Who has painted their gauge cluster needles?

[tecks2k]

Looks good bro, nice job!

[Mohammed_A]

i did mine in a bright orange, here in South Africa we have the 333i that comes standard in this colour.no issues at night either

[der affe]

you need an analouge clock now to go with your new cluster. you can paint the pointers red too.


BTW if you get a little red in the center of the needles, just take a sharpie and reblack them.

[Jamster]

both look great, partal to the look of the red, lol.

[gearheadE30]

Here are some pics of mine fwiw.

[guibo09]

@gearhead, which ebay rings did you get? and how was the fit?

[Night Wolf]

Yeah.... how did you keep the rings in? Were the small ones not fitting in and the big ones not cliping on? Are they flush against the face (which in turn makes the gauges not flush?)

[I got it, yes!!]

Just did mine and I have to say I like it. Got out the paint and had some fun with the instrument cluster. Also the 7K tach is for the upcoming project.:)

[Jand3rson]

Mine still show up just fine in the dark:

[evilnickwong]

Here's mine. CF backing + matt aluminum rings from ebay. Needles colored in with a red sharpie. Lights up just the same at night as before, but admittedly on overcast/cloudy days, they're tougher to see if you don't turn the lights on.

[Dirtbleed]

Go Red on the needles? These white faced gauges came with the car. Kinda cheesey, but I'll live with it.

[catchuk]

the white doesnt look that bad but Id paint the needles and put on some rings

[91 318is]

That Toyota read actually came out pretty good, when I do mine, that's probably what I'll get.

I've been thinking about painting my needles too, but I would like to get the trim rings before I do it. Where is everyone getting the trim rings from?

Sorry to hijack.

[kazzaz]

Night Wolf and evilnickwong

can you plz show us the gague at daylight but with the whole dashboard a wider look i mean :)

[evilnickwong]

Here's another photo I had: