Since I've been goign crazy with the camera, I can finally show everyone the red dials that I made :D

http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~monstr/pics/dials.jpg
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~monstr/pics/dials2.jpg

NICE! what u make them outa? is it easy to get the dash part out to get to them?

Shweeeeeet :D

Do they have raised numbers etc, if not how the hell did you do dat? :)

Looks good, but you know if you're running a DOHC motor in that you top out at 9k rpms and redline at 7 dont you?

Yeh how did you do it?
I was thinking of doing mine blue, but wasn't sure on how to get around the numbers.

dood how did you do that?

that looks Kick Ass!!!!


now that you have a digital camera, you can clean your interior and post some of those shots :P

All I did was take off the original faces, put them on my scanner, scanned them at 100% at 600DPI (the highest my ****ty scanner can do lol) and then did the hours of photoshop work to make the layers exactly right.

Once that was done, it was simple smooth sailing, just colour in the colour you want, print them out on high gloss photo film (it's like a thin white plastic) and cut out with a razor or something very sharp.

I just put them over the old faces and they work great. They let enough light through the white to be seen clearly at night as well.

I'd love to change the dash lights to blue LED's to compliment the red dials at night though.

I'm going to see if I can find another cluster and I'll make the scans again, I lost them.

Oh and getting the cluster out is easy. Pull the trip meter needle out (just yank it), then undo the two screws at the top of the cluster surround, then slide the surround out top first, then there's just 2 screws on each side of the cluster, and it'll pull out.

thats the method Coarey Boater (MAGNFI) Used to get his air con cluster white

Looking Good KB, god, Cutting out all them lil' lines looks like fun :roll:

']thats the method Coarey Boater (MAGNFI) Used to get his air con cluster white

Looking Good KB, god, Cutting out all them lil' lines looks like fun :roll:

haha cutting them out in photoshop took forever. But worth it in the end.

I'm just pissed I lost the scans as I had them saved to a cd but the cd was severely scratched :(

cut out in photoshop?

i though the little lines were already white?

i was thinking you just changed the color, then cut out everything with a knife.......but now that i think of it that sounds ridiculous :)

so basically the white is still there, but the lights are powerful enough to glow through the paper..................ja?

']cut out in photoshop?

i though the little lines were already white?

i was thinking you just changed the color, then cut out everything with a knife.......but now that i think of it that sounds ridiculous :)

so basically the white is still there, but the lights are powerful enough to glow through the paper..................ja?

lol yes thats right. I didnt cut out anything physically except for the parts around the odometer and the trip meter. Oh and the dials themselves lol

I think they look great. You could make a bit of money out of it selling it to ppl on this site. I know i would buy them

me too :p would set off my burgundy TS

Since they aren't ADR approved I would feel quite bad selling them.

What I will do, however, is scan them again and make the scans available to download. You WILL need adobe photoshop to view them and the files WILL be massive as they will be layered and already cutout etc.

But then you can put your own designs in and print them out on whatever material you want. I highly recommend the canon high gloss film.

Looks good, but you know if you're running a DOHC motor in that you top out at 9k rpms and redline at 7 dont you?

Oh and yes I know that, just that I didnt think of that when I made the dials lol...and it'd look cool going so far in the red..well..yellow line lol

Oh and yes I know that, just that I didnt think of that when I made the dials lol...and it'd look cool going so far in the red..well..yellow line lol

would the dials still line up properly on a 2.6 4cyl Ts?

would the dials still line up properly on a 2.6 4cyl Ts?

Yep, everything barre the speedo, I'll need a 200km/h speedo for the 2.6

And with Autos you have to cut out the auto gear section of the dial in the temp section as I don't scan that part, I just leave it blank.

Good work Killbilly ! They look really nice.

Would be great if you could post this "how two" (+ future download) for us U.S. Diamante owners - hint, hint.

I see RED DIALS all over the home page !

TG

kb mate, thats a neat little mod u did there, top job! hmm, might wait till u get the psd's up and running so i can do my own... wait, crap mine only goes up to 200! blah, i guess i gotta do it myself then... :cry:

haha cutting them out in photoshop took forever. But worth it in the end.

I'm just pissed I lost the scans as I had them saved to a cd but the cd was severely scratched :(


Funny that..:P

Well done Killbilly :bowdown: :clap: :thumbsup:

very nice work there!! but i see ur missing the 1800rpm line :P can u explain that?!?!
tisk tisk lol

very nice work there!! but i see ur missing the 1800rpm line :P can u explain that?!?!
tisk tisk lol

Now thats picky, well done that man :clap:

Hey KB, whats the sperm like critter coming up under the fuel & temp gauges :shock: :)

very nice work there!! but i see ur missing the 1800rpm line :P can u explain that?!?!
tisk tisk lol

Holy crap! I've NEVER noticed that! :bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl:


Now thats picky, well done that man

Hey KB, whats the sperm like critter coming up under the fuel & temp gauges

Just got a bit excited with my new camera...sorry!

Actually the redline between SOHC and DOHC motors is almost exactly the same spot, they just bunch the numbers closer together.

Either way, looks pretty good. As for changing the color of the bulbs, LRuff has made a write up of this over on the DOG forums:

http://www.diamanteowners.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=73977&pid=127333&st=0&#entry127333

Cheap trick :D

v nice KB, now if anyone can be bothered making a set for a 200kph limit and making them availiable for download im in business

thats a top job dude.........

cheap but still looks *** awesome!!!! :clap:

you'll have to rephotoshop them and explain how u did it step by step..
cos if i get this 92 verada, i'll be so changing the dials... so it looks teh sex0rrrrrrrr

top job again dude!!!!

Thanks guys :) Much appreciated.

I'll be doing the scans again soon, after all this New Years stuff is out of the way.

MGNTZD - your a picky little asswipe arn't ya? (jokes:P)
Ol' Fart - how old are you? 16 :P haha sperm like critter :P

if i get this verada, can i request help with this? cos i'm all new to magnas n stuff....

and i want sex0r dials! :D and if you can do it cheaply.. and know how to do it properly.. i'd rather get help/pay an expert to show me, cos the last time i pulled something apart, i ended up with 5 more screws than i took out lol..

Well I cant physically help you out as you're in Vic, but I can write out how to do everything, no problem

Possibly make it a sticky with step by step? very nice cheap interior mod!! :cool: im lovin it...

Will do, when I can get to scan the dials again.

That is just awesome!!!

I have beening meaning to start tricking up the interiour a bit... maybe this can be the way forward!

If ya get scans of a 2.6 auto you will be my hero!

That is just awesome!!!

I have beening meaning to start tricking up the interiour a bit... maybe this can be the way forward!

If ya get scans of a 2.6 auto you will be my hero!

I hear that! Looks absolutely awsome and teamed with the air con section as well could look very trick. Nice work :D

Hey KB, are wishing you hadnt taken those photos yet? lol

Hey KB, are wishing you hadnt taken those photos yet? lol

Stupid digi cam :rant: :bowrofl: