R8 Lockwood dials & red needles

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R8 Lockwood dials & red needles

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But how stiff and hard to take off and worse to bring back is the speedo cable!

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Not my cup of tea those dials:(
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Sorry mate you can't please everyone... Only a gold sovereign is sought after by everybody... :laughing
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Dorchester wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:31 pm Sorry mate you can't please everyone... Only a gold sovereign is sought after by everybody... :laughing
If you're happy I'm happy and let's not forget it's exciting to put your stamp on things you enjoy 😉
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961tat wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:43 pm
Dorchester wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:31 pm Sorry mate you can't please everyone... Only a gold sovereign is sought after by everybody... :laughing
If you're happy I'm happy and let's not forget it's exciting to put your stamp on things you enjoy 😉
Completely agree with both statements :rolleyes
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Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles

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Thank you for your openness guys. :)
The thing is I dislike so much all those dark grey, charcoal or black cabins you see everywhere nowadays. I find them boring and sorry but in some specific models.
Hence I had no other choice than the genuine black or Lockwood white.
Probably another shade like beige for example you name it might have been more subtle and less contrasted but I wasn't very keen on doing something from scratch: it should have been far worse! :scared
I'd already fitted the missus 25 with Lockwood dials and wasn't worried with the result.
But as you told it it's my customization and unfortunately not able to please everybody.
It's now far more legible despite the fact that miles are in big letters and km in smaller ones! :laughing2
But it's easy:
30 mls give 50 km/h (speed limit in towns) unless it's 20 mls (approx. 30 km/h)
50 mls give 80 km/h (speed limit on roads)
and so on. Just a bit of maths good for brains... :D
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I'm looking forward to my dark cabin upgrade, Cabby will be getting de-beiged *laughs*. :laughing2
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As you may guess - sticking to my guns :tt2 - here is just a larger view to give the opportunity to see the whole:

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Rover 214i cabriolet v16 1994 BRG & lightstone leather
Rover 25 1.4 Saws Tuning remapped 2002 platinum silver
Rover 75 V6 2.5 1999 Atlantic blue & sandstone beige leather
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Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles

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Another example of white dials in a MG TF (and F as well) with wood and lighter beige leather:

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Rover 214i cabriolet v16 1994 BRG & lightstone leather
Rover 25 1.4 Saws Tuning remapped 2002 platinum silver
Rover 75 V6 2.5 1999 Atlantic blue & sandstone beige leather
Rover P5B coupe 1968 Arden green & buckskin leather
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