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#76 neglectedtorana

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Posted 06 July 2015 - 10:21 AM

Great outcome, well done!



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Posted 06 July 2015 - 12:21 PM

Wow, a great result for all the effort!



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Posted 06 July 2015 - 03:16 PM

Well done Andrew, looks bloody great! 



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Posted 07 July 2015 - 07:32 PM

Looks terrific mate! Hey dumb question here, but how much better at illuminating are the LED strips compared to the original incandescent globes? Its been over 8 years since I've had my dash together... Just wondering if I should incorporate this into my own dash project.



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Posted 08 July 2015 - 04:38 PM

Now that's clever....well done looks fantastic....there are some clever dickies on here lol



#81 _434LX_

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Posted 03 August 2015 - 02:09 AM

Was out and about in the LX today.

What a relief having an accurate Speedo for once !

 

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Posted 19 October 2015 - 08:54 AM

434LX,

 

 

That is a tricky job, very well done.

 

VB



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Posted 08 March 2016 - 06:08 PM

434LX, awesome job mate!! I know it's been a while, but do you still have any faciers, would be interested in one if you do, or if you have done a kit.



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Posted 08 March 2016 - 08:58 PM

434LX, awesome job mate!! I know it's been a while, but do you still have any faciers, would be interested in one if you do, or if you have done a kit.

 

Send me a PM Mark, can probably sort something out.



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Posted 17 March 2016 - 02:04 PM

Have sent PM, I think.



#86 _355blk_

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Posted 24 March 2016 - 01:56 PM

434LX,

 

Looks awesome, Great Job.

 

I'm Interested in a kit if they are still available?

 

Cheers



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Posted 15 June 2016 - 04:48 PM

absolutely amazing.... looks great...

 

best wishes...

 

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Posted 10 July 2016 - 01:18 PM

That is mint. Top job!

 

Has anyone got any of the facia and decals they are to keen to move on as I am going to be running speedhuts in my dash.

 

I tried to PM 434LX but to no avail :(



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Posted 10 July 2016 - 05:44 PM

He might be away for work



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Posted 25 July 2016 - 08:57 PM

That's one nice looking dash mate, well done. What would this set forum members back if we supplied a core dash and you built it to the same standard?

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Posted 01 September 2016 - 05:54 PM

He might be away for work

 

Sorry everyone, have been living the high life in the USA for a while.

 

Any spare facia's and decals went out the door straight away when I was doing the build...

 

Nicko, I'll PM you now.

LS1LX, I wont be doing any cluster builds as I don't have the parts and time at the moment. Sorry.



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Posted 13 April 2017 - 05:44 PM

Hi,

 

Are you building any more of these dashes, If not Do you have the information etc for the laser cutting and stickers .

Thanks



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Posted 30 June 2017 - 04:59 AM

Greetings. I just discovered your very informative write up. I am about to alter my Speedhut gauge too and was wondering how difficult it is to pry the needle from the dial? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.



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Posted 30 March 2018 - 01:11 PM

Hi Andrew ...... is there any chance you could revive your photobucket account ...... im very interested in your build but i cant get any of the pics to come up ..... just getting an error message 

 

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Posted 07 April 2018 - 06:55 PM

Ditto! Just installed a set of Speedhut gauges myself and was keen to compare the results!

Hi Andrew ...... is there any chance you could revive your photobucket account ...... im very interested in your build but i cant get any of the pics to come up ..... just getting an error message 

 

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Posted 08 April 2018 - 06:54 PM

Looking forward to some pics. Have you got some of yours Mark?

Thanks

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Posted 11 April 2018 - 10:27 PM

Looking forward to some pics. Have you got some of yours Mark?

Thanks

not the best photos but you'll get the idea.

​Thinking of bringing the gauges forward in the facia a little more but generally happy with how they worked out.

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in the car, again poor photos...

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at night they look great!

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Posted 12 April 2018 - 08:03 AM

Thanks Mark. Much Appreciated. To me they look great. I am thinking of having a go at something along those lines as originals are getting pricey. Ill have a look at what speed hut have. Were they hard to get looking that good.

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Posted 12 April 2018 - 09:16 AM

Marks LXTorana, thankyou for the pics .......

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Posted 12 April 2018 - 10:53 PM

Thanks Mark. Much Appreciated. To me they look great. I am thinking of having a go at something along those lines as originals are getting pricey. Ill have a look at what speed hut have. Were they hard to get looking that good.

Thanks for the kind words! You might notice I wanted to pay tribute to the original yellow digit SLR gauges I was replacing so I scanned through the options to find the colours, fonts and needle designs to suit. Installation was actually easier than expected. I needed to hack up an old cluster housing and simply inserted a thin timber sheet between the front and rear of the housing to mount the gauges on. The photo quality gets worse but you might get the idea....

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