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Offline Maltloaf

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Removing white dials
« on: 15 December 2005, 19:00 »
Hi,

Is it easy to remove white dials from a 91 8v Digi? I have a set on my car and they have faded to a gross orangey colour. When the car starts you can still see where the needle was. :huh:

I had a look at a new set of clocks on ebay but finding the right sort can be a pain and if it is easy to remove them I might as well do that one weekend.

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Matt B.

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #1 on: 15 December 2005, 19:46 »
when i wanted new clocks i put out a call for them on 24/7 spares and by the morning i had phone calls from about 6 scrappys/breakers etc... and they all had piles of clocks of every sort for mk2s, so if you pursue that route itll only cost ya about 5 mins internet time and around 15 quid for the clocks :D , i have no idea about changing dials tho,i was gonna do that too but i couldnt be arsed to piss around taking my clocks back out again,
good luck anyway mate

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #2 on: 16 December 2005, 09:51 »
Mine also had white dials on when i bought it. I thought they were too chav so set about removing them. Turns out they were just a stick on face ontop of the origional. Took the dials apart and peeled the faces off and job done. Its fiddly but if your careful not a problem. The only prob i found was that they left sticky bits of glue behind.

Offline knobby

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #3 on: 22 April 2006, 09:23 »
Hi

Sorry to bring up an old post but the Rallye i have just brought also has white dials fitted. They have also painted the needles. I'm guessing i will need to remove the whole clocks, feel off the white dials and somehow replace the needs with new ones. Anyone got any laying around. i am assuming they just pull off like a clock hand.

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Knobby.

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #4 on: 22 April 2006, 11:25 »
ive got my old driver clocks still but i assume being only 120mph clocks that they wont work for you, plus it didnt have a rev counter, however you can have the needles if you want?

Offline knobby

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #5 on: 22 April 2006, 14:08 »
Yeah defo, would be interested in the needles, how much would u want for them?

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #6 on: 22 April 2006, 14:49 »
haha, i don't want money for a few needles, ill slap them in an envelope for ya, its only the cost of a postage stamp that ill thieve off my mum anyway

Offline Chugadub

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #7 on: 22 April 2006, 16:01 »
haribo you ought to be ashamed of yourself!  :embarassed: stealing from mother indeed!

how comes you werent up at castle coombe?

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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #8 on: 22 April 2006, 16:19 »
Haribo... Thanks mate.. I shall send you a PM with address next week. I am moving next week so i shall send u my new address once i know it... your a star  :smiley: What needles do you have?



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Re: Removing white dials
« Reply #9 on: 23 April 2006, 01:29 »
dunno, just standard ones, ill get them out the loft soon,

chuga, twas gonna go but then....didnt, i woke up abit late, a mate of mine was there in his black mk1 gti tho, said he span out a few times, you may have seen him, he doesnt have a front bumper......