Guest gzaerojon Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 thought i'd start fitting my new dials. the instructions talk about sticking the coloured backing to the perspex plate. am i missing these from the kit? the instructions say to peel off the old face from the perspex plate, but the original face is painted on any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel lane Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 did you mark the location of all the dials when the ignition was turned on ?? , if not then yor dials will be way out ... iam in the same boat !!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra ST Myster Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 you get rid of the old dials, and then stick the new ones on where you removed the old ones, then the plate sits on top of that, you need to reuse the needle stop as these dont come with any, so be carful when removing them from the origanal dials, bit of glue after should do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 you get rid of the old dials, and then stick the new ones on where you removed the old ones, then the plate sits on top of that, you need to reuse the needle stop as these dont come with any, so be carful when removing them from the origanal dials, bit of glue after should do the trick. i did think that, but there doesn't seem to be enough perspex to support the sticky coloured background. did you mark the location of all the dials when the ignition was turned on ?? , if not then yor dials will be way out ... iam in the same boat !!!. yes i did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 When I did mine I can't remember if I completely removed the old faces or peeled them off. I also had the 'forethought' to take a few photos of the temp/fuel needles, pulled the speedo/rev counter needles over the stops and photo'd where they came to rest at. Seems to have done the job since the speedo now reads about 3mph under at 30 and is absolutely spot-on at 80mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I did the same mistake with the needles. I put the basic stuff back in the car with needles slightly pushed on and then drove behind the misses and checked speed that way. RPM's I knew what is was at idle, turbo used defi to sync it with and I knew how much fuel ithad left. Also let her warm up fully and there adjusted the temp needle to sit halfway. All seems fine with her now.. I have not finsihed totally yet thou.. Need to clean the alu dials a bit because of my grubby fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I have not finsihed totally yet thou.. Need to clean the alu dials a bit because of my grubby fingers Didn't use the latex gloves then?? LOL:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 what is the pinapple juice for ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 what is the pinapple juice for ???? ran out of beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 jon pm sent gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 cheers guys, all done it was a bit of a bugger to clean any marks off the dial face, then when you use a cloth it shreds on the sharp numbers im happy with the results though Just need a new plastic cover now, not sure if mr t sells them on there own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 question for you jon, with it being a 220mph speedo what did you use to calabrate the speedo to measure correctly or is it the same as the 180 dial but just goes round a bit more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 nothing lol, the 180 mark is in the same place, the rest are for show as i doubt i'll ever get that out of it. looks good though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 what do you mean you will not get it up to that speed? coughPUSSYcough on the right conditions i would try it, they do look nice, who did you get them from? probably on first page but cant go back while typing and this highlight all and ctrl c and ctrl v is all to complicated for me..............bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 what do you mean you will not get it up to that speed? coughPUSSYcough on a normal road i mean hmm santa pod original thread HERE or if you cant be @rsed to find the link on the page click HERE i ordered the heater dials too, they look really nice, but there's nothing covering them, gonna be a pain to keep clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 or sorry to sound thick but, your writing is red, on metal monkey site is that the backing? so yours is red so it will shine red and if i say get electic blue it will shine blue it also has the clour of kph, does this mean that i could have the mph and kph differnt colours? oh and being a smart arse gets you no where lol i cant even do that linky thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 looking good:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 oh and being a smart arse gets you no where lol i cant even do that linky thing you can have the mph and the km/h in different colours. the numbers stainless dial faces are actully laser cut, the red backing (or what ever colour you choo) shows through. then they just stick the correct colour sticker for km/h on top of the coloured backing (in my case red) sorry to sound thick apology accepted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 cool i will be going for electric blue them, to shine just like to golf/audi anf the km/h in red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 oh and i got them the following day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 i ordered the heater dials too, they look really nice, but there's nothing covering them, gonna be a pain to keep clean Cloth with very small amount of baby oil will do the trick:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Cloth with very small amount of baby oil will do the trick:) i'll give that a try, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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