so I bought white LED for my cluster and thought the orange lighting would be white..
 

I bought white LED 74 lights for my cluster and thought the orange lighting in my 2001 ex cluster odometer would be white..My goal was to keep the orange needles and have a white background. I've searched online and looks like I have to buy a film?

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/01-02-Honda-C...uY!~~60_35.JPG

Re: so I bought white LED for my cluster and thought the orange lighting would be whi
 

There's an orange film "painted" on the backside of the gauge face. Only way to change the color of the numbers is either to get a gauge face overlay or to remove that orange film, but you risk irreversibly damaging the gauge face.

Re: so I bought white LED for my cluster and thought the orange lighting would be whi
 

So its an orange film. If I take it off, the numbers should come out white....Man I dont want to mess it up....Has anyone done this?

Re: so I bought white LED for my cluster and thought the orange lighting would be whi
 

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...sh-lights.html

You have to take off the needles and hope you put them back on correctly. That's gonna be the pain in the ass part. Getting those needles on correctly is not an easy task

edit: here's what an overlay looks like. I had orange needles, but I decided I wanted them to be blue, as well, so I cleared them and installed LEDs to make them blue. They're white during the day

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edit 2: I should note that overlays are a bit difficult to find nowadays, and they're usually only available in blue/green. I've only seen white a handful of times.

edit 3: I stand corrected. I guess they're making a comeback. This is probably about as close as you'll get to the effect you want.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-FREE-SHIP-Type-R-RED-GLOW-01-02-Honda-Civic-with-Tach-Auto-Glow-Gauge-JDM/271199267388?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D261%26meid%3D7889124991991975902%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1088%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D350800927636%26