Red needles

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:01 pm

i recently did this to my dgauges as i thought it is rather dull to have white figures as well as white needles... OK it is not a peice of art but i though i'd share anyways:

MMamdouh

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:31 pm

Looks pretty good. But I would get my hands on a finer tip red sharpie and hit those white areas you still have around the black center parts

I'm so glad I switched my needles to red. It's so much easier to see at a glance.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:05 pm

i didn't miss any spots... it seems like the paint is fading or something as it was red all the way the first time i did it, i guess i better get a red sticker and put it on the needles for a more consistent look.

MMamdouh

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:05 pm

No no.. don't go with a red sticker. You'll add weight to the needles.

I just used a red Sharpie Marker.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:38 am

thanks for the advice man... i will try that next time i remove my cluster.

MMamdouh

nefary · Post by **nefary** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:10 am

In your case you removed the green caps I thought.I made it and the result as you have .but you can see bright red for the area around the black center & dark red at the tip. I think that is ugly appearence

My goal is not to paint the needle or anything just to change the bulb colors and try to tint the back face of the guages( I saw it really
when you look for jhonnyC guages it is white ( AS in Matiz ) I want that color for the needle
do you got it????

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:16 am

give me a link to JohnnyC's cluster so i can see what he did... also the color fade is not that apparent at night as their are no surrounding lights and in the morning they are cool as well as you can see in the first pic.

actually it looks much better than the pic but anyways i will help you with what you want as soon as i see what Johnny did to his cluster.

MMamdouh

nefary · Post by **nefary** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:48 am

http://www.daewootech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5763

see the last picture

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:25 pm

try to tint the bulds themselvs with glass paint or so... not to mention that you will have to get them 5 watt bulbs to make the light stronger and penetrate through the paint.

MMamdouh

pavlozky · Post by **pavlozky** » Thu May 04, 2006 5:29 pm

I used engine red paint on those bulbs. That paint holds un to 500 deg of heat. They have a bout 5 month pinted and still working great. Looks cool on mine with the black gages.
I'll try to post one with better resolution, but looks blody red...

nefary · Post by **nefary** » Fri May 05, 2006 7:13 pm

MMamdouh wrote:try to tint the bulds themselvs with glass paint or so... not to mention that you will have to get them 5 watt bulbs to make the light stronger and penetrate through the paint.

MMamdouh

have an idea what is the colour needed to have a white light?????????

I have no idea about that. you can paint to have (red,green,yellow or purple) but blieve me you cant anyway get a white or blue beam. IMPOSSIBLE to make it by hand. you can get them Only by a white or blue lamp not by any tinting

if you know a place to get a white or a blue bulbs without a lense cap ( can radiate light in anyway not directed to straight lines please tell me(BULBS not LEDS)

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:15 pm

JohnnyC wrote: The caps on the bulbs can be removed without much trouble. If you're trying to achieve pure white, it will be a little tricky. There is a slight tint to the gauges themselves giving them almost a red tint of sorts. My guess would be that you need to cancel out that red with a slight blue tint... of course I could be wrong about that. Most of those lights are not specificly directed light. They certainly aren't projector lights at all.

The needles themselves are easy to do... just need to sharpie them with whatever color you want. I recommend using a sharpie for that since it's partially transparent and will allow for more light to come through the needles themselves.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:18 pm

you can get a set of 10 5watt blue bulbs from Alforsan market for 10LE but the blue will fade after some time and it will look ugly.

also you can get 2 5watt ice white bulbs for 24LE from Alforsan as well... haven't tried them yet but they are tempting indeed.

MMamdouh

nefary · Post by **nefary** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:16 pm

ice blue is too weak and the blue make a blue spots and leave all around dark

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:07 pm

nefary wrote:ice blue is too weak and the blue make a blue spots and leave all around dark

i didn't say ice blue i said ice white and those are very bright... also LEDs are the ones that immit a beam not bulbs, never use LEDs on gauge clusters.

MMamdouh