well as i was so bored on a sunday night in the house, i had an idea to practice on my old ef cluster and wanted to try to paint the needle orange..lol..so i found an crayola orange marker and started paintin each needle..it only took me atleast 15 minutes to paint all the needles and it did turn out nice..tommorow i'm painting the crx SI cluster thats in my EF..now atleasti know how to do it now..lol..heres are some of the pic that you guys wanna check out





so put those orange markers in good use!

 

came out good but nothing new i rather use a sharpie.

 

i didnt had a orange sharpie so i used a crayola marker to practice on..lol..but sharpie would work also..

 

that looks pretty good. I have a plan for my dayoff now haha

 

did you take the needles off or just colored it with it attatched to the clusteR? how'd you pop off the clear plastic part off?

 

I dunno if he took his needles off or not. I'd recomend not to if I was you since you don't know how to get the clear cover off. But I'll help you out.
Pull out the cluster then on the back there is 6 little plastic clips you have to push in and the plastic cover will pop off. If you don't know how to remove the cluster go get your self a service manual asap.

 

UPDATE:
USE SHARPIE! its better than the one i used..

no i didnt take the needles off..i just took off the plastic cover..but you have to paint them gently.i mean REAL GENTLY..so you wont break the needle..there are 4 clips around the sides of the cluster..just pop them then it will be open quickly..

 

 

hey it looks good! u kno u wana try it lol

 

wow really? it looks better than the white OEM crap, and it also looks like the OEM EDM cluster. I give it

 

Hate to say it but that looks good!

Nice work.

 

i have a feeling he's expressin him self like that cause theres a whole thread dedicated to people customizing and painting there clusters

 

that actually looks pretty decent. someone in here colored his needles green once. its original.

 

i aint hating..i just gave it a try..some people like it and some people don't..everyone got their own taste on what look good and what doesn't..

 

I came in here thinking , but it's not so bad.
+1 for creativity I guess.

 

i think it looks good, when i got my guages the needles were green, so i painted em white...but im liking the orange..

 

Try it? Been there done that on model cars I built when I was in grade school. Difference is I was using the proper materials that wont wash away with water and wont sun fade after a hot day in SD.

Key word is it looks. I can care less what color people choose for their needles, as long as they like it and its done the right way.

Exactly, its an expression. Im sure everyone who saw the pictures had their own expression or reaction.

Props on trying something new and not being a poor sport over negative critism. If you were looking for something with a more professional/quality finish, I would tell you to use materials specifically made for this type of project. It would save you headaches for when the Crayola stuff fades, drips, melts off the unprepped glossy plastic needles.

 

sexy needles imo gj

 

nice work

 

im def gonna do this

 

thanks for your opinion..i was just bored and tried painting them.but the next day took the paint of too with a nail polish remover and Q-tip..the next time i do this im gonna use a better paint.do you have any chance to tell me if whats a nice paint brand to use that wont fade quickly and look professiona/quality finishl!?cuz you said you've done it before..thanks ahead

 

wow man that looks really good! ima have to use one of my baby sisters markers :D

 

IMO use sharpie better bro..atleast its permanent

 

looks nice might do this to one of my cars

 

yeah i was going to do it with a sharpie along time ago but i could never find a single orange sharpie