blue needles on clocks,

[lozz]

iwonder how hes got these to light up blue ?

see vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr--0olF ... re=related

any ideas ?

thanks ,

[Gary406]

i'm wondering if the needles have their own bulb in a seperate section

[RayneR]

hmmm... amazing blue needles

[omega]

my spares car has pink ones!!
will have to have a look one day

[FarmerPug]

black dials get white needles, and white dials get red needles, if i recall correclty from the time i swapped dial faces over.
The white one, a bit of blue film around the stalk where the needle sits on, which also transmits the light on a white stalk should in theory turn the needle blue.
But also the SMDs on the board could be resoldered for blue ones.

Remember someone was going to do the full dash in blue, i havent seen that yet.

[lozz]

black dials get white needles, and white dials get red needles, if i recall correclty from the time i swapped dial faces over.
The white one, a bit of blue film around the stalk where the needle sits on, which also transmits the light on a white stalk should in theory turn the needle blue.
But also the SMDs on the board could be resoldered for blue ones.

Remember someone was going to do the full dash in blue, i havent seen that yet.

its more trouble than its worth

[FarmerPug]

ill agree with lozz, i have spare parts lying about to experiment with, but dont want to waste them for the sake of blue bulbs. orange was ok, and the red dials are ok.

[RayneR]

ill agree with lozz, i have spare parts lying about to experiment with, but dont want to waste them for the sake of blue bulbs. orange was ok, and the red dials are ok.

but the first ones that the dashboard is all black with this orange light, it gets boring ..

[FarmerPug]

Spray the dash silver, it really lightens up the interior.

[lozz]

Do you know something ?

Im a daft twart

was out in the car tonight going for a bag of Lips (chips)
and ive noticed my needles light up turqoise ffs why havent inoticed before

[RayneR]

Spray the dash silver, it really lightens up the interior.

i was thinking about painting in chrome the surround of the clocks ... like some early versions have ...

[lozz]

Spray the dash silver, it really lightens up the interior.

i was thinking about painting in chrome the surround of the clocks ... like some early versions have ...

That sounds like a good plan

[FarmerPug]

Although I'd advise getting the bits painted at a crash repair place at least they can paint it in a dust free environment

[lozz]

Although I'd advise getting the bits painted at a crash repair place at least they can paint it in a dust free environment

Why?
its all down to paitience,
loads of people spray trim parts theres no need for paying someone to do it,
if you go in places like halfords they have proper plastic paint desighned for spraying trim,

using car paint requires paitience some people will just keep spraying till its coverd that doesnt work
spray on in 3 seprate coats allowing 1o mins per coat and it will go on properly,

you must be spraying in a realy dusty place if your having problems,

[FarmerPug]

Very dusty here so it is