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Blue dials and l.e.d controls!


a98pmalcolm
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Hay all hope everyone had a good x mas :)

 

Ok spent most of Boxing Day fitting my new dials and controls there all blue now and it looks great!

 

Sorry about the bad pics I will try to get some better ones soon!

The dials are alot brighter in with the human eye!

 

You may also notice my needles are now red and it looks awesome!

I know there been some chat about how to do it and I bought that intellglow kit! It was rubbish and just didn’t fit so I wouldn’t advise that!

What I did was rub all the orange paint off with cellulose thinner, left the needle centre part of the dial black with a white trim, and used Red nail varnish! Lol yes thats red nail varnish to paint it and what a result! Even in the light it looks great! :) Ok here are some pics (by the way the clear plastic dial cover is not as scratched as its looks, itst he flash picking it up):

 

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7271/26122009076.jpg

 

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http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/4238/26122009081.jpg

 

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http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6689/26122009089.jpg

 

 

Thanks for looking

 

Paul

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Looks pretty good Paul, though does it not make the end of the needle not as transparent to light? As in some of the shots it looks like you can't see the red properly at the end of the needle (though it could be the camera). I have to admit I am impressed, does the missus know? :D

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cheers all :)

 

looks fab mate :)you must have a lot of patience

 

lol well i thought of it was me and my mate andrew were playing dress up! :limp:

 

haha just messin, well its my mums!i asked her for the most redest shes got!

 

Yer its just the pics mate! they look 100 % perfect to the eye! there very bright!

 

The switches are from a guy called simon! very helpful fella! His name on the forum is "heckler" i think.....hes in afganstian at the moe till March. Contact him then can he will be able to sort u out mate!

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did you take the condom thinks off the three lage bulbs in the back of the dash cluster. If you do, it'll make your needles brighter.

 

before

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

 

after

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

 

Yes mate! haha thats what me and my mate called them. The cam i used didn't pick up all the light coming through! thats why the dials look dim! Also its not the stantard orange mate! The needles are now red with nail varnish! lol

 

Cheers simon thank for all your help! I may ask u if u have a spare clock around to send me with the blue tint and then i can send mine back to you as i didnt do as good job on it! lol

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