Hey guys, here is a vid I made to help out with removing the gauge cluster on an E46. This will show you how to remove it, add gauge rings and how to make your needles red. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYuZDDAtm2I
Nice. Stupid me, I used touchup paint leftover from my car. You can imagine how crap my needles look with paint on them. I can't believe I didn't think of using a Sharpie... nice tutorial too.
Uh, no. It looks pretty cheap. I'll try to snap a pic of it, but my sister killed my camera's battery and I can't find the charger anywhere.
Here's a link to a picture I already uploaded. I wasn't emphasizing the colored needles, so I don't have a closer pic at the moment. http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/...87 BMW 325e/?action=view¤t=CIMG0048.jpg Look at the fuel gauge needle. See how the light is hitting it on the left side of the needle and it's kind of reflecting? Imagine that on all of the needles, except more reflection. With paint on it, it reflects a lot of light and can look like gloss paint. I don't like it... if only I had a Sharpie when I did mine. (Staples was closed)
Yeah because the lighting was "just right" in that pic, where nothing was reflecting. It looks a lot worse when you're actually staring at it from the driver's seat. If I had a spare cluster, I would take the needles off and Sharpie them. I wouldn't paint them again, to be honest.
Wrong! I bent one of my needles a bit on my "test" cluster (one that doesn't work). It bent pretty bad from just a little bit of pressure, and when bent back, you could see bits of it sticking out from the side, making it obvious that it was bent.