Hello My Rotary Bros..

[L18M]

ur Q/R looks quite thin!

[Retro_Boy_G]

Awww Thanks for the pics dude!.. Well i went a bit spend happy tonight and bought some stuff to spruce up the inside of the car a bit.. try get rid of the dated look.. here is what i bought.. I think i have went a bit Blue crazy.. I also have no idea how to install any of the stuff.. Hopefully i can get someone local to do it all for me.. how easy is it to get into the speedos??
 

[dthebuk]

i have that metal sheet in mine. before you install it just sand down the edge for the space of the voltmeter as im pretty sure it causes mine to stick.

personally I wouldnt bother with the sheet metal, mine seems to get reflections from other lights which makes it look really tacky, though each to his own. The dials look ace

[JTW86]

Nice FC mate
defo need more up here in scotland.
I see your from Glasgow!:Thumbs-up
We should have a lil meet with our FC3S:3gears-lh
when i get it back from WGT!

[Retro_Boy_G]

I\'m still not sure on the sheet metal look.. I think it looks good on the pic of the steering wheel.. but we will see.. its more the dials and backlight im looking forward too.. although ive just realised my interior is blue and the wheel is black.. so i dunno how that is going to look!

JTW86 - That sounds like a plan dude! You can show me how to keep my car up to scratch! haha.. Can you install steering wheels, metal sheets, new dials and lights? haha..

[Retro_Boy_G]

Well.. i just got my RX7 badge in and its not really the best quality.. does anyone have a spare for sale?

[L18M]

the dials are easy to get on.

theres 3 screws on the roof of the instrament cluster. undo them.
then theres 2 scres under the indicator stick and on the oppsite side also.

u mite want to lower ur steering column so that the dash can pop out.

then theres 4 screws holding the cluster in place.
undo them and the cluster pops out. u\'ll need to unclip the 2 plugs (connects all the wires to the cluster) and speedo cable to pull the whole thing out.
u\'ll need to lift a lever up on the clip to be able to get the plugs out.
same with the speedo cable.

once the cluster is out its just a couple of pushclips and the plastic screen pops out n u can access ur dials etc.

hope it helps
else if u ever down london area i dunt mind helping lol

[Retro_Boy_G]

That is actually a really big help thank you! I had a look last night and i seen the screws you are talking about but wasn\'t sure if they were the ones i had to remove.. It\'s just putting it all back together again i worry about.. haha

Will the bulbs become visible as soon as i remove the cluster?

[L18M]

once the cluster is out the bulbs are the black screw in knobs. u cant miss them. they are same as side lights bulbs.

u jus gave me an idea.. mite try changing the bulbs to blue n see wot its like instead of changing the dials also lol

thats if n when i can be bothered to undo everything again.. i taken out the cluster so many times i can get a degree in it lol

if u need more pics or help jus giv us a ding.. tho pics will take a while as i nt got my spare cluster here..

[Retro_Boy_G]

These are the lights i got for the dash.. Do you know if they are the right ones as it says it will fit my car..

If you ever get the chance to do a picture diagram of the removal and putting it back together that would be awesome..

[L18M]

those bulbs look about right.. theres about 8 of them bulbs in the cluster, tho the others are for indicator, main beam.. not sure wot else.

i\'ll try find some pics n do a rough guide to taking dash out but it is lit as i said b4. im nt that hands on but managed lol

the tricky part is the speedo cable n plugs.. the plugs get brittle at their old age.

[JTW86]

I\'m still not sure on the sheet metal look.. I think it looks good on the pic of the steering wheel.. but we will see.. its more the dials and backlight im looking forward too.. although ive just realised my interior is blue and the wheel is black.. so i dunno how that is going to look!

JTW86 - That sounds like a plan dude! You can show me how to keep my car up to scratch! haha.. Can you install steering wheels, metal sheets, new dials and lights? haha..

Ayes, NP mate:Thumbs-up
haha i havent installed a before but seen my cuz install one donkeys ago tho:Hammershouldnt be to hard tho,
as for the dial n the rest, no idea how to fit them mate sorry.
where did yu find the dials from? do they for TII?
i\'ve been thinking of change\'n mines also. just to make it look more updated :chat

[Retro_Boy_G]

I think i could probably pull everything off myself.. apart from the steering wheel.. i\'m going to leave that to someone who knows what they are doing..
 
Here is where i bought the new dial faces from -
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120294947324&rd=1
 
If its going to help anyone out then i would have no problem making a scan of them for people to make their own custom dials?..
 
BBCFC - Does the cluster and surrounding parts come off without having to remove the actual steering wheel?

[L18M]

cant rem off the top of my head.. sorry..
have u got the stock wheel? i dont kno how to take that off.
think u can but will be a tight squeeze!

jus a note. it helps if u lower the steering column as far down as it can go and also u mite fint it easier to take the dash out by removing the top half of the steering column (just undo the screws on the underside of the steering column, think was about 3 or 4 screws)

[Retro_Boy_G]

Awww balls ive just realised the dials are for the Turbo which i believe has a higher top speed on the clock.. so i don\'t think it will give the correct speed when replaced..

I just took some pictures of the car after its been given a quick clean.. im just uploading them right now via photobucket.. they will be up in 5 mins!