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03-19-2012, 10:44 PM
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MOTORHEAD!
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Devon AB, Canada
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Painting guage needles??
What brings them back to that factory color? Model paint?
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03-19-2012, 11:51 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: St Robert, Mo
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Re: Painting guage needles??
73-79 or 80-91?
No idea on 80-91 but orange upside down marking paint works real good on 73-79.... Quote:
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03-19-2012, 11:54 PM
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MOTORHEAD!
Join Date: May 2000
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Re: Painting guage needles??
Sorry, 82...
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03-20-2012, 12:12 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Re: Painting guage needles??
I would hit the local yards for new needles
wear some baggy pants and walk out with a bunch |
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03-20-2012, 12:21 AM
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MOTORHEAD!
Join Date: May 2000
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Re: Painting guage needles??
Lol!
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03-20-2012, 12:42 AM
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In the Forgotten far North.
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Re: Painting guage needles??
I used spray paint. sprayed it into the cap then used a real small modelers paint brush to paint them.
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03-20-2012, 08:14 AM
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78K & 79C Jimmys
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Ottawa Ont CANADA
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Re: Painting guage needles??
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my extra cluster needles were painted a bit when i bought it small brush,little bits of paper with a slit wide enough to go under the pin i found the paint i put onto the brush,slid off onto the needle when i touched it just smoothed it out and you can see it fine at night
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03-20-2012, 12:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Arkansas
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Re: Painting guage needles??
Better be careful! Those needles get really brittle with age. I tried painting mine and broke both the needles off. Ended up gluing the Fuel back on but the speedo needle broke into smaller and smaller pieces every time I touched it. I whittled down a toothpick to the proper size to glue in place for the speedo. Ended up actually looking good after I got them painted. Nobody notices they have been fooled with until I point it out.
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03-20-2012, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Re: Painting guage needles??
wonder if newer needles would work
the newer gen sedans have lighted needles |
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03-20-2012, 01:37 PM
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78K & 79C Jimmys
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Ottawa Ont CANADA
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Re: Painting guage needles??
i used a very small artist brush and still cut it down to just a couple of strands
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03-20-2012, 02:57 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, Nv
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Re: Painting guage needles??
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