Interior/Exterior Custom Gauge Faces
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outmotoring.com used to offer some, but i believe they are no longer available. DuelAG makes a nice looking set, but they are way overpriced, just like the rest of their products. I think the reason you are having trouble finding them is that it is a major pain to replace the stock gauge faces and it requires more work than most people find worthwhile. from what i remember, you pretty much have to disassemble the entire dash to do the job.
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did mine from outmotoring
I got my black gauge faces about 9 mo ago from outmotoring, and love them. Getting the gauges out is the easy part, but changing the faces is tricky. The hardest part was taking the needles off, which required a lot of force, had me worried about breaking. The other tricky thing is registering the needles correctly on reassembly. I ended up by accident correcting the standard MINI speed overestimation on the speedo, and that is quite welcome. The black faces are nice and fit so much better in style. The numbers look different than stock, and are a tad broader in font and a hint less sharp. The warning lights all work except one that does not have the shine through area (can't remember which, maybe the one for sport mode?), and all are dimmer than stock, which I actually appreciate, though the cruise ctrl one is so dim it's hard to see. The auto brightness adjust still works, so the light sensor receives enough input. Overall, for me this works and was well worth the effort.
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Hello, thank you for the replies
cerenkov, do you have the dark grey ones for sale ot know where can I buy them ? I recentlly asked Vinyl Styles https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...uge-faces.html for black ones but they dont do them anymore :(
cerenkov, do you have the dark grey ones for sale ot know where can I buy them ? I recentlly asked Vinyl Styles https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...uge-faces.html for black ones but they dont do them anymore :(
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Black gauge faces and trim rings
The other change I did all in one go was to repaint the silver trim rings in the exterior Lightning Blue. These two pictures show the before and after. While I was at it I also painted the needle centers for both tach and speedo, and the glove compartment button. Just didn't like all the chrome and silver on the dash.
These before and after pictures just to whet your appetite for black gauge faces. I personally like them a lot more than the silver ones. The other thing I like better about the blacks, is that the control lights don't show when off, and so the faces on the whole appear less cluttered.
These before and after pictures just to whet your appetite for black gauge faces. I personally like them a lot more than the silver ones. The other thing I like better about the blacks, is that the control lights don't show when off, and so the faces on the whole appear less cluttered.
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With JCW gauges
Here's a poor picture of the black tach and the JCW gauges, lit up. It's the only pic with lit gauges I have right now, will try to take some better ones. The black gauges obviously also work a lot better with the OEM JCW add-on gauges.
Found a better pic of lit gauges and added it.
Found a better pic of lit gauges and added it.
Last edited by Zephyr1; 12-19-2014 at 10:51 AM.
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Hello, thank you for the replies cerenkov, do you have the dark grey ones for sale ot know where can I buy them ? I recentlly asked Vinyl Styles https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...uge-faces.html for black ones but they dont do them anymore :(
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