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Post by St Jimmy »

any one know of white faced speedo /tacho inserts in oz or of anyone making them :?: :snipersmile: for sierras
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Post by NIK »

My coily had white guages, looked good to shame about the body hey!
Not sure if they can swap over.
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Post by j-top paj »

cant u just do something custom?
il probably stick my autometre guages in when i get mine
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probably be worth more than the car :oops:
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add a tank of fuel and it will triple in value :armsup:
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Post by Highway-Star »

Quite a while ago there was a thread on some people getting custom dash inserts made in bulk. Everyone who was intereted chimed in, and they even talked of calibrating them for inaccurate speedos.

Anyway dont know what happened, probably best to search untill you find it, then maybe contact the relevant parties, see what happened?
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Post by want33s »

J-Top, I bought 5 Liquid filled Autometer guages a few years ago and have thrown them all away because they stopped working or the numbers peeled of the face. IMHO Autobeater sux. :x If you want good guages buy Pricol. http://www.redlineauto.com.au/pricol_gauges.htm


Here's the link to the first thread about white speedo/tacho faces.
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Post by St Jimmy »

did anyone go through with the gauges :?:
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I'm on the list but I haven't heard anything.
Send a PM to da13ro , I believe he is/was the guy making them.
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Post by nicbeer »

nope. nuthing ended up happening.

i am looking at doing my own up for my WT later. I have got a spare set of backs to play with so far.
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Post by da13ro »

Yeah we had alot of people interested in them, im happy to go ahead with it again, I suppose i got a lil distracted on other things for the sierra and i ended up getting a coily...aka white guages already. I have a laser cutter, just need to find if he will do screen printing.

Sorry guys :P Forgot all about it, ill call up next week and find it for you...have some vectors somewhere, but people with the right car for the job will need to test them first before i go cut them...anyone?

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Smily S might have already organised it, if you interested probably contact him before I do anything. http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... 1&start=90

Otherwise speedo corrections are always handy. I had vectors somewhere, and was going to print onto thin perspex laser cut. Just need someone to measure theres, PM me if this is possible.
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Post by smileysmoke »

i ended up making some myself but havent really finished off a good copy.
mine are calibrated for the NT with tacho and on 235s

ill get my finger out of my bum and actually get some printed up.. shouldnt cost much at all. 25 bucks each max i think
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oh and made white and blue face gauges.. blue look ok at night but have to make them darker for night driving
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Post by St Jimmy »

let me know how you go i can get them from the uk but they cost about $30 and i rather buy them localey for that price :snipersmile:
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smileysmoke wrote:i ended up making some myself but havent really finished off a good copy.
mine are calibrated for the NT with tacho and on 235s

ill get my finger out of my bum and actually get some printed up.. shouldnt cost much at all. 25 bucks each max i think
their the ones i need :lol:
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Post by da13ro »

Thats a pretty good price and deal. I remember getting a few quotes and it was going to come in about $75 inc postage. Screen printed on perspex. Smiley, how did you print them?
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boner59 wrote:let me know how you go i can get them from the uk but they cost about $30 and i rather buy them localey for that price :snipersmile:
no thats printed on cardboard :?: :snipersmile:
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Post by smileysmoke »

i am printing them on semi gloss photo paper and laminating them with UV resistant laminate. taking them to the printers to print and then cutting out. i figure if they do bleach in the sun its cheap enough to replace.
after having them in for a few months they have held up fine so ..
25 bucks you cant go wrong. plus i am going to make mine match my paint like the newer cars coming out nowadays (Xr8s etc)
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can you make them in desert camo :rofl:
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easy :D cost ya extra though :D
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smileysmoke wrote:easy :D cost ya extra though :D
how much extra :?: but i don't want aus camo :twisted: won't suit car
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hay s/smoke have thought of a price yet :?:
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Post by MightyMouse »

if you have artwork then anywhere with a laser engraver will be able
to make them for you out of plastic.

Typical places are badge and trophy makers etc....

Artwork could be a good quality scan or something drawn up yourself.
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boner59 wrote:hay s/smoke have thought of a price yet :?:
hey mate will send you a pm to chat about it. cheers.
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boner59 wrote:let me know how you go i can get them from the uk but they cost about $30 and i rather buy them localey for that price :snipersmile:
Where in the UK sells them ? Could be good for ideas :)

I was also thinking about this the other night. Rather than have bucketloads of different templates for each different yre/gear ration, what about doing standard calibration, standard+5%, standard+10% and standard+15% or something like that ?

Wont obviously be an exact match for each persons individual car but would give a reasonable range of options easily.

Remember the old dual-range speedo's that had markings for KPH as well as MPH? We could do something like that as well for people who have work and weekend tyres. IE daily tyres would be the main guage set for standard tyres, but it could then have smaller numbers in red for 5% or 10% etc so when you put your weekend 33' tyres on you can still get a good idea of your actual speed.

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i saw them on uk ebay the price is 30 pounds ea plus postage 5pounds and they only come in mph :snipersmile:
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Post by j-top paj »

:lol: you like the :snipersmile: dont you
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owned one once but the gun laws made me turn it in :snipersmile: had some of those :2gunfire: too but was to dear to stay in the pistol club :cool:
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Post by smileysmoke »

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boner59 wrote:let me know how you go i can get them from the uk but they cost about $30 and i rather buy them localey for that price :snipersmile:
Where in the UK sells them ? Could be good for ideas :)

I was also thinking about this the other night. Rather than have bucketloads of different templates for each different yre/gear ration, what about doing standard calibration, standard+5%, standard+10% and standard+15% or something like that ?

Wont obviously be an exact match for each persons individual car but would give a reasonable range of options easily.

Remember the old dual-range speedo's that had markings for KPH as well as MPH? We could do something like that as well for people who have work and weekend tyres. IE daily tyres would be the main guage set for standard tyres, but it could then have smaller numbers in red for 5% or 10% etc so when you put your weekend 33' tyres on you can still get a good idea of your actual speed.

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Thats a good idea Kyle, its possible. the first set i made literally took me all weekend.. close on 19hrs of drawing :D
now that i have a base its not as time consuming. so just a matter of getting the differences setup.. maybe even have a paper copy of the tacho that you can mark say when your doing 60 with your road tyres then again with weekend tyres.. or something like that.
the ones i made currently are for NT with tacho and are suited perfectly to 235s.
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:scatter: how are they going set a price yet :?:p/m me when they are ready and i'll send the money :cool:
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