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White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:36 pm
by Niall
Found the image on ebay and asked the seller to relist the item for me to buy one.
I thought I'd post it here in case anyone else is interested.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291012086681

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:43 pm
by Nate
if you haven't bought it yet, then don't! i've got a set sat on my desk you can have

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:48 pm
by Niall
Nate wrote:if you haven't bought it yet, then don't! i've got a set sat on my desk you can have
Bah, just paid for them 2 minutes ago.
Thanks anyway buddy

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:49 pm
by bengould
Hi,
You've just reminded me. I was after some of these a while ago. Anybody know if they are available for the 160mph clocks, I could only find 120 or 140 when I was looking.

Ben.

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:48 pm
by Niall
bengould wrote:Hi,
You've just reminded me. I was after some of these a while ago. Anybody know if they are available for the 160mph clocks, I could only find 120 or 140 when I was looking.

Ben.
I think he just makes them on his computer and prints them.
I told him I wanted
140MPH & 7k rpm which I couldn't see on the images and he's done it.

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:54 pm
by Mr Funk
Always like those dial faces, but then I'm stuck in a long dead decade.
Fitted these this week, for a tenner they're a bargain and fairly easily available

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Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:16 pm
by Nate
Amazing how such a subtle change can make them look a lot less dated

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:29 pm
by Niall
Mr Funk wrote:Always like those dial faces, but then I'm stuck in a long dead decade.
Fitted these this week, for a tenner they're a bargain and fairly easily available

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I need that in my life. Do you have a link?

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 12:59 am
by iroberts696

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:51 am
by Mr Funk
That's them!
When you gt them give me a shout and I'll talk you through it, it's a bit diddly but not difficuly

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:31 pm
by Niall
Mr Funk wrote:That's them!
When you gt them give me a shout and I'll talk you through it, it's a bit diddly but not difficuly
Found a spare clock so I'm going to modify it and swap it with my normal clock.
Got it all stripped down, but I can't figure out how to take the needle out so I can put the vinyl on the face. Any ideas?

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:40 pm
by Nate
i thought the vinyl normally had a slit in it to slide over the needle. chances of getting the needle back on right are slim

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:23 pm
by mark1gls
To get the needle off place a thin bit of cardboard under the needle and use a fork to prise it off but be very careful as they do break, the hardest thing is then putting it back on in the right place as it spindle they push on spins very easy. If it anything like the MK1 speedo there is a mark on there showing where the needle should be when its pushed over the stop, you have to be careful bending it over the stop not to snap the end off.
Pictures - This is the mark on a Mk1 were to point the needle, had to pull the needle over the stop (I had to take mine off to fix the mileometer)
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How I tested it was reading right with a sat nav before putting it back in to the rest of the dash, I did not push the needle on hard till sure it was right so easy to remove.
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If you can change the speedo colour without taking the needle off I would try that first.

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:54 pm
by Niall
Managed to squeeze it over the needle by making a tiny cut on the centre hole.
It's not perfect, but it'll do. Only issue now is that this clock is 30k lower than my car.
Is there a fast way to add miles onto it?

Re: White speedo/clock vinyl on eBay

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:00 pm
by Niall
If anyone's wanting to see what it looks like
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