Paint for speedo needle
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Paint for speedo needle
Any idea what type and shade of paint to use when painting a speedo and gas gauge needle ? Someone must have done this , but I missed any discussion on this subject
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Re: Paint for speedo needle
I have use testors model paint fluorescent orange before as well as spray can fluorescent orange sprayed on something and then brushed on the needle
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Currently working full time repairing Corvairs and restoring old cars.
https://www.facebook.com/tedsautorestoration/
Located in Snellville, Georgia
Re: Paint for speedo needle
Not sure what year your car you have. On LM cars I found - Testors "Fluorescent Red # 1175" is a red orange color and is as close as I've found to the original GM color (note GM needle color fades unless car was kept inside). I could not tell the difference in the #1175 color compared to an NOS gauge.corvair500 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 3:43 pm Any idea what type and shade of paint to use when painting a speedo and gas gauge needle ? Someone must have done this , but I missed any discussion on this subject
The Fluorescent Orange is O.K., but lighter than the original LM needle color.
BTW - on a Corsa if you paint the tachometer needle you have to calibrate the needle balance (yes it's that sensitive). My average time is three hours!!!!
With a modest amount of paint on the needle of the speedometer and fuel gauge, accuracy is not impacted.
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That's right I forgot the Testor's color I used was Fluorescent red in fact.66vairguy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:56 pmNot sure what year your car you have. On LM cars I found - Testors "Fluorescent Red # 1175" is a red orange color and is as close as I've found to the original GM color (note GM needle color fades unless car was kept inside). I could not tell the difference in the #1175 color compared to an NOS gauge.corvair500 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 3:43 pm Any idea what type and shade of paint to use when painting a speedo and gas gauge needle ? Someone must have done this , but I missed any discussion on this subject
The Fluorescent Orange is O.K., but lighter than the original LM needle color.
BTW - on a Corsa if you paint the tachometer needle you have to calibrate the needle balance (yes it's that sensitive). My average time is three hours!!!!
With a modest amount of paint on the needle of the speedometer and fuel gauge, accuracy is not impacted.
Corvair guy since 1982. I have personally restored at least 20 Vairs, many of them restored ground up.
Currently working full time repairing Corvairs and restoring old cars.
https://www.facebook.com/tedsautorestoration/
Located in Snellville, Georgia
Currently working full time repairing Corvairs and restoring old cars.
https://www.facebook.com/tedsautorestoration/
Located in Snellville, Georgia
Re: Paint for speedo needle
No one ever believes this but I swear it's true. Many moons ago, somehow my oil pressure regulator (the piston & spring in the oil pump) in my '67 Monza got stuck. I started the car one morning and after a few seconds, I shut it down after I saw that my mechanical oil pressure gauge was pegged. According to my newly-damaged gauge, I had instant infinite oil pressure on startup. Cool! The gauge needle pegged so hard that it bent where it hit the mechanical stop, and the orange paint on the needle flew off, a chuck of it was rattling around in the bottom of the gauge. And there was oil all over and under the engine.
This promped an upgrade to my current SW mechanical gauge.
This promped an upgrade to my current SW mechanical gauge.