Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club

Dorchester · Post by **Dorchester** » Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:23 am

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

Paul_1978_yorks · Post by **Paul_1978_yorks** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:11 am

Not my cup of tea those dials:(

Dorchester · Post by **Dorchester** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:31 pm

Sorry mate you can't please everyone... Only a gold sovereign is sought after by everybody...

961tat · Post by **961tat** » 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...

If you're happy I'm happy and let's not forget it's exciting to put your stamp on things you enjoy

Paul_1978_yorks · Post by **Paul_1978_yorks** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:50 pm

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...
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

Dorchester · Post by **Dorchester** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:15 am

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!

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!

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...

ROVER Cabby · Post by **ROVER Cabby** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:34 pm

I'm looking forward to my dark cabin upgrade, Cabby will be getting de-beiged *laughs*.

Dorchester · Post by **Dorchester** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:00 am

As you may guess - sticking to my guns

- here is just a larger view to give the opportunity to see the whole:

Dorchester · Post by **Dorchester** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:32 pm

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

R8 Lockwood dials & red needles

R8 Lockwood dials & red needles

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