Matching factory gauges

[fingershooter]

So I wanted to post this for those people out there looking for gauges that closely match the interior of the MINI. I spent a fair amount of time researching and looking for gauges that matched, however some came close but still lacked what I was looking for. That changed when I came across these Marshall Instruments SCX gauges. They had the right silver color face and the backlighting was almost a perfect match.

So I called up Marshall to order my gauges and struck up a conversation with Paul from Marshall. He asked me what I was looking for and what type of car I was putting them in. When I told him it was a MINI, he indicated that they had previously engaged a company (don’t know name) to help them develop some new gauge faces to match the MINI. However, this engagement never gained any traction.

This sparked my interested, so I volunteered to provide some assistance in their development by providing Paul with some high resolution images of the factory gauges. Paul then took these images and created some mock-ups of the gauges faces for me to review. We went back and forth several times until we came up with what I believe is a very close match to the factory gauges. Notice in the mock-ups below how the numbers are positioned around the gauge just the like the factory gauges. (Note: the color of the numbers and lines was merely to depict how the backlight was going to look. Also note the black outline around the numbers, which match the factory gauges.)

According to Paul they have begun production on the gauge faces and hope to have them completed in the next 3-4 weeks. As soon as I receive the completed gauges I will post them here.

Oil pressure



Water temperature



Boost/Vac



Here are some pictures of the standard Marshall Instruments SCX gauges I mounted in my car earlier this week. Please excuse the crudeness of the images, I was in a hurry last night. I will post some better ones tonight.