Discussion
simpo one said:
Keep it original, I say - but heck, it's your car sir.
I know, I've thought about this. Thing is, the interior is light grey and I'm thinking ametal dash would look good - the veneered one is cracked and due for replacement you see and it jus doesn't, to my mind, flow with the interior.
>> Edited by nogriff on Thursday 7th August 18:03
nogriff said:
Thing is, the interior is light grey and I'm thinking a metal dash would look good - the veneered one is cracked and due for replacement you see and it jus doesn't, to my mind, flow with the interior.
Ah - I see your thinking. Yes some of the ally finish dashes do really look the part and do the interior justice. Indeed my lower panel is starting to split at a corner; now Mr Batty was saying something about getting some facias organised....mmm?
nogriff said:
Keep it original, I say - but heck, it's your car sir.
I know, I've thought about this. Thing is, the interior is light grey and I'm thinking ametal dash would look good - the veneered one is cracked and due for replacement you see and it jus doesn't, to my mind, flow with the interior.
Well, if you have to do it, suggest you keep the old bits because one day someone will turn round and find there are no originals left! (like Spitfires when they tried to make 'Battle of Britain' in the 60's)
That's why I've kept my old Cavalier, incase I ever need any new indicator stalks or rear lights. I get what you're saying though and totally agree. What I can't understand with the griff design is they've spent all that money on expensive dials etc and then go and stick 6(?) cheap buttons on it. Not too keen on that instrument warning panel too, looks a bit cheap next to those dials.
As for BB, he was recently spotted hanging around outside his local hospital trying to see if any of the medics could give him a dose of jaundice so he could match his car
As for BB, he was recently spotted hanging around outside his local hospital trying to see if any of the medics could give him a dose of jaundice so he could match his car
heliox said:
£160-200 is the going rate for a set of guages secondhand.
If you have the early type dash you will find the newer speedo and tacho are larger in diameter, the dash holes need to be enlarged to fit.
If you want to sell your black ones i'm after a set as it happens!
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And all the sensors need to be changed including the speedo which is a real swine as you have to convert/change the number of digital pulses created.
joolzb said:
As for BB, he was recently spotted hanging around outside his local hospital trying to see if any of the medics could give him a dose of jaundice so he could match his car
RAOFL
would you lie to guess the wall colour of our dinning Room???????????? 
'Zingy Yellow' it hides the mess from the custard pie fighting. BB
I had a similar problem, the veneer was "blidtering" and my older style black gauges had the paint flaking and rubbing through on the bezels, all in all it looked a bit ropey. I looked into upgrading the gauges and decided it wasn't worth the grief so did as followed.
New Textured Stainless Steel dash from Leven (very classy)
Stripped out old dash and inspected gauges, prized open each gauge very carefully with scredriver and gave the bezels to a local chrome platers to be polished and plated (about £20 on a saturday morning when the bosses aren't in
)
While I was at it I junked the original shite backlighting aswell and installed some posh LED nests with a bit of help and advice from David Beer.
Put the whole lot back togeather with new leds all round and some posh brushed bezel ones from RS for the indicators/ignition etc and the whole effect looks stunning. Top tip on leds though don't do what I did and think "open top car bright sunlight, I need the brightest ones" if you get the really bright ones they are dazelling at night.
New Textured Stainless Steel dash from Leven (very classy)
Stripped out old dash and inspected gauges, prized open each gauge very carefully with scredriver and gave the bezels to a local chrome platers to be polished and plated (about £20 on a saturday morning when the bosses aren't in
) While I was at it I junked the original shite backlighting aswell and installed some posh LED nests with a bit of help and advice from David Beer.
Put the whole lot back togeather with new leds all round and some posh brushed bezel ones from RS for the indicators/ignition etc and the whole effect looks stunning. Top tip on leds though don't do what I did and think "open top car bright sunlight, I need the brightest ones" if you get the really bright ones they are dazelling at night.
Am I right in thinking that the silver rimmed type of speedo (96 on?) is no longer available new? Luckily all I needed was a new road speed sensor (bl**dy difficult to get hold of at moment too, on back order at TVR) to get the speedo working again, but I was warned that if the speedo went kaput I couldn't buy a new one, it would have to be sent away for refurb which might take 6 weeks turnaround.
If that is the case, and given that speedo faults seem to be common in Griffs/Chimaeras, then surely at some point in the not too distant future we are going to have serious problems when speedos become irrepairable or the speedo specialists run out of parts?
If that is the case, and given that speedo faults seem to be common in Griffs/Chimaeras, then surely at some point in the not too distant future we are going to have serious problems when speedos become irrepairable or the speedo specialists run out of parts?
Equally we could have real problems if an asteroid lands on Blackpool... 
Yes could be a problem but nothing that cannot be overcome. Might mean taking a different speedo innards and refitting inside the original casing and changing the sensor system. Nothing that a bit/lot of money can't solve.
Yes could be a problem but nothing that cannot be overcome. Might mean taking a different speedo innards and refitting inside the original casing and changing the sensor system. Nothing that a bit/lot of money can't solve.
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