I know the speed of my car by which rpm and gear I am at.

 

[Mr. EeeKaY]

does anyone know how to take the needles off? i got a 96-98 ex cluster,and it's goin into my 99 cx hatch. i'm tryin' to see if i can put the milage exactly to my non-tach one without breakin' the cluster. = \

 

[Mask0rz]

does anyone know how to take the needles off? i got a 96-98 ex cluster,and it's goin into my 99 cx hatch. i'm tryin' to see if i can put the milage exactly to my non-tach one without breakin' the cluster. = \

well i don't recommend you to pull of the needles....

here in Holland ppl say you have to pull them off in order to change the gauge plates... a lot of ppl do it over here, some destroy their gaugecluster, some don't. Just don't do it.

Do a search with the keyterms : gauge +needles. I think you will see that everyone here says: DO NOT PULL THE NEEDLES OFF!

 

[Mr. EeeKaY]

lol thanks man. I just swaped the speedometer / odometer gauge. lol... saved me a lot of time a trouble.