White Needle Upgrade On Cluster Fail :(

[holden_4aw_lyfe]

hey guys, just got a wicked set of white needles to replace my orange ones and they dont fit. the yellow needles i have have a smaller knob on the back of them that pushes onto the prong on the dial. the white ones are a bit bigger and they fall off....is this normal? any ways i can fix it as i desperately want these needles!

[88GreenVN]

You will need to swap over the gauges too. The needle shaft is bigger on the VX white needles.

Only other way is to paint some orange needles white.

[holden_4aw_lyfe]

my cluster is a lvl 3 cluster with the 3 windows, can u get them in a vx??? im looking on ebay looks like they are all 1 window

[Hektic]

yea you can get level 3 clusters in VX, Berlinas and calais and defnilty have 3 window cluster,

[holden_4aw_lyfe]

anyone selling one? lol

[Killr6]

PM cheetr he will help you out.

[Hektic]

try one of the site sponsors Just comm wrekers im sure they will have a wrecked vx

[holden_4aw_lyfe]

just pmd him hope i can fix it upsets me seeing orange now lol

[RK5TAR]

Oh noes!! I just got my new dash face and white needle setup today. No such luck the cluster in my VT has in the past been replaced with a VX? I might be saying some naughty words later tonight when I get working on putting the white needles on mine too.

[wrx884]

basically the white back housing clusters use the VT needles and the Black backed housing uses the VX needles. all needles must b from the same cluster as ur own as they wont fit as said above. Pheddy (Greg from ASR) or myself can do an exchange over part if needed.

[aussieakito]

im interested in doing this as well .. is it possible to just paint the orange ones? But then the light wont come through will it?
What about just using some hot glue to put the needle in place?

hmm :\ Just seems getting a whole new cluster is a lot of work

[GIJoel]

My mate sanded the orange off my VT needles and painted on white nail polish, he did a really nice job of it too

[aussieakito]

Lol sounds like a good idea but i think i should try on a scrap one lmao dont want to screw it up on my car ill cry everytime i see it :P

My mate sanded the orange off my VT needles and painted on white nail polish, he did a really nice job of it too

[wrx884]

im interested in doing this as well .. is it possible to just paint the orange ones? But then the light wont come through will it?
What about just using some hot glue to put the needle in place?

hmm :\ Just seems getting a whole new cluster is a lot of work

paint must go on the back of the needle, if u put it on the top then yeah the light wont come through.

wat would u use hot glue 4? if u get the right needles 4 ur model cluster u wont have any problems as they will b a nice snug fit.

[aussieakito]

Orange is just so retro, What would it be like if i just sanded back the orange and didnt paint anything on? I wonder how it will look

[wrx884]

if u dont the colour wont come through as well and u'll also lose sight of the needles at certain times of the day ect....

[aussieakito]

When taking it off which i will be doing later tonight, will it still be accurate?

I have heard it will never be again.

??

[wrx884]

depends if u just take them off with out pre marking them where they sit now, then yeah they can b inaccurate, masking tape can b ur friend here, but since u got the calais u'll have the option using ur mode button (access hidden menu) 2 check ur needles positions and warning lights at the same time.