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Generating Interest - Brushed Metal Dial Surrounds


Mistermann

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After trawling the likes of Ebay for god knows how long for some dial surrounds for my car, it became blindingly apparent that the only ones available are chrome (unless someone can point me in the right direction)

 

Now this poses a problem for me as the rest of my 'surrounds' on my dash are brushed metal and I really wanted all of them to match - I have now found someone who has said he can produce some brushed metal ones for me and I have therefore asked him if he might be able to produce them on a larger scale at a reasonble cost.

 

This leads on to seeing if there is anyone else out there that would be interested in such a product - i'm just not a fan of chrome really.

 

This is in very early stages of development and I'm just after an idea of numbers at this stage...would this be of interest to anyone?

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Whilst I appreciate this is just a thread to garner public opinion with regard to levels of interest. Have you approached a moderator (In particular Homer) to gain approval in principle for this group buy?

 

Mike

 

Apologies - I haven't. Being unaware of the process for these things, I didnt realise I would need to at this stage but appreciate that naivity is no excuse. I will naturally want to go down the correct route.

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Buy some of the 'chromed' ones (they are actually highly polished aluminium) and give them the brushed finish you desire by going over them with a fine scotchbrite type product. Simple as that really :)

 

Edit: or pay me double the price and I'll brush them for ya ;)

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Whilst I appreciate this is just a thread to garner public opinion with regard to levels of interest. Have you approached a moderator (In particular Homer) to gain approval in principle for this group buy?

 

Mike

 

I understand from my supplier that I will be in a position to place an order for these soon - I am discussing the price with him at the moment and prior to placing an order I will check with everyone here to see if they are of interest for the best price I can get them for.

 

*Mike - I pm'd homer last week regarding this but not recieved a response.

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Morning y'all - I have enquired with the mods to make this official - over the next couple of days i'll have pictures and prices for this item and will be able to place an order which the supplier thinks will take a week or so to provide.

 

I'll hopefully be opening an official thread for this :D

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The full list of bits the supplier can produce is :

 

- dial rings (3 pieces) or FL dials (5 pieces)

- air vents rings (2 pieces)

- heater control rings (2 pieces)

- mirrors switch ring (1 piece)

- cigarette lighter ring (1 piece)

- digital clock ring (1 piece)

- ignition key ring (1 piece)

- manual shifter surround (1 piece)

 

I am currently enquiring about prices for the full set in brushed metal style.

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