Just got my lockwood yellow dial kit from work. Really good and simple kit. Two things though you have too prepare yourself for the fact that you have too hack your old dials off with a stanley knife ie they can't be put back and you need some patience and steady hands. Took the dials out replaced them and put it all back in the car in half an hour but it is very fiddley.
Well worth the time and effort thought looks ace and changes the whole apperence of the dash

i have yellow dial surrounds, but not dials. you got any pics with yellow dials fitted?


Cinq Sporting - and yes, its broom yellow!

Will try too get some put on the site soon.

Hack off with a stanley? Really??

The dial faces just unclip if yu take the needles off!
I know, because mine are sat in front of me atm!!

Tom (AofB)

95 Cinq Sporting - Rattly GrpN Catback Exhaust, <font color="black">Buckets</font id="black"> and 3pt Harnesses,Sexy VW styleé dials, 10" Sub and 6x9's.
1242cc Engine to go in soon, boot delock soon, ETech Wing still in garage, so's the effing K+N!

With the Lockwood kits, you don't need to pull the needles off. They suggest a stanley knife to cut the old ones off.

Pete.
1242cc cinq, turbo cinq, Cinqs&Seis Yahoo group, Clubcento

hmm...pulling off means yu can use the faces again if needs be....but it also means recalibration! Which is a TPITA!

Tom (AofB)

95 Cinq Sporting - Rattly GrpN Catback Exhaust, <font color="black">Buckets</font id="black"> and 3pt Harnesses,Sexy VW styleé dials, 10" Sub and 6x9's.
1242cc Engine to go in soon, boot delock soon, ETech Wing still in garage, so's the effing K+N!

I thought about taking the needles off but prefered the idea of cutting my old dials off.

whatever you do dont take the needles off! there a pain in the A**e to recalibrate. the rev counter is not so bad as long as your car doesnt idle high or low it should be about 900 revs at idle. but as for fuel and temp. fuel you need to remember how much the needle was showing before you took it off and temp you need to run the car too running temp 90oC and calibrate it this way. i did it once with some acetate dials and never again!!! the lockwoods are a tad expensive for what you get but a hell of a lot cheaper than a new clock set

Little Red Devil
AWAITING OPERATION
(L.R.D). ICE started and put on hold. Still need a rear bumper. "its proper getting better i tell thee!"

Yeah it is a PITA, but Coloured dials look schveet. The Stanford massive can confirm that mine are damn pretty if a bit unfunctional in parts.

Oh. Good way to calibrate the fuel guage is to fill the car up!

Tom (AofB)

95 Cinq Sporting - Rattly GrpN Catback Exhaust, <font color="black">Buckets</font id="black"> and 3pt Harnesses,Sexy VW styleé dials (that look great, but dont work!! D)), 10" Sub and 6x9's, ETech Wing. Lots of Dirt!
1242cc Engine to go in soon, boot delock soon, K+N still in garage!

Has anyone got any pics of their dials? I was thinking about getting some.. Is the dial face itself white, or black like the original. What part is yellow / (whatever colour u choose)? The text (and when it lights up)?

Thanks

Cinquecento Sporting - Silver
http://www.elitemonkey.net/cinq

Yu looked at my FAQ?

Its a coloured ohp transparency behind the paper. My faces are current black with red and blue backlighting.

Tom (AofB)

95 Cinq Sporting - Rattly GrpN Catback Exhaust, <font color="black">Buckets</font id="black"> and 3pt Harnesses,Sexy VW styleé dials (that look great, but dont work!! D)), 10" Sub and 6x9's, ETech Wing. Lots of Dirt!
1242cc Engine to go in soon, boot delock soon, K+N still in garage!