fla 9 Posted January 12, 2012 the other thing is that the centre bores are either too large or too small to fit the gauge pins. I ahve a set of white needles i wanted to use in my car but they're too big and unfortunately dont stay on the clock pins. Its fractions of a mm, but it makes all the difference sadly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted January 12, 2012 Glue 'em on! Lol! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eddy.h 0 Posted January 12, 2012 have order a needle kit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted January 12, 2012 the other thing is that the centre bores are either too large or too small to fit the gauge pins. I ahve a set of white needles i wanted to use in my car but they're too big and unfortunately dont stay on the clock pins. Its fractions of a mm, but it makes all the difference sadly. I know Luis who makes the needle kits has to modify the Audi needles to make them work. We have looked for a supplier to make them but typically they want minimum orders of 1000. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted January 12, 2012 The E-Bay needle guy said this when I asked him about Corrado fitment... This LED kit is universal fit. if you have the right needles , you will be just fine.. I think we'll leave it at that! £30 wasted if you order from him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted January 14, 2012 What happened to all of the people who posted on here saying they wanted to buy the gauge faces? I sent out IM's to everyone and not one response. Spent all of this time sorting out specific kits for the UK and just two guys buy them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewie 10 Posted January 14, 2012 I'll probably sound like a time waster here, but, ah well. I don't yet have a corrado, but I hope to getting one soon. It's a 16v, not sure if it's late or early, I expect early? How long will these be available, I would be interested in white back lit with illuminated needles. I can confirm early or late when I get it. The amount of group buys like these I've missed out on... Usually see them, get excited, then realise it was all over and done with 2 years before I even had the car :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quicky1980 0 Posted January 14, 2012 tbh this is ending up to be quite expensive as there is the gauge, led, needles costs and its getting close to £200 for it all. Initially I thought these were going to be at a lower price so now I think I will pull out. sorry mate, just dont have that amount of spare cash at mo and to make it work all the bits need to be bought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted January 16, 2012 I'll probably sound like a time waster here, but, ah well. I don't yet have a corrado, but I hope to getting one soon. It's a 16v, not sure if it's late or early, I expect early? How long will these be available, I would be interested in white back lit with illuminated needles. I can confirm early or late when I get it. The amount of group buys like these I've missed out on... Usually see them, get excited, then realise it was all over and done with 2 years before I even had the car :( This group buy will end this coming Sunday. We will be ordering a few extra kits but for UK 16v might not be likely since the response here is so poor. In fact we might not have any UK gauge faces as extra inventory. If there is enough interest we will do another group buy again in a few months. ---------- Post added at 05:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:51 AM ---------- tbh this is ending up to be quite expensive as there is the gauge, led, needles costs and its getting close to £200 for it all. Initially I thought these were going to be at a lower price so now I think I will pull out. sorry mate, just dont have that amount of spare cash at mo and to make it work all the bits need to be bought. The gauge faces are about as cheap as we can offer in fact they will go up in cost later. Sorry that the overall cost is so high with the needles. Luis offers a very fair price on his needle kits but unfortunately the availability makes the cost of the Audi needles high. We are trying to find a supplier to make needles that are not as costly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted January 17, 2012 We added the VR center console gauge faces for the voltage/oil pressure. £23 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted January 19, 2012 Last day to get in on this group buy is this Sunday! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted January 21, 2012 I'm interested in one of your faces for the centre console gauges but I'm wondering if it's possible to get the design adjusted slightly. The corrado label looks a bit big to me, is there any way the font size could be reduced a bit so that it's more in keeping with the original text size? Thanks Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted January 23, 2012 Sorry Mark. The artwork has been sent to the supplier already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60 CS 0 Posted January 23, 2012 Ive got a spare set of DDI's that would do yours bought in error for my G60 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted January 24, 2012 Any updates on this? Do you do the appropriate dials for a 94 16v? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted January 24, 2012 Sorry Mark. The artwork has been sent to the supplier already. No worries James; maybe for the next GB then. Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
storm_warning 0 Posted February 23, 2012 Having SORNd my Corrado a couple of years ago and only now getting back to either buying a different one or going down the repair route for mine, I'm only just reaeding this forum again, so only just seen this thread... Having missed the opportunity to get in on a group buy deal, I am very interested to know how much a late VR6 set consisting of the gauges, needles + centre console gauges (are there glowing red needles for this, too?) would cost? And before I commit to white glow, I would dearly love to see them with a blue glow... One more question - with your artwork already sent, how costly would it be for a one off at this stage? I ask because I would prefer to keep KPH on the dial for those occasions I drive in Europe. In summary: 1> Cost for a complete set now the Group Buy is over. 2> Photo of a blue reverse glow if possible. 3> Additional costs for a new artwork to be used. Great work, by the way. I looked into making a set up myself a number of years ago. Done my artwork exactly how I wanted it, spent ages getting all the dimensions correct to fit the existing dials. Spent ages finding the right materials I could use at home to print them myself (would have been a multi-layered technique with a lot of scissors and double sided tape!) and then fell over as soon as I started looking into the EL paper to make it glow... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted February 23, 2012 The illuminated needles are made and sold separately from the gauge faces. You would need to buy them directly from Luis who makes the needle kits. His email is [email protected]. We did order some extra kits but there is no option to have anything custom done. It is not to late to specify the color since that is not artwork related. We have a speedometer that does have both MPH and km/h that is 160mph. The cost on the kits would be £79 for the cluster faces and £28 for the center guage face. Shipping is £13. We won't be doing another group buy order until there is enough commitments for at least 20 kits. And the pricing will be the same as what is listed here. If you are interested in custom artwork please IM me to discuss it. Here is a pic of the blue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
storm_warning 0 Posted February 24, 2012 Are the colours built into the dial, or are they determined by a gel between the dial and the light source? In other words, once I have one, is it something I could modify and change colours on certain parts of it myself? Definitely wanting one of yours instead of DDI's reverse glow cluster - mainly because I have never been keen on seeing DDI where I would prefer VR6 and Corrado! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted February 24, 2012 The color is part of the EL film the lights up so you would have to change the film out to change the color. The film is laser cut to fit with all of the necessary holes and such. The main reason for making these was because I felt the same way about DDI's design and also that their logo was on them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted March 21, 2012 Sorry I haven't updated things here lately. The supplier is finishing the order this week and shipping all of the gauge faces to us shortly. I'm hoping we will be shipping the UK orders out by the middle of next week. They will be coming from my distributor in Belgium so it won't take as long as if they were coming from the US. Here are pics of the samples we received last week. Another group buy will be started in a few weeks if there is enough interest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eddy.h 0 Posted March 21, 2012 thanks for the update james looking good needle kit is also in the post btw can you give the same service to the early heater controls Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogger 10 Posted March 27, 2012 The production will be complete the end of this week. We should be shipping the UK orders out the middle of next week. Eddy I can build custom early HVAC controls with LED illumination but we can work on doing them with EL film. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted March 27, 2012 Thanks for the update James. Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 5 Posted March 27, 2012 Excellent news,the illuminated needles came Saturday,and am looking forward to getting the dials,they are going to be a worthy upgrade. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
