White dial's for 340/360?

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White dial's for 340/360?

Post by germ »

i was wondering if its possible to make up some white dial's

and if it is possible to make them read 140mph(i know it would be further forward)

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Wouldnt mind some 140MPH ones myself lol! Guessing after 120 is crap (only carried out on private roads ;) )
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my speedo reads to 140MPH!!!! :P
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if I recall a chap in Finland has made white dials as a pdf that you can print off and replace the black ones with...
I think the link is on volvo300power.com

might be on this site too somewhere!

I like the idea of the white dials using blue acetate to make blue lettering

or didnt chesh just fit blue LEDs to his 740 binnacle to achieve the same thing?

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Post by classicswede »

Ifyou did a search you would find you can get a 140 mph spedo by modding a early 440 one
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Post by Chris_C »

I've got a PDF of the white dials on my old comp, found it a few weeks ago. Gut feeling says it was Jani who had it, but could be wrong!!! It's mainly a scan with the colours changed from memory.
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Post by germ »

Cheers

Dai i know about the 440 mod :wink: but iam looking for easy and cheap options atm

iam saving up for bigger stuff thats coming :D

i will go have a search for this pdf now :)



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I have few scans that I got from some other finn, but I need to find them where I put, there is some in one of my gallery, but I had more useful ones somewhere.

Making them is not too hard though, if you disassemble one instrument panel and have a scanner then it is rather easy to do, printing them out takes few trial and errors perhaps, but should be rather simple task.

I try to check what I find after a week or so, when I return from Lapland, I'm already late leaving there ;)
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Right, here is something to subject (white dials for 340 and 360, at least MkIII has dash where these do fit, kph only)

http://jtbo.pp.fi/images/index.php?category=360
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Post by jarlidge »

i wonder how much it would cost to get some white dials made up??
would be nice to have plastic ones
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Post by germ »

Thanks Jani!!!!

they are very cool 8)



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