White Gauges, Gauge Needle Paint

[69Ford]

Here's a comparison florescent red, florescent orange. which color do you guys like better. The paint is from White Gauges on Ebay. Thanks

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[robroy]

Good day 69Ford,

Factory-correctness aside, I like the orange a little more; it seems easier to see, and looks more cheery.

'thought of adding a "poll" to this thread?

[Nitekruizer]

I used Flourescent Red on mine. I don't remember actually choosing red though. I think I just looked at the color of the lid and bought the paint that looked the closest to the original needle color, or what I thought was the original color. They were pretty faded.

I say go with what you like best. After all, you're the one who is going to be spending the most time looking at the gauges.

[sargentrs]

I like the orange!

[69Ford]

Thanks. After I put both clusters together with bezels I'll take more pics.

[hazelnut]

I like the orange the best, Seems to stand out a little more. I painted mine with finger nail polish and wish I had bought needle paint.

I wonder if anyone has tried to paint the stripe under the 70 ?

I've thought about trying it a few times but don't know well the numbers are on there and if they could be taped without peeling off with the tape

[69Ford]

All I know for sure don't attempt to clean the numbers even with water the paint will come off destroying your gauge. Did ford use watercolor paints. I will try masking tape on a already destroyed gauge to see what happens and post. PS windex takes the numbers off best.

[shortstack]

PS windex takes the numbers off best.

It's almost as if Ford made a paint out of lantern mantles...

I like the orange better.