Is it for a Mini?
If so why not buy Smith's
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| Author: | Rikki [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | VDO Gauges |
Hey was just wondering what you all think of vdo gauges are they any good?? also what do you prefer for value VDO or Autometer??? personally i think autometer just have a name for themselves....... |
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| Author: | DJG-14U [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:10 pm ] |
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Is it for a Mini? If so why not buy Smith's ?
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| Author: | Rikki [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | vdo |
yeah they r for a mini, are the smiths like the orignals???? |
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| Author: | Rikki [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | vdo |
yeah they r for a mini, are the smiths like the orignals????, what do they look like i want something thats gonna look good as i have made a fully custom dash |
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| Author: | DJG-14U [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:28 pm ] |
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Well if it is for a Mini I would only put Smith's guages in it. I use to have heaps of them in the past and when I sold my last Mini I never got them back even though the guy I swapped the Mini with knew the guages did not go with the trade. But he was a so called friend and said he would give them back to me. But with friends like him who needs enemies as I never got the back. But I have since been buying them back up again. These are brand new ones never been used .
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I also have a Tacho as well but this is second hand and needs a good clean  ..
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| Author: | Mike [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:32 pm ] |
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yea smiths are not just like the originals they are the originals. Smiths traditionaly provided gauges for most classic british cars (I think VDO have been supplying german cars for many decades too), icluding the original speedo for the minis and the auxilary gauges for the coopers etc. Smiths gauges can be bought second hand (many would be up to 40 years old) off ebay etc. Their advantage is that they look the part in an original mini, being the classic looking gauge - ie they look the part because they are the part. If you want different sizes to the standard smiths gauges, more modern and custom or rice looking gauges and different colour combinations to the black or magnolia smiths options, go with the others. But I thing autometer look like something out of "The fast and the furious" (baaaaad) in any car - they are just too rice. But thats just my opinion and I don no nofin. |
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| Author: | Rikki [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | gauges |
man they r ugly gauges y would u only put smiths in???? also can i go from mechanical to electrical??? |
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| Author: | min13k [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:39 pm ] |
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go mech oil pressure and possibly mech temp ... i'm haveing hassles with my autometer temp gauge i need to get a special fitting to fit into the mini head makka |
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| Author: | feralsprint [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:23 pm ] |
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If you want brand new smiths gauges check this website, they have the rights to make and sell them http://www.caigauge.com/ look under original heading |
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| Author: | meeni [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:59 pm ] |
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im currently saving to buy some autogauge gauges for my car, i bought the tacho and love it, so much better looking then the smiths ones, much better quality read out too, go for it! |
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| Author: | Mike [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:12 pm ] |
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Yea and I'm saving up to buy that new Daihatsu Charade, its fully sik. My friend already bought Daihatsu's Ellantra and I love it so much better looking than those old British cars and minis and much better quality too (I mean it has a stereo and everything and you dont need to spin that weird handle to roll the windows down). 
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gauges |
Rikki wrote: man they r ugly gauges y would u only put smiths in????
Blasphemy! 
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| Author: | rampage101 [ Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:14 am ] |
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Mike wrote: But I thing autometer look like something out of "The fast and the furious" (baaaaad) in any car - they are just too rice. But thats just my opinion and I don no nofin.
Umm, you havn't seen much of autometer then. The guages I was looking at for the mini, look nothing like they belong in Japanese rice, more like American Muscle, but I think they'll fit perfect in the mini: http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugeop.aspx?sid=14 |
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| Author: | J_A_M [ Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:26 am ] |
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If I remember correctly, autometer gauges were a budget gauge when first released ages ago. They then tried to go upmarket....a little like LG "Life's Good"....they were 'el budgeto when first on the market. |
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| Author: | meeni [ Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:40 am ] |
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so what im sure smiths started somewhere, no company is the best as soon as they start, they arent to rice, the one i have is brilliant, cant think of a nicer looking guage, smiths are all good for origional too.. |
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