I wanted to convert my leds to red and in the process of taking off the needles my tach one broke. All the other ones came off no problem. Anyway I call the dealer and he said its all one unit ($225) and I cant order just a needle. Is there anything I can do?

 

junkyard
superglue
aftermarket

 

I was thinking all those things but the car hasnt been out that long so I doubt there are any aftermarket needles for it. Again I doubt there are ones in the junkyard yet, and superglue seems like my only option.

 

Maybe you can make one

 

paint a toothpick red and glue it on

 

Mabey you should put "I broke my needle" in the title.- i though for a min it broke on its own....

 

Does anyone know of any other cars that needles resemble the tcs? I am going to try to look for a similar needle in the junkyard. Otherwise I am going to have to bite the bullet and buy a whole new gauge cluster Can any dealers confirm that it is actually all one unit?

 

i'm sure a needle from another toyota will work. may not match exactly, but should work.

 

[quote="Jdawg82"]I wanted to convert my leds to red and in the process of taking off the needles my tach one broke...quote]

Well, did you get your new LEDs in at least? If so, how'd it turn out? Any tips on removing the gauge cluster to access the lights would be appreciated as I would like to try to change mine as well. Thanks, Jayme

 

The leds did not come out how I wanted them to so I put the amber ones back in. However I did successfully superglue my tach needle and convert all my needles to red.

 

That's too bad, but at least you fixed your needle and don't have to get a new cluster. How did you change the needle color to red? How do they look? -Jayme

 

One reason why I will never mess with the intrsument cluster...or changing colors around

 

I took some rubbing alcohol and wiped off the orange color then I colored the needle with a red permanent marker. It came out really good actually. Here is a pic although it is probaly hard to tell the difference.

 

What did the needle look like after you took the orange color off of them? I want to either find new needles or somehow take all the color off the stock ones. I want them to glow white with gauge lights to be green.