Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Help with needles!

I just finished soldering all my LEDS to my board and now im trying to put the needles back on but they are going in all sorts of crazy ass directions. Does anyone know how to calibrate them so that they start up on 0 again. When i turn the key it jumps to 140. Please help me.

I knew i never should have messed with needles...wish i could help ya, but i know nothing about that. good luck bro! Youll get it eventually

Damn!!!

plug the cluster in and turn the car on acc. THEN put the needles in the zero position.

btw masuimi max

^^yea..you gotta put the car to ACC...then put them on.

hey thanks for the help and info, and yeah Masuimi max is a hot one,good eyes there.

i had to pace a friend then place them on while drivin! that was interesting... haha

I End it up giving toyota $300 To actually finish that project for me, Cause my dumb ass messed up the whole shit. So unless you know what ur doing don't mess around with it.

anothering thing that works is turn on the engine and plug the cluster into the OBDII plug in the engine bay. That recalibrates them as well.

Oh cool thanks thanks!!!

How is that done? Would I need any cables?

Yeah more about this please...

If you have a GPS then you can fix it easy. first find a long straight road with not too many cars. The GPS will tell you how fast youre going, when you get to a cetain speed set the cruise control then manually put the needle on. Thats what I had to do. I tried turning the car too ACC then putting the needle on put it was still like 5 mph behind my actual speed. Good luck!

this sounds like a mojor pain in the ass for what its worth

It really isn't that hard. And after the job is all said and done it looks amazing and is totally worth. Just ask anybody who has done it

Looks like Floydian and Billy took care of answering your question

How do you do it this way? My RPM is 400 off and the mph is like 10 off.

the ACC/0 solution works about 50% of the time... pacing another car or having a GPS receiver to help recalibrate are the only surefire options available

whats this OBDII way?

there is a really good install guide in the install section for this problem

after you do ACC thgen put the needles on, tap them all the way arodun,t ehn all the way back. this way urs going to push the needles in the right direction. But yea i ended up paceing whith my dad

I stuck my needle for the rpm after i started the engine and i read off my 5" monster tach. For the speedometer, I was driving with my friends gps system and then i set the cruise control to 35mph and i stuck the needle back on.