Here is the pics.


sorry the pics are from this morning.

 

i cant do this my self any 1 no were i could get this done and how much

 

i cant do this my self any 1 no were i could get this done and how much

 

Wow looks good, I wanted to do blue needles with a red led think it would be purple ?

 

Thanks for the shout out! Glad to see it worked out nicely... Very good write up.

 

hey, is anyone from mass. can do this for me and a friend? not just the needles, but also the leds and stuff. PM me or seomthing... im dying to do this, but im scared as hell to do it on my own O_O

 

how did u do the leds? did u paint those also? can u show us how to do the gauges?

 

^^ he did it like everyone else... doing it yourself:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37747

or having someone else do it. (for a small fee.. )

 

are the guages out of alignment...or was that pic taken while you were still reinstalling them?

 

hmm.. the speedo and tach look fine,

but the gas and temp are supposed to settle down lower than where they are in the picture.

not really a big deal for those two gauges being slightly off

 

:: casts zombie spell ::

Nice DIY.

 

Has anyone done red needles on a blue background???
I am thinking of changing my amber needles but i dont want to do white....

 

If you take the needle completely apart when you do it you will get rid of those orange spots right where the needle meets the housing. I take the back of the needle off (you have to clip the plastic melts on the back), remove the clear needle from its housing, strip the paint and repaint. That way they are all the same color. A little more work, but comes out nice.

 

I dont have good pics of the whole thing, but here are a couple of my gauges. They are red on blue





They arent the best of pics, the lights of the guages make the needles look dimmer due to the light settings on the camera

 

engifineer....thanks for the pics....i just wanted to make sure that it didnt come out purple like someone mentioned....red it is and red it shall be!!! Looks nice!!

 

You shouldn't need to take the whole needle apart. I took all the paint off the backing with a rag. The inner part I got off with the acetone and a paintbrush.

 

Where are you at? I'm in Greenfield. I haven't had the car long enough to rip it open, but I want to do the red needles on blue to mine.
I was an electronics tech for 18 years, so soldering a few LEDs shouldn't be TOO hard! I plan on 'experimenting' with mine first, though...

 

how u guys get the red needles with the blue background? what paint did u use and how u get it to look so red?

 

while u guys were doing the whole led swap for the gauges,
do u remember how many leds were needed to complete the conversion?
and u have to solder the leds? cant u juss put them on without soldering anything?

 

umm, all leds are soldered in. so u have to desolder and then solder them back in.