one question. if I wanted to paint the needles after removing the orange, what type of paint would i use and where could i get it?

 

I used a red sharpie marker on my civic gauge needles.

 

the marker sounds like a good idea

 

Works perfect imo.
I'm gonna do the same in my lude.

 

i want to do my clock white...anybody have any ideas on how to do that (5th gen lude)

 

As long as this is a 5th gen you are working on, you have to remove the entire piece that holds the clock (not just the black part) on the reverse side of that you will see the clock which can be unscrewed, remove the clock so you do not damage it. You will see there is an orange filter (similar to those behind the climate control buttons. This filter is held on by heated plastic type spot welds. the filter can be popped off, and replaced by another colored filter. What I used was transparancy film, printed a large box of blue and cut two, to double up thickness to replicate the same blue of the LEDs. Slide the new filters where you removed the orange one, replace clock, and reinstall the center piece above the climate control.

 

I've done something similar using transparent blue folders and various materials but most of them, including transparencies are quite reflective. Do you have a problem with glares on your blue transparency?

And for the needles, I plan on painting them blue after removing the orange paint. What paint would I use for this?

 

I don't think you'd be able to do it white since the clock emits a light green color and it would be pretty hard, if not impossible, to turn green into white by putting a film in front of it.

 

I really have not had a problem with glares, not anymore than with the stock orange color, it is slightly dimmer than the stock orange, but I think that is because I used two pieces of dark print blue transparencies. Eventually, I may remove one and see how that works, but it is find for now.

As far as the needles are concerned, I am not familar with changing their color, once you have done it, if you could let me know what steps you've taken to do this, I'd apperciate it.