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Forever_Hatter
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10th Jun 04 at 17:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hiya people Just wondering after seeing DG's post if there is anywhere which can make custom dial backgrounds etc?? at different sizes from the normal?? I seem to remember marv having some

Any help or info is much appreciated
DimDG
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Contact HEIZ (www.tachodesign.de) where I made mine, they make custom dials but I am not so sure about the backgrounds... You can ask them, they are top guys
Rob
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i know marv made his own

i believe!!!
he got a photograph and took his discs off and scanned em and printed em onto laminate and cut em out!!!


not 100% sure but something like that!


rob
FlamingCorsa
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i have made all mine, just get them dials out, scan them and change everything u want put pics in back ground, change writing,i took km/h off! and changed colour 2 wot u want, print out, cut out and put ontop of the old ones! easy! iaz
Greg_M
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is it easyier to scan in white ones
Davido
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ne pics of urs iaz?
FlamingCorsa
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i will have 2 c if i got any pics, it dont matter if u scan white ones or black, u just inverse it 2 swap colours! will c if i have pics!
FlamingCorsa
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thats an old pic of from when my car was carabic blue and did dials 2 match! they are peppermint green now tho, got no pcis of them now! as u can c the km/h have gone and writing is different style slightly!

hope that helps! iaz
M2RTY
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11th Jun 04 at 08:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yep i have 2 sets, im making some different ones upthis week as im bored
Korsa
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any one got a template we can use then
Greg_M
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what program you using? photoshop
FlamingCorsa
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its some program i got with the scanner i use! i have never used photo shop in my life!!!!!! its bout 5years old this program i used- lol
L330wnz
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Iaz, is the jag corsa done yet mate or is it still being done?!
M2RTY
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no template
Forever_Hatter
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cheers guys doesnt seem as hard as i first thought, i ideally would like to transfer all my current dials into Pods and just wondered how u guys went about it, so i could go about transfering them over

cheers guys all info added above is much appreciated

[Edited on 11-06-2004 by 1.6 16v]
djlee_dj
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whats yous print onto ?
FlamingCorsa
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i print them onto photo paper at hight quality then stick them on2 old dials!
RobHayes
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does the light still shine thru the numbers well?
FlamingCorsa
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yea it does actually, prob not as good as befor but can still c them in the dark easily!
jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob
i know marv made his own

i believe!!!
he got a photograph and took his discs off and scanned em and printed em onto laminate and cut em out!!!


not 100% sure but something like that!


rob


that idea has been coprighted by lee mitchell i belive

 
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