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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 06:55 AM
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So here is some pic.
Arrows are not lit =(
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 07:01 AM
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Looking good. I like the faceplates a lot.

What can be done to the arrows to have them lit? Doesn't look easy to do.
Old Jul 22, 2010 | 07:09 AM
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Guessing you would have to wire in a low powered LED and then fabricate something to distribute the light evenly throughout the needle?
Old Jul 22, 2010 | 07:13 AM
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Maybe getting needles from another car. For example:



These needles light up orange. You'd probably just have to fab a LED into its base and it should light up quite nicely.
Old Jul 22, 2010 | 07:16 AM
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But those needles don't look all-too attractive. If I didn't have a choice, I'd paint the entire base of that needle black to get rid of that extra ugly orange.
Old Jul 22, 2010 | 07:19 AM
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True. It'd nicer with an all-black base. Later S40/60 needles look nicer. But I'm guessing it's easier to find parts of an old 940 at the junk yard than a recent S40/60.
Old Jul 23, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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The easest is pinting them with phosphoric paint, but te key Idea was that the will be RED. I heard somewhere, that Mitsu Diamant has similar arrows, but that could be true for GS I...
Old Mar 31, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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I know this is an old thread, but anybody have any luck with these clusters?
Old Apr 4, 2011 | 01:43 AM
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goood question! ME - not (((
But on the other hand I've learn to drive without arrows)))))
Old Apr 4, 2011 | 04:15 AM
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I wonder if there's a way to use lit needles from another Lexus.
Old Apr 4, 2011 | 05:46 AM
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maybe, need to try
Old Jun 5, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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Yakuza, any update with your cluster?
Old Jun 6, 2012 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
Yakuza, any update with your cluster?
Wow, talk about reviving an old thread. I totally forgot about this haha. I had them installed but couple see the needles too well so i reverted back. Maybe I'll install them them again
Old Jun 6, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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I would like to get rid of the green tint and go for a more white color. Probably look good alone with that.
Old Jun 6, 2012 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sc300jz
I would like to get rid of the green tint and go for a more white color. Probably look good alone with that.
Not all gs's are tinted green. Some are white. My gauges are white.

Theres an old thread here called what color is your cluster, or something like that. I'm not sure what year or models may have had which colors but u could swap yours out to get white.



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