R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:23 am
But how stiff and hard to take off and worse to bring back is the speedo cable!
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R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
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Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:11 am
Not my cup of tea those dials:(
Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:31 pm
Sorry mate you can't please everyone... Only a gold sovereign is sought after by everybody... 
Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:43 pm
If you're happy I'm happy and let's not forget it's exciting to put your stamp on things you enjoyDorchester wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:31 pm Sorry mate you can't please everyone... Only a gold sovereign is sought after by everybody...
Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:50 pm
Completely agree with both statements961tat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:43 pmIf you're happy I'm happy and let's not forget it's exciting to put your stamp on things you enjoyDorchester wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:31 pm Sorry mate you can't please everyone... Only a gold sovereign is sought after by everybody...
Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: 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...
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...
Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:34 pm
I'm looking forward to my dark cabin upgrade, Cabby will be getting de-beiged *laughs*.
Re: R8 Lockwood dials & red needles
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:00 am
As you may guess - sticking to my guns 
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Posted: 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:
