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11-23-2009, 09:53 PM | #1 |
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Painting my needles snowballed a little:
I should have done this when I replaced the bezel, but.... I planned on just getting some florescent orange model paint and doing just the needles that have faded. After reading a few threads on this I decided to paint the inside of the tin flat white to brighten up the lights. Since my truck is white I thought I'd paint the outside of the tin.(If I didn't like it I paint it back to black) I also masked of the gauges and painted some more white to get rid of the green glow.Replaced some bulbs and done. Under $20.00. I think I like the white.
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11-23-2009, 09:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Looking good. Nothing like doing it yourself.
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11-23-2009, 10:12 PM | #3 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
looks great nice idea.
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11-23-2009, 10:34 PM | #4 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
I also painted the green interior pieces in a shiny aluminum on mine to reflect the light better inside and it really helped out. I threw in some nice bright LED's as well and it really brought my whole cluster up to date.
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11-23-2009, 10:39 PM | #5 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
double post...
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11-23-2009, 10:44 PM | #6 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
do you have pics of the dash lit up at night? that would be sweet to see. Looks killer great job!
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11-23-2009, 10:48 PM | #7 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
I saw on ebay that they now have the lenses with black #s and lines.
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11-23-2009, 10:50 PM | #8 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Very very nice. A couple of questions if ya don't mind? Did you mask off the numbers where you painted white? Looks very tedious!! If not, how did you do it?
Also, and not to hijack the thread, my bezel is in great shape, as in no cracks. But the chrome around the out side is worn. Can I just paint the whole bezel black with a plastic paint? Or is this not a good idea? Or is it just cheaper to buy a remanufactured one? I don't wanna do it half a**ed, but if it would look good and hold up, I'm all for it... Again, awesome work!! Last edited by KrazyKevin; 11-23-2009 at 10:54 PM. |
11-23-2009, 10:58 PM | #9 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Thanks for the feed back. Not an original idea but an easy do-it -yourself job. No pictures yet at night. I don't expect a huge difference without using led bulbs. It should be an improvement though. The faded needles were my biggest pet peeve. I used 194 long lasting bulbs, 4.6 watts I believe.
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11-23-2009, 11:05 PM | #10 | |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
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11-23-2009, 11:40 PM | #11 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
If you go to http://www.whitegauges.net/ thay have all the parts for this and it is cheper then buying it off of ebay. Plus it's free shipping.
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11-24-2009, 01:26 AM | #12 |
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11-24-2009, 05:24 AM | #13 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Looks real good but that center location is now crying for a tach.
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11-24-2009, 09:29 AM | #14 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Looks familiar...nice work
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11-24-2009, 09:33 AM | #15 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
That turned out nice, good work!
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11-24-2009, 10:36 AM | #16 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Nice she turned out good...
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11-24-2009, 10:43 AM | #17 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Will the dummy lights shine through the paint? or am I the dummy for missing something?
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11-24-2009, 01:39 PM | #18 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
That is nice! Something else I can put in my book of ideas for someday...
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01-31-2010, 12:31 PM | #19 |
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Re: Painting my needles snowballed a little:
Just in case someone doesn't know, Testor's flourescent red is an almost perfect match for our needles. I like using apiece of wax paper, cut a slit, slide it under the needle to protect the face while painting the needle.works great
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