New custom dials design option for rover 75 & mg zt!!!

Rick-sta · 18th January 2018, 17:15

Evening all! Here's something new I've been working on last night and this morning. Paul (Championdaddy) got in touch with me last night asking if it would be possible to make mki 75 style dials but for his ZT with a MG logo on the rev counter and with the correct ZT speedometer (as the ZT speedometer is different to the Rover 75 speedo). Well after a good few hours work, I've been able to come up with this which were fitted this morning....BLACK INVERSE MKI 75 STYLE DIALS!

Have to say I am well pleased with how these have come out. The very first of this style. Gives a more modern and sportier design with the black dial faces and aftermarket needles which glow amber with the backlighting, and yet adds that retro touch which goes so well with our 75's and ZT's.

Here's a before and some after pics showing the transformation. The clocks were original MKII ZT clocks with the factory white dial faces and blue backlighting on the dials, the LEDs were converted to amber to match the rest of the interior lighting, and the custom dial faces and custom needles were fitted

These dials are £30 and the aftermarket needles are £30

I can do these for the 75 and for the ZT, all engine variants

Bogbrush82 · 18th January 2018, 17:41

Wow!

madeupname · 18th January 2018, 18:07

Ooooh . . . very nice

championdaddy · 18th January 2018, 18:18

I will let people follow......... i like being a trend setter

Rev Jules · 18th January 2018, 18:21

Absolutely Awesome ???

Rev

Comfortably Numb · 18th January 2018, 18:48

Lovely job, Rick, far better suited to the retro-classic design of these cars. But how do you work in -30C?

Comfortably Numb · 18th January 2018, 18:56

PS, MG dials should really be octagonal, no? That would be a project and a half! I have made octagonal speaker mounts for the T-bar of my F, out of mdf.

Rick-sta · 18th January 2018, 19:18

Thanks all

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I will let people follow......... i like being a trend setter

Aha yes you have the launch spec dials

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Lovely job, Rick, far better suited to the retro-classic design of these cars. But how do you work in -30C?

Aha I should really cover up that -30oc when taking photos

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PS, MG dials should really be octagonal, no? That would be a project and a half! I have made octagonal speaker mounts for the T-bar of my F, out of mdf.

I could probably do the dials in a Octagonal shape

20th January 2018, 22:10

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Originally Posted by Rick-sta

Evening all! Here's something new I've been working on last night and this morning. Paul (Championdaddy) got in touch with me last night asking if it would be possible to make mki 75 style dials but for his ZT with a MG logo on the rev counter and with the correct ZT speedometer (as the ZT speedometer is different to the Rover 75 speedo). Well after a good few hours work, I've been able to come up with this which were fitted this morning....BLACK INVERSE MKI 75 STYLE DIALS!

Have to say I am well pleased with how these have come out. The very first of this style. Gives a more modern and sportier design with the black dial faces and aftermarket needles which glow amber with the backlighting, and yet adds that retro touch which goes so well with our 75's and ZT's.

Here's a before and some after pics showing the transformation. The clocks were original MKII ZT clocks with the factory white dial faces and blue backlighting on the dials, the LEDs were converted to amber to match the rest of the interior lighting, and the custom dial faces and custom needles were fitted

These dials are £30 and the aftermarket needles are £30

I can do these for the 75 and for the ZT, all engine variants

how can i get one

Rick-sta · 20th January 2018, 22:47

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Originally Posted by ROVER2003

how can i get one

pop me a PM if you're interested in a set

18th January 2018, 17:15	#1
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Comfortably Numb Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Penrith Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 165 Thanked 303 Times in 241 Posts	Lovely job, Rick, far better suited to the retro-classic design of these cars. But how do you work in -30C?

18th January 2018, 18:56	#7
Comfortably Numb Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Penrith Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 165 Thanked 303 Times in 241 Posts	PS, MG dials should really be octagonal, no? That would be a project and a half! I have made octagonal speaker mounts for the T-bar of my F, out of mdf.