Plasma Dials inside!

[Stig182]

These turned up yesterday but i totally forgot i ordered them! so was a nice suprise (big habit of this lately)

So, started looking into the instructions etc but they didn't go into detail. Had a snoop around the inside of the car and noticed the clocks only come out if you take the bloody dash out!!!!!

I nrly walked away and put them on ebay haha! but i thought no, (i'm an engineer by trade) i can get this done, less than an hour later they were fitted and wired up with the help of my trusted multimeter to find me a const dash light live from the MANY wire behind the dash.

OK, so take one set of gash standard OEM clocks (yours)

Take as many pictures as you can of these so you can gauge where the needles are incase you f**k things up!!

The Kit being installed;

Getting the new dials are wiring to fit nice;

Note the wiring coming out from the top and bottom of the POD, this leads directly to the new dials, (it seems a very weird technology as there is no bulbs!!)

Jobs a gd en';

Give everything a good clean down with the best stuff out there; (this stuff always amazes me everytime i use it no matter what, cleans phones like new)

All refitted;

Night pictures will follow (absolutely amazing) tried to take night pictures last night but, having severe trouble getting any camera to focus whilst looking at them, must be the weird way they emit light or something!)

Thanks for looking. C&C as usual!

 

[syko6288]

Looking good i wouldnt mind a set my self but always been put off with the electrical side of it

Is it some thing i could do myself as i am a noob with electronics all ive done is wire up stereos and speakers

 

[The Boosh!]

Not a massive fan really mate, looks a bit max power. I can see the appeal though!

 

[Christopher]

I think they look awful, personally. That said, it's not my car so ignore me.

 

[Stig182]

Looking good i wouldnt mind a set my self but always been put off with the electrical side of it

Is it some thing i could do myself as i am a noob with electronics all ive done is wire up stereos and speakers

Yes of course mate, if u want details (i've got which wire colour you need to connect what to) to make everything just work! This will work so that when you turn your headlights on (as usual) you dash lights will also come on.

Ive also got a detailled plan on how to remove the dash, but tbh, you only need to remove one side of it and not take it all out. If you were closer i would of done it for you!

I rekon i could installed these in approx 35mins start to finish now

 

[Gandi69]

I dont like the font they've used and the angle of the digits but if they work for you fair play

 

[Stig182]

I think they look awful, personally. That said, it's not my car so ignore me.

you obviously haven't seen night pictures

 

[Stig182]

really crap picture but best i can get atm until the ff dslr comes out to play!

 

[daveski]

They look loads better at night than they do during the day.

 

[Gandi69]

Looks better at night, so it uses two sets of numbers one for lights off and one for on?

 

[Duffman_172]

Looks good mate, better at night, nice touch!

 

[Heez]

That night picture is from a different set of clocks

Also, mine look similar from standard.

 

[Knuckles]

Very fast and furious

i strangely like them though... they would be better suited to a skyline lol

why have you used another set of clocks for the night pic?

 

[PP200t]

^^ I echo that question too! Look better in the night photos than the day ones.

 

[Stig182]

Very fast and furious

i strangely like them though... they would be better suited to a skyline lol

why have you used another set of clocks for the night pic?

cause my phone camera wont focus dude, i'll get some with the DSLR tonight. It's just a pic off the net'

 

[Christopher]

Still not really a fan, even at night. They look wayyyy too fussy.

 

[plymcl172]

I am not a fan they make the car look tacky and cheap, sorry !

 

[Stefan.]

oh dear, nothing wrong with the oem set up. those just look awful sorry.

 

[Stig182]

another pic i just stole (not mine btw, but someone on here!)

 

[domsclio182]

That is just nasty.

 

[Stig182]

some will like some wont! thats the fun! all i can say is they look a thousand times better in real life! i glad the majority dont like as my car will keep its unique look lol

 

[Joe R26]

Prefer these ones to the cheap nasty visual performance ones.

 

[Budgie]

Dislike.

I hate it when the dials are bright- i have them turned down as low as possible on mine- i like to see the road without someone shining a f**king maglite in my face, lol.

 

[Stig182]

Dislike.

I hate it when the dials are bright- i have them turned down as low as possible on mine- i like to see the road without someone shining a f**king maglite in my face, lol.

these also come with a built in dimmer.

 

[polarbert]

I am not a fan they make the car look tacky and cheap, sorry !

Its a Clio! They are tacky and cheap.

Those dials look really good. Will be interested to see the night shots.

 

[Stig182]

Its a Clio! They are tacky and cheap.

Those dials look really good. Will be interested to see the night shots.

thanks mate!

 

[Stig182]

A few shots in dull light (around 5.30pm tonight on my camera phone), please bear in mind these pics again dont do them justice! Also the dials when turned off are fully white, the blue bits (shapes etc) are plasma light technology! proper night shots in the dark are the best way but really have to be seen in real life to appreciate them!

 

[Two Foot Tone]

you know what? They look really good, im wondering if these will go in a ph1? Im crap with electrics though haha....good job there mate.

 

[Stig182]

ok now its a bit darker i've just tried to get some more shots;

:clap:

 

[Gandi69]

Look better at night granted but its the italic-ness of the numbers Im not into

 

[Stig182]

Look better at night granted but its the italic-ness of the numbers Im not into

when i see italics it makes me so horny!

 

[Heez]

Look better at night granted but its the italic-ness of the numbers Im not into

This.

TBH though, I had those dials in my 106 (NFS:Underground2).

 

[Turkish]

Now that's an illustration of the phrase bad taste if ever I saw it. Look terrible.

 

[Darren S]

I'm not really feeling the vibe - but good effort for trying though!

As others, I think they would look better with horizontal numbers as seen on the standard and other set of dials. And without the italics.

D.

 

[@Spoonie]

Poundland styling.

 

[RDH]

Not a fan at all. Not keen on the style of the numbers etc and I think they would p*ss me off at night. It also reminds me of a Corsa sxi.

 

[The Fatty]

lol the night pictures you stole look ten time better imo. Sorry, but yours looks like a dialkit from a tinker toy, the italics are 'not good'; that me putting it nicely lol. It would have looked batter if you modded your old dial kit.

 

[Marky_]

take one set of gash standard OEM clocks (yours)

Hmmmm

Not my cup of tea tbh.

 

[VeinAST]

I think when I first saw these it was quite novel. Now they're a bit tacky!

 

[ste_brough]

Feels a little "This is what car dials will look like in the future" - quoted from 1980.