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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:31 am 
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i dont think thats what they are called. i'm talking about the pointers on your speedometer and fuel, temp, oil, battery and tacho in (Ford EL Fairmont) are you able to get them in a blue colour or any ohter colour besides orange?
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:39 am 
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im pretty sure you can remove the orange by scraping it off gently with a blade then you can colour to whatever you like

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:20 am 
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Take the cluster apart, very gently sandpaper the needles off, e paint them into your desired colour, stick them back on an put said cluster back together.

Someone should make a doco out of this.
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:22 pm 
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use nail polish remover that works :)
then just paint the bottom part of the neesles any colour mine are still white but light up red see gallery hehe
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:28 pm 
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thanxs guys, like the nail polish remover best
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:25 pm 
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Try acetone-free nail polish remover if you can find it. Plastics tend not to like acetone much.

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:24 pm 
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cool thanks for the tip.
i'll post photo's when i'm done. by the way does anyone know what paint/dye i should use to make them blue???
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:29 pm 
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i think this was written in one of the doco's neways!

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:33 pm 
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which doco
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:05 pm 
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the blue led one i think

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:08 pm 
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cool thanks for the tip.
i'll post photo's when i'm done. by the way does anyone know what paint/dye i should use to make them blue???


any paint will do, as it doesn't need to lightup, just reflect the right colour. Means of course you'll need to keep white bulbs/LEDs.

 

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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:55 pm 
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kool, put in white background and painting the needles today
looks pretty good
post pics soon
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