Red Needles

[BBQ_HotDogs]

I want to change out all 6 white needles in my instrument panel and get red ones. Anyone know where I can find red indicator needles instead of having to buy a whole instrument cluster from a junk yard?

The HotDog

 

[Nate1]

Use a transparency marker and color them. Don't paint them.
AFAIK nobody makes red needles.

 

[espnfreak]

I was also thinking about somehow getting my entire dash gauges to become red, then putting some leds behind them to look really bright...i love this look on pontiacs but im not quite sure i want to go ripping my dash apart just quite yet...but good luck get some pics if you do this.

 

[sk1er17]

for a while ive been thinking about just replacing all the green LED's behind the instrument panel with red LED's.. is this possible? (half of mine are burnt out anyways.. so its either that or white guages.. but id rather not get white guages)

 

[Yomie]

I kept all my white needles and jsut replaced the white bulbs with red ones

 

[Limited Ex]

Originally posted by sk1er17
for a while ive been thinking about just replacing all the green LED's behind the instrument panel with red LED's.. is this possible? (half of mine are burnt out anyways.. so its either that or white guages.. but id rather not get white guages)

Not too sure it would work like you think it would, because the lights behind your dash are just regular bulbs, the color is in the "sticker" that is your numbers and lines on your gauges. Maybe the red light shining through the green sticker would give it a different color...

 

[sk1er17]

well considering i never went behind my guages yet i had no clue what to expect

if thats how it works- then i guess its time to start searchin for some aftermarket guages that arent too guady..

 

[DesertSpive]

I scraped off the white on my Ranger and painted the needles Grabber Orange with model paint. Came out awesome.

--Sean

 

[B94Sport]

I just took a red sharpie to mine after I put in my reverse EL gauges... Also painted the needle covers the same color as the gauge faces... Replaced the stock cluster bulbs with superwhites and it looks really good!

 

[jwild4x4]

Yomie, who makes the gauges you have? They look really nice.

 

[Skeets'91EB]

whats the best sharpie color to use? Red or orange? A red sharpie seems like it might be a little dark.
I'm gonna have my gauges put in tomorrow and I would like the needles covered...thats why I'm asking...

Also, not meaning to hijack, but does anyone have a stainless bezel installed on some reverse-glow gauges for a 91-94 explorer? I was trying to align the bezel with the gauges on a counter just to see how accurate it was going to look...and actually, it didnt align very well with everything