The Whole Coloured Dial Thing...

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The Whole Coloured Dial Thing...

Post by Dan the 480 Man » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:44 pm

Well, i've done some searching on the forum as i remember there being talk of white/coloured dials being made up by some chap.

Did anybody have any dials made, or were there any dials made in the end? The only real link i could find was this one: Dials. I have mailed him but don't know if it's still active or not. The dials look ok on there-asked him a few questions, like MPH and the backlighting etc...

Just wondered if anybody had actually bought any and if so where from?

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Post by catgroom » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:38 pm

Dan!

I know Matbat made his own and they looked tops!

He got some developing paper I think then laser copied the images of each dial,reversed the image and fitted them.

Martin may know more.

They did look pukka though!

I want some white ones for mine too!Thanks for reminding me! ;)
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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:02 am

So, were they fully functioning like, all the numbers and stuff all cut out??

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Post by martinholmesuk » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:01 am

Yes looked very good, I would ask him more but his gone to bed with his g/f.
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Post by martinholmesuk » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:07 am

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From the very special Blinky :D
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