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New Dial Faces (pics)


Matt H
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A few weeks ago I replaced my dial faces with some White Metal Monkey ones.

 

I also coloured my dials black for contrast.

 

I think I want to go back to black as they don't really fit that well in the car with everything else.

 

I was quite excited about having blue light instead of the stock colour, but having fitted the spread of brightness is rather poor. I don't really know what because I haven't changed anything bulbs or positions, just added a filter.

 

Here they are anyway:

 

Before:

 

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After:

 

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Have you painted the needles too?

 

Yes, I think the contrast to the white looks quite good. It's the overall package in the car I'm not sure about

 

Are they el-glo or backlit?

 

It's simply a blue filter that came with the dials. Simply filters only the blue light through the dials. Not great though.

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If you remove the three large bulbs on the back of the cluster, you'll find they have condom things on them that do nothing but dim the bulbs, remove the condom things and it'll make you needles brighter.

 

Ah cool, will try that. Do this bulbs supplu light to the entire dial or just the clusters?

 

Ta

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the entire thing

 

Excellent

 

Here are a couple of pics before and after the condom things are removed. I have el-glo dials so they have no effect on the dial themselves, just the needles.

 

Before

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/jaxdanjo/28072009311.jpg

 

After

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/jaxdanjo/28072009312.jpg

 

That certainly is an improvement, looking forward to de-bagging mine now! If there's one thing I've learnt today it's that rubbering up is always duller :sly: :D

 

Glad I posted this up now! Top tip that mate! :thumbs:

 

but it looks like you habe painted the needles black...how do they look?

 

Yes I have, but the problem I have is not to do with the needles, it's the numbers that are dimmer.

 

They look good, you can still seem that at night which is the important thing! :D

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Here are a couple of pics before and after the condom things are removed. I have el-glo dials so they have no effect on the dial themselves, just the needles.

 

Before

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/jaxdanjo/28072009311.jpg

 

After

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/jaxdanjo/28072009312.jpg

 

 

Excellent. I must also do that too. :)

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Rather than using filters you can try using inverter and refractor LED's. I think you need 3x194 refractors (big ones) and 1x37 inverter LED IIRC. They fit directly into the standard bulb holders but 'cos the refractors are so fat (4 LED's pointing out in a square) they don't fit through the bulb hole so you have to take the dials off the casing and put them in through the front i.e. bit of a pain to fit but come in what ever colours you want, save colouring the dials.

 

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