I have painted my needles and the paint does not affect them what so ever. I went to a craft store and bought fluorescent "RED" paint. It looks like bright orange. I matches the needles on SVT cars and my Ford Racing gauges.
I used fine grit sandpaper to sand off the white on the back side of the needle. It is only on the back of the needle. then I painted the back of the needles with the new paint.
They look like original SVT orange needles. I do not have any at night pics, but take my work for it, they are very bright and orange at night.
This is the best pic I have right now. Not going out to the garage as it is absolutely FREEZING outside.
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