Styling blue cinq dash lights

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Styling blue cinq dash lights

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anybody translate this cos it looks interesting http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2450320752&category=36681 and this if santa brought cash
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The Fiat Cinquecento
Fun While It Runs
 
DIals: Look nice but they're in Kph not Mph speed

Kit: Again, looks nice but i don't like the look of that rear bumper, it looks like it'll sagg in the middle

Can't help with the translation tho, sorry;)




There's a certain satisfaction you get from driving over a Sleeping Policeman
 
How does any air make it into the radiator! Cinq's run hot enough as it is without lack of air that front bumper would give.

Another day...another problem...
 
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they dont ship to the uk anyway. And the auction is over :I

Seicento : Yellow : 1108
Cool As Penguin ****
 
Perhaps a creative mind and some small neons/LEDs could work wonders with the dials. Rip the console out and go mad with wild colours :)

Another day...another problem...
 
is it illegal to have km/h dials for uk road use? i might be willing to make sacrifice to have dials like those! (i think i have contact in germany anyway)

Cinquecento Sporting,
and yes it is indeed Broom Yellow \o/
 
You could always make your own.....I Did for my Scirocco, but you can do them for any vehicle.

All i did was..........

1) Get an old display from the scrapper, dismantle it :p, This saves you damaging yours. After this you can take yours out ready for the finished product.

2) Scan the dials in, Don't forget most Scanners now come with some decent OCR software therefore allowing you to change the font in which you can change numbers and lettering on the dials. So you can have loads of fun at this point!

3) Once you're happy, do a test run on normal paper, still happy then print them on some good quality paper 120gms or 160gms Gloss or Matt Paper (not so flimsy either) , again most printers are good enough quality for this, if it can print decent photos then it can print dials.

4) Laminate it, you can buy theses fairly cheap now, less than £50, again you have a choice of Gloss or Matt finish on the wallets. Personally I prefer to use Matt as it doesn't reflect so much

5) Thin double sided tape on the back of the new dials.

6) Very carefully cut out the Mileage, Trip mileage and any other LED's holes etc, that need to be seem. a Scalpal is excellent but be very careful, An adult at this point might be handy. :p

7) Cut a line from where the pointers are on the Speedo. Rev Counter, Coolant and Fuel etc, this will save you pulling the pointers off and risking damage, unless you're confident.

8) Dummy run the dials over the original display and adjust/cut any last minute areas, once you take the tape off, thats it! They're Stuck!

9) Dismantle your Original one from your car, unless the scrapped one has exactly the same mileage.

9) Tape off and apply evenly over the original dials, Careful not to get any air bubbles.

10) Depending on your choice of colours for your dials you may need to paint your pointer / needle.

11) Re-assemble your display and put back into your car!

I might have to try this sometime, just to see if it works for the Cinquencento, not sure if the Cinquecento is back lit through the dials or not, then it might be a bit awkward. The Scirocco is top lit with 2 Cluster bulbs and 1 Cluster bulb that shows Fuel / Coolant and Clock.

From looking at the Haynes manual on the Cinquecento, it should be a lot easier to do than the Scirocco.

But it can be done and here it is!

Here's one that I did for my Scirocco.
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BagPuss
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Bagpuss,

Excellent work on the dials, and a nice detailed description of how to do it (did you work for Blue Peter in a former life!!:D)

The bad new is that the Cinq dash IS backlit!:( which means that this method will not work unless you add some front lighting to illuminate the whole thing (like your Scirocco)

I've got a few ideas in mind for a dash display, but need to get the car running properly before I start to think of cosmetic fun stuff!!(although that's what I'd rather be doing!:) Soon I hope (AND IT'S NOT EVEN MY CAR!!:D:D)

Regards,

Bruce.

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Blue Peter me....Nahhhhh.:p

I just bought a set a long while ago, Price was about £40 and thought I could make these. So I destroyed the ones I'd bought and made my own.

The Scirocco dials are solid metal (thin aluminium) so being lit from the top already was easy.

As for the Cinq'o being back lit, I'll have to look into that, See what I can come up with.
 
Originally posted by custard boy
@ ghost your car will fail the MOT with KPH and is illegal to drive,of course you could mark 30,50,60,70 mph lines on the dials and change the clocks for the MOT

I must have a dodgy MOT man then!! [:(!]

My Delica, Smart and Z1 all have KM speedo's.
Mitsubishi never made a Delica for a MPH based country, so replacement kits don't exist!:(
My Smart was one of the first imports ('99) and I've been too busy modding everything else on it to consider changing the speedo![8D]
BMW 'did' do an MPH speedo for the Z1, but as only 40 were ever sold as UK cars, getting hold of a MPH speedo is going to be near impossible!!:(:(:(
All of them have passed the MOT every year without a question regarding the Speedo! A Policeman drove the Z1 a few years ago, and never mentioned the speedo issue! (He'd pulled me over for speeding and ended up having a test drive:D:D)

Maybe I'm just lucky![8D]

I don't know the law on this, but have not had any problems yet (looks around to find some wood to touch!;)) I'll get round to doing the Smart sometime, but the Z1 will always have KM's and there ain't much I can do about it!

Hope this might shed some (un-technical) light on it...!!:)

Regards,

Bruce.


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