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Old 11-23-10, 05:06 PM
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Here's a solution. Paint the needles with the glow in the dark paint that you get from Walmart's craft section. LOL
Old 11-24-10, 05:47 AM
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lol dont think it'll be as bright but yeah...might be enough to at least tell how fast ur going or rpms
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For $100, I just had Lextech do their thing and I'm very pleased with the results.
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Originally Posted by link13
For $100, I just had Lextech do their thing and I'm very pleased with the results.
Right on. I'm going to try to paint the needles with super glow paint including behind the gauge and see how that turns out. The needles will have a weird looking whitish paint but at night, it'll be bright like a ****. I don't know about the paint behind the gauge, hopefully that will do something for it. Other than that, I'm from Lil Saigon. LOL

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Originally Posted by VietScouty
Right on. I'm going to try to paint the needles with super glow paint including behind the gauge and see how that turns out. The needles will have a weird looking whitish paint but at night, it'll be bright like a ****. I don't know about the paint behind the gauge, hopefully that will do something for it. Other than that, I'm from Lil Saigon. LOL
I really want to know how it turns out. Keep us posted!
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alot of peoiple are against painting needles because of the fact it adds weight to them and can effect how the gauges read i know when i did it to the supra i had to change back to stock let us know how it works might be better for the lexus
Old 11-29-10, 11:18 PM
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I won't be doing layers of it. More like a very light layer since the paint I'm getting are like super glow. It stays on for about 12 hours from what I heard after getting like a 15 minute charge from a light source. But these super glow paint are expensive just for a 4 ounce bottle.
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