project rev5 BUK

[stuMR2lee]

Looking good. How did you get your dials red at night? I tried with replacement led bulbs but they made the dials look pink. I then used red film behind the dial faces and painstakingly cut out the white numbers. Here's a night shot:

[alan_uk]

Thanks mate I just used super bright red LEDs yours looks way better anyway

[stuMR2lee]

Thanks bud. They don't look too bad but were a bit of a pain to get right! I like the white numbers but the red bits could be a little better. Both ours look better than the standard dull night time lighting. I like the chrome rings on yours and the logo - nice touch.

Keep up the modding. It's addictive.

[alan_uk]

yea i like the contrast on yours anything is better than the crappy green lol

[stuMR2lee]

Here's where I got the idea: http://www.mr2oc.co.uk/forums/58/154790.html

[alan_uk]

mmmmmmmmm shiny cusco strut brace

[alan_uk]

spacers have arrived 20mm hubcentric

so will get them fitted and will then have

8x17 rear et20
8x17 front et35

[shinny]

Looking forward to seeing this as a beautiful Caribbean Blue turbo-charged beast

I then used red film behind the dial faces and painstakingly cut out the white numbers

You should try cutting out the red ticks on the tacho!! 8 ticks and way less than 1mm tolerance

The result was worth it though:

[alan_uk]

what do you mean ticks bud ?

[shinny]

what do you mean ticks bud ?

The ticks are the little lines showing every 5mph / 250rpm - they're the ticks on the scale. My point was my blue tint needed to be very carefully cut to allow the red between the ticks 7-9000rpm to show up (illumination red with blue light doesn't work very well!)

[alan_uk]

your patience is way better than mine then lol

id end up with smashed clocks i couldnt do that im a big wobbly hand

[shinny]

Thankfully you don't have to do something quite that intricate to achieve the same look as Stu's

[alan_uk]

mine light up plain red now but thinking of changine everything to blue for the big switch over lol

[shinny]

mine light up plain red now but thinking of changine everything to blue for the big switch over lol

You'll be needing some different clock faces or some speedhuts then, as you'll see almost nothing by just sticking blue LEDs behind your rev5 clocks. (In fact regardless of the revision, blue LEDs always fail to light up the needles)

[alan_uk]

i might try what you have done because the red with the blue looks really good and efective

infact why dont we just swap

cars i mean lol

[shinny]

i might try what you have done because the red with the blue looks really good and efective

infact why dont we just swap

cars i mean lol

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....






No!

Well, maybe with £15k cash my way too... or if you're swapping me a TVR Tuscan Speed 6... or a Z4M Roadster

Happy to advise or lend a hand with modding the gauges tho. I spent far too long fiddling with the clocks before I got round to that rather simple solution. My desk at home is just a grave-yard of three other sets of rev3 turbo clocks

[alan_uk]

cool when i get round to it ill call on you mate

or i could send you mine you do them and send them back lol

[alan_uk]

presents in the post time again

my leather door card inserts arrived today from madbasshunter and they are excellent quality and same condition thanks mate

just gotta get the door cards out now and fit :S

[alan_uk]

well another job out the way

thanks to magicbeans for the help and info to get this right and it worked a treat and they fit spot on

anyway here they are my new leather door cards

old cloth


stripped


and all done





next job seats :S that will be the tricky one lol

[Magic Beans]

Nice work

Not too difficult to do really is it. Just takes a bit of time and care when doing the prep work. Glad the photos came in handy, as it vindicates my chronic picture taking ways