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Old Jun 14, 2001 | 06:54 AM
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i have a 95 SE, i was wondering if anyone has changed the bulbs to red, how does that look, and can you replace just the needle for a colored needle look, and how does that look too?? i tried searching, and came up with nothing. thanks for the help
Old Jun 14, 2001 | 07:15 AM
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Just use a sharpie on your needles to paint them...that works better then changing out the needles...
Old Jun 14, 2001 | 07:27 AM
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I can't imagine that red lights in the gauge cluster would give off enough visible light to light up the gauges sufficiently, but I suppose it's possible (as long as the lights aren't too red).
Also, like 1Phat Max said, just use a Sharpie permanent marker (or any permanent marker for that matter) on the needles. Blue and Orange/Red seem to look the best.
Old Jun 15, 2001 | 08:06 AM
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Originally posted by ajaffee
I can't imagine that red lights in the gauge cluster would give off enough visible light to light up the gauges sufficiently, but I suppose it's possible (as long as the lights aren't too red).
Also, like 1Phat Max said, just use a Sharpie permanent marker (or any permanent marker for that matter) on the needles. Blue and Orange/Red seem to look the best.

anyone have pics of needles w/ permanent markers in blue??
Old Jun 15, 2001 | 08:13 AM
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does anyone have pics of needles in ANY color of permanent marker?? im curious to see how it looks before i do it. thanks for the input guys.
Old Jun 15, 2001 | 09:06 AM
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I colored my needles blue (with a Sharpie marker). It looks great against the white gauge faces. However, the blue doesn't work quite as well as red/orange would at night. If I could do it again, I would do it in red instead. However, I can assure you that it does look good.
I don't have any pictures, but I could get some for you by next Monday. Otherwise, I think Import Intelligence has some pictures of their white-faced gauges with colored needles.
Old Jun 15, 2001 | 01:43 PM
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Pics of my red interior lights on my homepage.

Ijust switched out the bulbs in the guages and the shifter with red #194's. I painted the ones in the A/C controls with "clear red" paint from a hobby shop. I unsoldered the green LED's in the door switches and put in red ones.
Old Jun 15, 2001 | 04:00 PM
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is it possible to change the colors of the lights in the climate control a/c's?
Thanks
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