New Dials fitted

[matt_zeus]

Wife bought me some blue dials for my burthday to match the rest of my interior.
Fitted them today, very happy with them

 

[GazHyde]

Nice. Where did they come from?

 

[Low Rider]

View attachment 20259 View attachment 20259 I'm sure I've seen them on ebay

 

[t-tony]

@Mint was going to get some of these and let me know how easy they were to fit.....................

Tony.

 

[matt_zeus]

I'm terrible at fiddly things and i managed to do it ok.
The idea is to not mess with the needles so you have to cut away the old gauges. I ended up just cutting away the bits that block the light shining through.
I saw a thread on another forum and he just stuck it over the top, but unless you replace the bulbs with high-powered LED's it wouldn't let enough light through.

 

[t-tony]

IF you do remove the needles you have to certain where they need to go back by marking their position somehow. I think yours was a better option TBH.

Tony.

 

[Mint]

@Mint was going to get some of these and let me know how easy they were to fit.

Was I??? Don't remember that Tony. Must be my age

 

[Grumps]

I really like them. Think the blue looks great. Can you get a wider view pic @matt_zeus so it brings the interior into it?

 

[mktommo]

Very nice Matt......

 

[matt_zeus]

here's a zoomed out photo

 

[Shelly]

Wow I think they are great
They look lovely

 

[GazHyde]

Matches really nicely

 

[Grumps]

View attachment 20772here's a zoomed out photo

Yep really like that! Thanks for the photo.

 

[yalden]

How did you install the new gauges without removing the needles? Have you taken any illuminated shots? Looks great...

 

[matt_zeus]

Thanks
Well to do it without taking the needles off I did a proper bodge job and just cut away as much of the old black dials as possible.
The new dials slide over the needles.
I wasn't careful enough with the temp gauge and it has moved(so "normal" temp is at the 1/4 point rather than at the 1/2 point).

I haven't taken any illuminated pics, they are quite dim but they always were. Could do you with some nice LED bulbs

 

[t-tony]

You can re position the needles, they simply pull off the spindles. The main thing is to note precisely where they were positioned when you pull them off.

Tony.