speedo needle removal

[newbiecorsa]

Hey, I'm new to this forum. I haven't seen an actual answer to this. I want to paint my needles and I was just wondering can you take them off and is there a danger messing up the speedo? It is a corsa b eco 1.2 with electric speedo.

[johnny]

There easy to take off and there's always a chance you'll put them on wrong put its unlikely, just remember where they sat

[andy w]

I dont think u can take them off mate tbh as it is hard to get the speedo back to its original position which can make your speedo offset

[newbiecorsa]

Yeah, they don't just simply pull off. I have tried.

[johnny]

Use a fork to pry them off, it's child's play easy

[newbiecorsa]

Yeah i actually seen that. any concern about the fact that the needle wants to go further than the stop pin?

[johnny]

Yeah i actually seen that. any concern about the fact that the needle wants to go further than the stop pin?

For the revs I start the car and put the needle to 900 revs or whatever your car idles at and Speedo at zero while idling

[stanc3w0rks]

Brilliant tip Johnny

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[newbiecorsa]

Dont have the rev counter but thats a really good idea anyway. the needle wont move with the engine running. now anything smart for the temp as that one will change?

[newbiecorsa]

actually i just realized. start the car cold and it will be at nothing

[johnny]

Just do a small mark on the clocks for temp and petrol don't put them on while running as they will have moved

[newbiecorsa]

I might have to turn the engine on as they all are under pressure while resting on the stop pins

[johnny]

You could always paint them with nail varnish and leave them on the clocks

You can get nail varnish in near every colour and it's thick with a small brush

[newbiecorsa]

yeah i could. but i also wanna scan the original dials and customize them. and gonna upload them to here because it seems no one has actually uploaded them

[stanc3w0rks]

Scan the dials???

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