hey just wondering how hard it is to refit the needles on the clocks to an almost perfect accuracy i no u never get them perfect but how easy/hard is it to get them bk almost reite cheers oh and whats the best way to do it
Styling needles on the dash
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Styling needles on the dash
The thing to do is measure very carefully with the engine both on and off before you remove them. The mess about geting them back on again. Three of mine are spot on but the weight in the temp gauge fell out and no matter what I did it never sat right again. Three hours later I gave up and two years later my car starts at warm and works it's way up to overheating 
(checkable by putting the heating right up then back down and watching the needle move).
(checkable by putting the heating right up then back down and watching the needle move).
i wouldnt remove the needles, i've fitted white dial kits to many cars and never had to remove a single needle.
getting them back to an accurate positon will be hard, once the needle is reomved there is a good change the pin will rotate. there are 2 types of needle, those that have their position kept using a small pin that the needle rests against (spring loaded needles, most commonly for speedo's), or those that are electrical and the position is relative to electrical input. the spring loaded needles will be almost impossible to get back in the right position because the pin rotates as son as the needle is removed, but the electrical ones should be less trouble, just make sure you use the igniton to reset the positon of the pin before sticking the needle back on.
getting them back to an accurate positon will be hard, once the needle is reomved there is a good change the pin will rotate. there are 2 types of needle, those that have their position kept using a small pin that the needle rests against (spring loaded needles, most commonly for speedo's), or those that are electrical and the position is relative to electrical input. the spring loaded needles will be almost impossible to get back in the right position because the pin rotates as son as the needle is removed, but the electrical ones should be less trouble, just make sure you use the igniton to reset the positon of the pin before sticking the needle back on.
cool thanks guys give it a go ive got sum old dails and put blue plastic behind so they shine up blue so hopefuly theyll look good
How do you get dials on without cutting them or removing needles? The only holes in mine were small round holes for the spinning bit behind the needle to go through.
good quality dials have a hole that is exactly the correct size to slip over the needle without removing it. homemade dials dont. so if you buy or make some DIY dials you can cut the holes yourself. i used a piece of copper pipe and a hammer to make holes in the ones i made.
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