Doucett Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Help....I have a 1995 ES300 Lexus with it's miles-per-hour needle in the dashboard, which should be lighted, but the needle light went out. Lexus car dealership wants $800 to buy the parts, plus labor. Has anyone had this problem, and been able to fix the unlighted needle at a reasonable cost? I was thinking that if I could remove plastic cover over indicators without disassembling the whole dashbord, I could just paint the end of the needle with white nail polish. This would easily mark the end point of the needle in reference to mile-per-hour marks. The background lighting for the indicator marks are light, so it would stand out as to speed going. Thank you for your help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Help....I have a 1995 ES300 Lexus with it's miles-per-hour needle in the dashboard, which should be lighted, but the needle light went out. Lexus car dealership wants $800 to buy the parts, plus labor. Has anyone had this problem, and been able to fix the unlighted needle at a reasonable cost? I was thinking that if I could remove plastic cover over indicators without disassembling the whole dashbord, I could just paint the end of the needle with white nail polish. This would easily mark the end point of the needle in reference to mile-per-hour marks. The background lighting for the indicator marks are light, so it would stand out as to speed going. Thank you for your help!! ← www.lextech.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svarog Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Also someone on here once e-mailed me a pdf that teaches you how to add a cold cathode tube the kind that gamers and pc modders use to light their cases, and then paint the needle with fluorescent paint and it glows. I can forward it to you if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW03ES Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Search button is your friend, there are several ways to repair it and they've all been discussed at legnth on here before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Fix_for_Lexus_Needles.pdf Help....I have a 1995 ES300 Lexus with it's miles-per-hour needle in the dashboard, which should be lighted, but the needle light went out. Lexus car dealership wants $800 to buy the parts, plus labor. Has anyone had this problem, and been able to fix the unlighted needle at a reasonable cost? I was thinking that if I could remove plastic cover over indicators without disassembling the whole dashbord, I could just paint the end of the needle with white nail polish. This would easily mark the end point of the needle in reference to mile-per-hour marks. The background lighting for the indicator marks are light, so it would stand out as to speed going. Thank you for your help!! ← This one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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