How do u remove dash needles ???

[e30bb]

How do remove the needles from the clocks ???

I want red needles !!!

[Sooty]

Word of advice from someone thats done it.......DON'T.

Following some dodgy advice, I removed my clock needles & painted them with some of the girlfriend's red nail varnish.
Apart from the fact that they looked complete crap, trying to put them back on was a bloody nightmare & when I eventually succeeded, I found they were in the wrong positions!!!!

I eventually had to get another cluster & this time I very carefully masked up the clocks to just leave the needles exposed (took about 1 hour to do) & then sprayed them with matt red paint from a model shop.

The end result was 1000% better than my previous effort & actually looked almost factory.

HTH

Iain S

[A1BMW325iSport]

for a factory finish use Humbrol Insiginia Red (matt)

leave the needles in situ just mask them off then paint

[e30bb]

Found this last night :

http://www.totalbmwmag.com/HandsOn/TechJul01.PDF

And theirs more for people who like the .pdf format :

http://www.totalbmwmag.com/Pages/Tech.html

Oh thanks for the tips, dudes!

[Mahmood]

I've been wanting to paint my needles red for a while now.

This thread has been really useful and I will do it with the needles in place (seems a safer bet).

While the bits are off, I will also mount my chrome rings around the clocks.

Cheers chaps for the timely reminder.