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You would have to have a thick layer of blue paint, and then the light output will be terrible anyway.
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Refer to my DIY if you want to know more about LEDs and EL cable. The neo-blue cable actually is blue if you use enough, but turns slightly more green after some driving. Don't know why, only that my old aftermarket indiglos would do the same.
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c-money: By day I ment that the blue paint didnt look diffrent on the needle in the day light not with the lights on...
It doesn't look any diffrent at night either, like gear said, you would have to put a thick layer on but that would just make lighting horrible. I would not suggest painting it thick with condoms because they already have a poor light output. LEDs would be able to handel it.
i was gonna taket the condoms off, i jus dun want to mess with the leds. so maybe ill try to jus paint the bulbs with a couple coats of transparent blue and see how i like that.
im just wondering what size led's did you guys use for each application and did you run them in series or parallel. also what applications did you use resistors and what size.... hopefully not those little microscopic ones that i recieved from ledautomotive.com i attempted this the other day and royally screwed up but your way with the wires and tape looks easier so any help is appreciated. thank you
I used 2500mcd 5mm leds from radioshack with 560 ohm resistors, but that's prolly a bit too high. You could go lower like 400 something so they're brighter. Got everything from radioshack, nice and big resistor and led.
The gauge faces are off a 2001 sedan ex only. Needles used to be orange.
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Just a question.
All I want to do with mine are change the needles to Green.
Is there a paint I could use to get this look?
Any suggestions on how I could do this?
Thanks for any help.
no way is paint gonna work. You should follow the blue glow needle diy except use green leds instead of blue.
Step1. Look at the needles to make sure they're clear from the side (some are pink plastic and won't work).
step2. remove needles, clear off orange paint on top and bottom with 95% isopropyl alcohol. Paint bottom of needles ONLY with white glass paint using a liner brush.
step3. drill holes and wire in leds, one for each small gauge and two for each big one. Tap the wires to the illumination wire coming into the blue cluster plug.
step4. don't forget to put e-tape over the light guides so the bulb light is blocked from reaching the needles. If you don't do this, the led color will get washed out by the clear bulb light.
step5. put back together and enjoy
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I used 2500mcd 5mm leds from radioshack with 560 ohm resistors, but that's prolly a bit too high. You could go lower like 400 something so they're brighter. Got everything from radioshack, nice and big resistor and led.
The gauge faces are off a 2001 sedan ex only. Needles used to be orange.
a total noob question but would those gauges work on my 02 lx 5spd coupe if i got the 01 ex cpe 5spd gauges? would it still be black
not with the lights on...
well done 
