speedo face

Post by **St Jimmy** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:41 pm

any one know of white faced speedo /tacho inserts in oz or of anyone making them

for sierras

Post by **NIK** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:23 pm

My coily had white guages, looked good to shame about the body hey!
Not sure if they can swap over.
Nik

Post by **j-top paj** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:57 pm

cant u just do something custom?
il probably stick my autometre guages in when i get mine

Post by **j-top paj** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:57 pm

probably be worth more than the car

Post by **j-top paj** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:57 pm

add a tank of fuel and it will triple in value

Post by **Highway-Star** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:24 am

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?

Post by **want33s** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:09 pm

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.

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.
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... nstruments

Post by **St Jimmy** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:31 pm

did anyone go through with the gauges

Post by **want33s** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:49 pm

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.
Jas

Post by **nicbeer** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:02 pm

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.

Post by **da13ro** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:24 pm

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

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?

edit//
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.

Post by **smileysmoke** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:11 pm

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

Post by **smileysmoke** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:13 pm

oh and made white and blue face gauges.. blue look ok at night but have to make them darker for night driving

Post by **St Jimmy** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:19 pm

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

Post by **St Jimmy** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:21 pm

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

Post by **da13ro** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:24 pm

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?

Post by **St Jimmy** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:28 pm

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

no thats printed on cardboard

Post by **smileysmoke** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:30 pm

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)

Post by **St Jimmy** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:18 pm

can you make them in desert camo

Post by **smileysmoke** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:35 pm

easy

cost ya extra though

Post by **St Jimmy** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:06 pm

smileysmoke wrote:easy cost ya extra though

how much extra

but i don't want aus camo

won't suit car

Post by **St Jimmy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:33 pm

hay s/smoke have thought of a price yet

Post by **MightyMouse** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:54 am

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.
Try to avoid getting the shop to do the artwork as they will rip you...

Post by **smileysmoke** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:08 am

boner59 wrote:hay s/smoke have thought of a price yet

hey mate will send you a pm to chat about it. cheers.

Post by **karmic** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:07 pm

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

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.

thoughts?

Kyle

Post by **St Jimmy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:20 pm

i saw them on uk ebay the price is 30 pounds ea plus postage 5pounds and they only come in mph

Post by **j-top paj** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:23 pm

you like the

dont you

Post by **St Jimmy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:31 pm

owned one once but the gun laws made me turn it in

had some of those

too but was to dear to stay in the pistol club

Post by **smileysmoke** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:40 pm

karmic wrote:
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
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.

thoughts?

Kyle

Thats a good idea Kyle, its possible. the first set i made literally took me all weekend.. close on 19hrs of drawing

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.

Post by **St Jimmy** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:15 pm

how are they going set a price yet :?:p/m me when they are ready and i'll send the money

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