Needle painted

[ShyBoyCA6]

well i painted my cars needles let me know what you think ill take more pics after

[ShyBoyCA6]

hold up

[ShyBoyCA6]

BEFORE
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5748/getattachmentaspxbi.jpg

AFTER
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8720/getattachmentaspx1a.jpg

Let me know what you guys think

[itzdave]

i would have gone with red instead of orange....

[ShyBoyCA6]

well the red would look bright as hell but it looks different in person ill take more later and post up more pics
and i wont have these gagues anymore ima get the silver reverse gauges

[Dr_Snooz]

Sweet Jesus! Where did you get that paint? Chernobyl? That's the most iridescent orange I've ever seen. Gauges look good though.

[ShyBoyCA6]

The color is flourecent. Orange got it off ebay for 5 bucks and its a little probably half the size of you pinky finger but it can paint up to 5 cars needles

[Hazwan]

That looks pretty cool. Put UV LEDs on and that should glow like a mofo!

[MessyHonda]

The color is flourecent. Orange got it off ebay for 5 bucks and its a little probably half the size of you pinky finger but it can paint up to 5 cars needles

pics

[ShyBoyCA6]

Messy honda the pics are there click on the link and they are complete I have them on now but the cluster light went out so I need to fix it for a better look

[2ndGenGuy]

Looks good! Way better than the white needles on the white face. :)

[Rendon LX-i]

well shit thats awesome. bro i got uv leds. SHIT i tought it wouldnt look that good. K so when you hooking it up LOL

[ShyBoyCA6]

lol you think thats good wait till i put it back together

[ShyBoyCA6]

alright bear with me ok................................................ .................................................. ....................................... sorry for all the dots lol............................................... ....................almost there.....................................ok here it http://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac175/shyboy22/mygauges.jpg

ok and now its complete everything working but my cluster light went out so ill fix that later and take a night shot
let me know what you think scale 1-10

[Rendon LX-i]

ill prolly just by my own

[ShyBoyCA6]

you still want the paint? rendon?

[2ndGenGuy]

Aren't those faces supposed to go behind the fascia that surrounds the gauges????

[Rendon LX-i]

I agree you have those faces ON top of the stock bezel. You need to redo that. NO its cool bro i just baught some red paint. I like the orange but ill post what red looks light

[ShyBoyCA6]

hmmm nope they go right on top of it but those gauges faces arent for my car its for a 1990-93 accord 5 speed but getting rid of them and hopefully to find some 1988 accord silver reverse gauges 5 speed but the orange will go more with the silver than white

[Rendon LX-i]

Wow i just noticed that till now. Umm thats pretty cool. Are you BSing bout your hp and tq CAUSE damn thats alot for beening stock. 87 roached pulled those numbers and he was freshly rebuild

[ShyBoyCA6]

yup i found out that the engine it has is not stock due to having white numbers on the engine im guessing that the previous owner blew the motor out since she was a girl and has alot of miles and she pulls harder than my uncles 1991 honda accord so im guessing the engine has about 110,000 miles or more going to add a stage 4 clutch probably wont do a rebuild anymore but any tips on getting more power out of the engine? maybe max is 130 to this engine but looking for 140-150 and then add the turbo and rendon what you think about the t25 turbo in this accord? worth it

[ShyBoyCA6]

f22a1 has 125hp and trq i dont know

[Rendon LX-i]

Sure is. I was happy with it. GOOD beginner kit. I pushed 175 tq and 165hp on a very choking exhuast system. I was loosing boost at 5,500rpm. But now i got my big bad boy setup i have 2 1/5 all the way back no cat, O man sounds sick with it. And goes like a bat out hell. BUt you got to consisder alot when boosting. read the turbo faq on here. Not just slapping a turbo on...

ANYWHO. Nice work on the needles i cant wait to see mine with the uv leds on...WOOT

[ShyBoyCA6]

oh alright and is it true about the a20a3 that it needs air to get more power?? just a thought since it has 2 o2 sensors and a long air filter and vac
and you bought the orange paint???

[ShyBoyCA6]

damn sounds like a clean ride lets hear that baby spoool and me and a friend of mine (friend has a 1997 civic) we did a lil test run on the street and my baby was messed up cause of 02 senors went out and couldnt go over 4000 rpm so i would shift at 3500 or car would be like hitting redline i just like the spool and plus im only doing this cause i always wanted a turbo accord and ill call my car the 88accordt25

[Rendon LX-i]

LOl....took me 4 years b4 i was turbo. Its alot work. I didnt noe shit. I had to make sure i know what i was doing before i tempted to even tear apart my accord. Easyer said then done. I waited gather the parts and waited and gather the parts till i had everything. I paided a good 1,500 for my kit

[ShyBoyCA6]

damn sounds clean and i cant wait lol man im excited now and did you know at the seatlle meet there was not even a black 3g and i was aahhh what is going on here lol but i wanna hit my first 3 g meet but my car is banged up a bit

[MessyHonda]

Aren't those faces supposed to go behind the fascia that surrounds the gauges????

they are 4th gen gagues....they are a bit bigger than our stock ones

[ShyBoyCA6]

yes sir you got it but the only thing about it that the top speed is 140 lol but the accord only goes 130 mph and i will be removing the gauges pretty soon

[ShyBoyCA6]

Here's my thread messy that what it would look like

[Rendon LX-i]

WOW you painted the black trim on the needles bro. I didnt since it makes it look like factory. needles pop out more. but regradless looks good...I Can tell you thou that paint didnt want to stick..for shit..i had to sand it with light sand paper......

[ShyBoyCA6]

Yeah lol I painted everything I didn't want a two tone color and yeah it was a bitch to put it on and I didn't sand it down cause I didn't want break it I gave it to deep as coats and that shit came out good and would look better with the silver gagues when I get them and hope messy likes the color

[MessyHonda]

nice...now to see if i want to take out my cluster to sand them down and paint them