guages and needles Options

[popke03]

I just got my indiglo quges from speedhut. they look awesome, and I am excited to install them though I will probably have to wait till the end of next week to do it. Anyway I was looking at my car and I realized that the needles I have are white as well as the face on the new gauges. I am thinking it is going to to be tough to see the needles. Is there an easy part I can order to fix this like orange needles or some other solution someone can think of? Or am I wrong and I will be fine with the needles?

[neophile]

QUOTE (popke03 @ May 9, 2003 - 5:10 AM)

I just got my indiglo quges from speedhut. they look awesome, and I am excited to install them though I will probably have to wait till the end of next week to do it. Anyway I was looking at my car and I realized that the needles I have are white as well as the face on the new gauges. I am thinking it is going to to be tough to see the needles. Is there an easy part I can order to fix this like orange needles or some other solution someone can think of? Or am I wrong and I will be fine with the needles?

I was worried about not being able to see the needles too. But once they were in I found it wasn't a problem - in fact the 'all white look' is kinda cool. At a glance I can easily see where all the needles are pointing.

At night it is even less of a problem because the needle light colour is more of an off-white /yellowish colour (something I didn't notice on the black gauges cause they don't reflect much light) so it makes it even easier to see your needle position.

Sorry I can't show you what mine looks like, my digital camera wont be here till next month

I'm not sure where you're from, but if there are many SSIII's in your country they did come out with a white face gauge option and had clear orange needles - so you might be able to find these at an auto-dismantlers.

Another option is to go to your local hobby/model shop and buy some Clear Orange paint - this is used to paint clear plastic lights etc on model cars. I know Tamiya have Clear Orange and Clear Red in their range, and probably other colours too.

**Friendly warning ** The first 2 weeks of driving after installing indiglo gauges can be very hazadous - they just look so cool you wanna keep checking them out and sometimes forget to watch the road - er, at least that's what i've heard . . . from other people

Hope this helps.