anyone making these in uk?

metz · Post by **metz** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:37 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... eName=WD2V

They look good, think i need sum now

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 6:28 pm

I dont get what the deal is with white dials they look crap imo. Anyway, Danw has a template for making them you just need a deecent quality printer, some card, a craftknife and a bit of patitence.

robz · Post by **robz** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:13 pm

yeh im sure Lockwood make them, although i dont no a company that sells them but i suppose if you contacted them they cood tell you your nearest dealer.

or to save yourself around Â£40 you could print off the template that some1 hosted on here & use that?!

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:19 pm

Venom can make up a custom set for you. All you have to do is tell them some things like the shape of your dials, what speed they go up to, etc.

Karl.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:49 pm

They're easy to do yourself if you have a bit of patience.. easier to customise if you do it yourself, anyway

Aphex · Post by **Aphex** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:25 pm

they look like they are in km?

imo white dials are the danglies, especially as so much of my interior is black and my car is white, brighten it all up.

if dan turns up i think i may ask for that template

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:28 pm

yep they do look like klicks - it goes to what looks like three figures halfway round

it cant be that hard to make your own can it, if you have a spare set of clocks to pull apart and scan/photograph/trace, or get brave and open your own up?

i'm not sure about white ones, but i might be tempted to alter mine to look a little more modern... that 80s font is fine and retro and all, but its kind of stern - something a bit more elegant would be nice

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:02 pm

I wasn't sure about white dials when I did mine. Still not entirely sure to be honest.. but I think it looks alright, and it used less printer ink than doing them black

robz · Post by **robz** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:49 pm

try these (if you want to do them yourself.)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/ ... k-revs.bmp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/ ... guages.bmp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/ ... k-revs.bmp

clocks coma apart v easily, 6 wee screws & thats you inside. Had to do mine yest cos my speedo has stopped working....

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:02 pm

Lockwood don't make them for the Mk 3 polo. There is a guy who makes them over here professionally, he supplies places like venom etc with them. He can do lots of different designs, styles and colours etc.

I'm still tempted to get a set for mine, but in two minds to keep the original ones or not. Hmmm

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:13 am

oof robz those are as a guide only right? bit rough quality for printing that! (and.... eugh... BMP! save em as GIF or JPG next time mate, even paintbrush lets you do that

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good as a guide tho, if you dump em into photoshop or publisher or whatever you can get hold of to trace a smoother outline

PS... you put the rev clock there twice, but the speedo no times

...oh great, i've gotta try and sleep now, and the suns just popped up enough at the back of the house to wake up the stupid effing half-feral budgie we're looking after and it's going ABSOLUTELY MENTAL. where did i put that black binliner?

robz · Post by **robz** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:23 pm

my humble apologies people!

1) i never checked the quality of them but was jst showing wot sum1 had posted b4 for a rough guide

2) as i didnt check them i didnt notice the same 1 twice

Im sure i seena Lockwood advert AGES ago 4 mk3 polos but im prob dreaming. The Venom 1s r Â£40, a bit steep i fink.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:17 am

fair nuff.... least you didnt make the more damaging error of whoever put those german ebay ones together - they've made what look to be (at such tosh magnification) pretty slick dials, painted up the needles.... but left the screws as the stock black colour, nice and obvious and ugly against the black background... and a bugger to have to open up again and fix