As I discussed on THIS THREAD a few weeks ago I've been looking into getting some replica OE Dial sets made so all of us who are fed up of looking at those sun bleached LIGHT PINK dials we have in our cars with nice new BRIGHT ORANGE ones
Well today I've had a response back from my supplier with an initial proof showing the dial design. Please have a look at the PDF which I've uploaded at the bottom of this post. I've also uploaded a picture graciously supplied by Bill showing a BRAND NEW set of OE dials so you can compare the two.
Because of the manufacturing process there are a couple of little differences which have both been pointed out to me and i have noticed myself and they are:
- Their are not as many graduations on both the Turbo Boost Gauge and Rev-counter at the higher boost/RPM areas of the gauge becasue the concern would be that that the markings would not be as clear as the OE ones if they tried to replicate them EXACTLY becasue their would be "bleed" between the graduations.
- Below the Jaeger manufacturers mark on the main Speedometer there's not the white Jaeger manufacturers code. I've not spoken to them about this as yet? Is this something which you guys would like on the clocks for the full OE apperance or can you live without it?? Maybe we could slightly alter the code to have some RTOC reference if we want to be cute?! (like RTOC-09)
The guys have already said in their e-mail "Obviously it is not possible to show the colours correctly on the PDF, but on the actual print we will get as close as possible" so don't worry about them looking a bit wishy-washy at the moment.
I'm intending these dials to TOTALY REPLACE the OE dials your car was supplied with so would have to dismantle your dash & remove the old dial covers to ensure the illumination is correct. I'll write a how to for the "Guides" section as & when we get these made for those of you who are concerned about taking your dials apart.
At the moment I'd like the people that WANT TO COMMIT to having a set made to make themselves known on this post & any questions/comments to be raised also so I can get an modifications done PRIOR to commencing manufacture.
I'M AIMING FOR THE PRICE TO BE £35 FOR EACH SET OF DIALS & THEIR WILL BE A MINIMUM PURCHASE OF 20 PEOPLE
1) Big Steve