Group Buy: Dials, Metal Rings, Dash Plates (Kmc UK)

know1here · Post by **know1here** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:07 pm

whahaha....received mine yesterday, great job Bennoz...they look shaweet.
Gonna be a fun weekend installing them!!!

Btw, stupid question, what are the black circular stickers for? the installation guide doesn;t mention them

oh and hnm738: how problematic are the dark spots and where are they on the dials???

hnm738 · Post by **hnm738** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:41 am

black sticker to block leakage of light onto the surface of the dials

when its dark its ok all numbers lights up decently

however main dark spot area is 60km - 100km

frozenwaffles · Post by **frozenwaffles** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:22 am

Can i just say that those dials are mission to put in. i thought it would be much easier. plus my speedo dial doesnt line up perfect. the little neddle stopper doesnt line up spot on so the whole dial is a bit off centre when you pop it all together and so i now have slightly in accurate reading. also found that the printing is not bang on center for the tacho and speedo.
yes there are dark spots and light spots...
thats not the dials though.
i pulled the tacho needle out to try and help the whole situation, bad i dea as it then gave the wrong reading...
had to start the car, wait for idle which i know (think) is 1000 rpm and stick it in.
these are ok, but i am gonna get the el dials from www.emtechautomotive.com.au
they look fantastic. you can get custom artwork too!!!

mike · Post by **mike** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:52 am

Damn Im still waiting for mine. Been running over to my PO box every day with anticipation. Soon, Im sure!

Mike

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:25 pm

God, I had a hard time fitting these fiddly buggers,
I have never sweared so much.
I have had needle cups before, so the round gap in the middle of the dials were too small, and the dial cups were glued to the needles,
So, I had to cut bigger holes in the middle.
And those black stickers, they give me the sh*ts, they stick everywhere, donâ€™t even bother touching them. I did throw them out.

The finished product is great.
I love them, will take some pics soon.

Thanks Ben for your help in organising this group buy.

Need to update to LEDs now.

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:07 pm

Still waiting for mine.

Fitting the v3 kmc dials was pretty simple....just requires a fair bit of patience.

rnbboi · Post by **rnbboi** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:31 am

... im still waiting for mine to come

"where are u postman pat..." lol

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:16 am

mxysxy wrote:God, I had a hard time fitting these fiddly buggers,
I have never sweared so much.
I have had needle cups before, so the round gap in the middle of the dials were too small, and the dial cups were glued to the needles,
So, I had to cut bigger holes in the middle.
And those black stickers, they give me the sh*ts, they stick everywhere, donâ€™t even bother touching them. I did throw them out.

The finished product is great.
I love them, will take some pics soon.

Thanks Ben for your help in organising this group buy.

Need to update to LEDs now.

Well, I didnt get the needle caps, but the rest all fitted fine.

The litlle black stickers are a pain, I agree, but some persistence and two pairs of needle nose pliers later and I got them on almost straight. The little needle stopper pin on the tacho was a tight fit and started off all crooked, but 10 minutes of fiddling later and that too came up ok. The only problem I really had was with the fuel / temp guages. To get both of them on together I had to move the needles. Now when my tank is full it reads 3/4. Just a matter of opening up again and moving the fuel needle back I hope.

All in all, looks great. Thanks KMC, and Ben for organising the group buy, and letting me in late

As far as the LED's go, I was in the process of changing to Blue LED's, but the new dials are a setback. Where the old dials looked fairly good with the LED's, the new ones let more light through, and the bright spots are too pronounced. I noticed the original dials have some black on the backs, which I assume was to reduce the bright spots. I need to try to figure out a way of doing the same with the new ones before I finish changing to LED's. I have some of the latest and greatest LED's too, so im a little short on ideas atm....

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ill post some photo's up soon too...

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:10 am

Yeh im still waiting, everytime a Toll truck comes into work I get excited, but they aren't delivering what I want, only more work for me to do

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:00 pm

Hey Robsta, I sent your dials via post to your normal addy, the bezel is coming via Toll to your work. Should be there tomorrow

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:50 pm

thanks in advane Bennoz. Looking forward to a long week end of installing and showing them off

mike · Post by **mike** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:03 am

Hey Bennoz

What stage is the mailing at? Is everything out? Havent received my dials or the needle cups yet....

Thanks
Mike

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:41 am

recieved the dials and rings on thursday but yet to see the dash plate

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:08 am

A few more left yesterday. Patince people they will come, I should have them all out by the end of the week. I think there is only 6 to go

robsta · Post by **robsta** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:17 am

Dash plate just arrived, thanks bennoz

TimmyD · Post by **TimmyD** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:41 am

la di the di the

/me ponders if mine have left yet.

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:57 pm

Got mine on Wednesday....thanks heaps Benny boy!

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:58 pm

Sparhawk wrote:
mxysxy wrote:God, I had a hard time fitting these fiddly buggers,
I have never sweared so much.
I have had needle cups before, so the round gap in the middle of the dials were too small, and the dial cups were glued to the needles,
So, I had to cut bigger holes in the middle.
And those black stickers, they give me the sh*ts, they stick everywhere, donâ€™t even bother touching them. I did throw them out.

The finished product is great.
I love them, will take some pics soon.

Thanks Ben for your help in organising this group buy.

Need to update to LEDs now.
Well, I didnt get the needle caps, but the rest all fitted fine.

The litlle black stickers are a pain, I agree, but some persistence and two pairs of needle nose pliers later and I got them on almost straight. The little needle stopper pin on the tacho was a tight fit and started off all crooked, but 10 minutes of fiddling later and that too came up ok. The only problem I really had was with the fuel / temp guages. To get both of them on together I had to move the needles. Now when my tank is full it reads 3/4. Just a matter of opening up again and moving the fuel needle back I hope.

All in all, looks great. Thanks KMC, and Ben for organising the group buy, and letting me in late

As far as the LED's go, I was in the process of changing to Blue LED's, but the new dials are a setback. Where the old dials looked fairly good with the LED's, the new ones let more light through, and the bright spots are too pronounced. I noticed the original dials have some black on the backs, which I assume was to reduce the bright spots. I need to try to figure out a way of doing the same with the new ones before I finish changing to LED's. I have some of the latest and greatest LED's too, so im a little short on ideas atm....

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ill post some photo's up soon too...

check the DIY urself section...after much fuss I went with a T10 std globe and works fine....although still has some issues to sort out@

wjhe · Post by **wjhe** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:30 pm

Hi ben,

is all the dials out yet?? still waiting for mine!!!

thanks..

when

wjhe · Post by **wjhe** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:32 pm

Hi ben,

is all the dials out yet?? still waiting for mine!!!

thanks..

when