How do you get the needles off the gauge cluster? Somone before me put in a custom back ground... Needles to say it is hella ugly. And i am trying to get it out. The only way yo get it out is to take off the needles!

Anyone have any advice? And no. Pulling them doesn't work, i already screwed up the oil pressure gauge. (Thats okay because i have an aftermarket to replace it)

Cheers,

Evan!

 

you dont needs to take the needles off, the holes in the face plates should be big enought to just slide it off.... at least mine was

 

I didn't take the needles off. just lift them a hair and slide the overlay on. take out the screws that mount the gauge plates and slide the overlay on top.. Install the screw and your set.. Real Easy..

 

Before i had the car someone took the off the needles i think and then superglued them back into place because underneath the needles there is a piece of blue film... and its starting to look like a shitty tint job... It just looks horrible.

 

buy a new gauge cluster.
Then unscrew the screws and slip the needles through the holes its easyyyy.

 

if your just trying to take it out, and you dont care about it, why dont you just cut the gauge faces off? thats what i would do, i like orange

 

Yes the needles just pull off, you just have to be really careful.

 

ugh, you guys!

DON"T PULL THE 4 SMALLER GUAGE NEEDLES OFF!!!!!

pull them out slightly and then slide the faces over the needles, if you pull them all the way off you may as well buy a new cluster.

 

Mine all went back on just fine

 

is your's an S4 or S5 cluster?

 

S4 I have never removed the smaller ones on an S5. I have removed the tach and speedo needles on an S5 by pulling them off and they went back on.

 

i pulled the S4 smaller needles off and the arms they press into all fell down into the cluster, it took me several hours to get them back on and then i had to calibrate them all..

 

Only the large needles/pointers come off, by just popping them up and off.

As mentioned above do not try and remove the smaller needles as they are not desined to be removed, and you will need to rebuild and recalibrate the gauge if they are removed.

And this was just covered two days ago...

 

haha, sorry Mark.. i searched a few times, but got some 3rd gen stuff and was just at the end of my rope!