Painting needles

Could someone tell me the safest way to remove the gauge needles? I have removed the gauge pod before but not the needles.

Has anyone painted them red or flouresent red with good results? I can't stand the way mine look salmon pink at night!

PS I did a search but didn't find details.

 

us old farts use two spoons to pry them up and off motorcycle units so try that..

 

That will be an expensive lesson if you break them.

 

Paint them while still attached,just use a small modelers brush,that's what I did on my 84 Ford..

 

Send the whole cluster to the LED guy and he’ll swap the LED color and paint the needles.

 

that would be @Jerez . He'd be a safe bet to use. He did my radio when a local specialty auto electronic shop said they couldn't do it. Those needles aren't fun to work with. The stepper motors are a p.i.t.a to get right again if you mess them up.

 

They look salmon red? Really?....I’ve never seen it like that...normally they look like a cherry red tbh
Because the needles themswlves are painted orange but the leds in the dash are red
You could try painting them
I use hobby shop spray paint once I remove the paint very carefully with ail polish remover (not that strong stuff lighter stuff)

 

Glad I’m colorblind...

Half the time I don’t know or care what color anything is

It relieves me of such concerns..