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Old May 6, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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Has anyone evey removed there dash clock needles, I Found it hard to removed mine so gave uo before i broke them lol

So any help or info will be great
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Old May 6, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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why do you want to re-move them mate.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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after market smd light behind the clock face, Get ride of the standard lights
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Old May 6, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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Dont do it!! Youll regret ever touching them!!

They just wont be the same if you mess with them, even if they ever work properly again.
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Old May 7, 2010 | 06:42 AM
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this is what i did to my last car and i made the colour changing needles pending on te revs and speed i was doing, Even made the temp and fuel colour changing as well



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Old May 7, 2010 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DDS789
Dont do it!! Youll regret ever touching them!!

They just wont be the same if you mess with them, even if they ever work properly again.
Totally agree, I messed mine up and had to buy a second hand one
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Old May 7, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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warm the needles up with a hairdryer and I use a Fork to pry them off
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
Totally agree, I messed mine up and had to buy a second hand one
Same here, only to find the 2nd hand ones had been messed with

The temp guage would read as if at normal running temp on cold start up, and when the engine was warm would read at max temp. Petrol one just read full all the time

Your then left second guessing if you put the needles on right, or if they are reading accurately. Im quite thorough and will do things properly, and still ended up having the clocks in and out 10 times to adjust the needles.

But to be fair what you did on your last car looks . So good luck if you go ahead with it
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Old May 7, 2010 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by NEILB1
this is what i did to my last car and i made the colour changing needles pending on te revs and speed i was doing, Even made the temp and fuel colour changing as well



I used to be able to change the Vectra ones at PVS drunk lol
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Old May 7, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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very easy to do they are
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