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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 12:49 PM
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Paint Needles on ur indiglo

What do you think if I to paint my needle with this .

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/anotherl...windarpai.html

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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 12:52 PM
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I forgot to mention that I have white needles on my gauges.

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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 12:59 PM
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NO!

it weighs your needles down and gives you incorrect readings!

since acura needles are send from electrical signals, they are already setup to run the tiny motor that turns the needle to a certain point based on the weight of the needle relative to the speed, gas, rpm's, etc...

i strongly recommend against it.

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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 01:39 PM
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I have heard nothing but bad things when people try and paint their needles. I already told you this in a previous post but now i have back up thanks to rmstoico

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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 02:00 PM
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Thanks guys.
But how it's going to look at day light (white on white)?

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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 02:50 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 30CL:
Thanks guys.
But how it's going to look at day light (white on white)?

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I have white on white and i think they look fine but its up to you what you want to do about them.


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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 02:51 PM
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actually, white on white will look cool i think! it will be uniform. it wont be the most visible thing, but it will look classy, and the shadow it casts will give you enough shadow to see that you are doing 115 and you should slow down later!

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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 03:25 PM
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When I put white dials in my old Civic, I painted the needles with flat black spray paint. They looked really tight! After I did it, I checked out the readings. Still idled the same and in fifth gear the RPM vs SPEED matched to what is was before I painted them. IMO It should be fine, it takes so little paint to change their color. Just don't over do it.

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