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Old May 22nd 2006, 13:42
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WOW Mikey that steering wheel is amazing!! Where can I get a similar one? but the dash is cool

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Personally I don't like guages under the dash..During you are driving it's far enough to not see it in every moment. Only in old bugs is an "acceptable" solution for me, if you don't want to cut your original dash..but also in this case I would put it on the top and not uder. Or why don't you use a monster tacho just instead of your original speedo?? If you goes with 17-18 rims the speedo is useless, will show you bad units... but naturally this is just my way of thinking, don't wanna say anything bad about anybody's ride

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Old May 22nd 2006, 14:13
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im going with 17"s,i like mikeys idea with 2 big 1s side by side

maybe use www.photobucket.com to post a picture?

thanks for the replies,keep them coming
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Old May 22nd 2006, 14:16
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Thanks for the compliment on the wheel.

I didn't want my guages hanging under the dash either. I didn't like the way it looks, but to each his own. I didn't want to take my eyes off the road very long just to check the temps. The lights aren't there yet, but I will have warnging lights.

You can use a speedo with 17's and 18's or any rim size. My speedo is electrical, but I bought a sensor from Speedometer Service for about $100. But at least my speedo will be right on.

To change pictures, simply right click on the picture you want to downsize. Then click 'resize pictures', then click small, and 'ok'. and it'll resize the picture and put it in the folder with the original picture.

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WOW Mikey that steering wheel is amazing!! Where can I get a similar one? but the dash is cool

@02cab
Personally I don't like guages under the dash..During you are driving it's far enough to not see it in every moment. Only in old bugs is an "acceptable" solution for me, if you don't want to cut your original dash..but also in this case I would put it on the top and not uder. Or why don't you use a monster tacho just instead of your original speedo?? If you goes with 17-18 rims the speedo is useless, will show you bad units... but naturally this is just my way of thinking, don't wanna say anything bad about anybody's ride

how can I make a smaller file format from a big one??? SOMEBODY PLS HELP
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Old May 22nd 2006, 20:32
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Hi

This is what I did with my old 1302.



Regarding tyre size, you would be surprised how close 17 inch tyres are to stock tyre heights. The speedo that I used was a really old Stewart Warner, the SW stockist made a ratio box to correct the speedo, the later electronic speedos are much better in this respect as they can be adjusted for various wheels. If you want an accurate speedo at low cost you can always get an electronic speedo from a push bike.


This what a friend did with his car, monster tach where the speedo was and a VDO electronic speedo in the dash grille.

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Old May 25th 2006, 20:15
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Hi

I reckon one of these Boxster dashs would look great in a bug.

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