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Since I'm new to this whole Honda Civic thing, this may be a silly question, but are the needles on my instrument cluster supposed to light up or glow or reflect or anything? When I'm driving at night, the backlights illuminate the numbers on the gauges, but I can hardly see where the needles are to tell my engine or road speeds.

Thanks,
Ben

 
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Pull the whole cluster and change the little lights that are plugged into the back. They're available at any autoparts store or you can get handfuls at the junkyard 'cause just about every car made since the 80's has them in the cluster.

 
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Okay, so there are supposed to be lights. Thanks. Is pulling the cluster fairly easy and straightforward? I plan on picking up a shop manual today too, so that should help.

 
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the needles reflect the light from the top of the cluster. you can change the lights on top if you want a different look. the light bulbs behind the gauge face for the numbers are smaller than usual and are yellow/white.

 
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Thanks, azkicker0027! The picture helps a lot. When I get some free time I'll pull the cluster and replace those bulbs