dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
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i recently fitted some blue led bulbs from cobra148, they were fine, but as i had the dials out, i thought hey why not colour the white needles red (oh how i regret it). i thought yeh they look good, so i put em in, turned off the courtesy light and put my dial lights on, only to see, now i cant see the needles! i was thinking of gettin some uv paint? or trying to remove hte permanent marker ink with nail polish remover? or maybe tip ex?  shoulda eally thought about it b4 really!
what does anyone reccomend? oh yeh, ive got the standard black dials btw
[Edited on 29-10-2003 by Dave17]
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Fear
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Registered: 20th Nov 02
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Get some white dials
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OFcorsa
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Registered: 6th Jan 03
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could get some off a scrapy, but white spirit on the needles should see the paint come off, or paint over the white up to you.
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dave17
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im gona go have a fiddle in a min! dya think i could use white paint on em yeh? like white acrylic? cnt afford the white dials! lol, im cheap
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OFcorsa
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i dont see why not try not to put too much on though just a dab.
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dave17
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right im off, il let u kno how i got on
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cobra148
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I wondered how you had red needles, now you know why they are white from the factory 
If you decide to paint over the marker pen or try to remove the ink, be carefull that whatever you use don't react and ruin the needle
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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white spirit wont remove it, u need to use thinners or nail varnish remover, same ting really.
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Graham
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
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ammonia (nail varnish remover) should do the trick or buy sum new dials
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cobra148
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Nail varnish remover, won't that attack the plastic?
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dave17
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i used nail varnish remover and it worked fine! jus came straight off! wel have 2 c if the plastic melts though! the dials look sooo much beta now tho! rob ur a top man!
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dave17
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u2u sent rob
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