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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 07:30 AM
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I got this idea from shadydave in https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=705439
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Final result





He did it in red but I wanted to try blue so I went to officeworks to find some colourful "filters"

found this for $2.08
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11925-1024.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11924-1024.jpg

When I started
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11926-1024.jpg

I found that there are 4 parabolic reflectors but I didn't think the light would be bright enough with the new filter so I used this. I bought it a long time ago for $10
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11931-1024.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11933-1024.jpg

You can see this film reflects light quite well
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11934-1024.jpg

3 hours later
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11944-1024.jpg

then I started with the blue filter
no pic, but here's the result
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11948-1024.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11950-1024.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11955-1024.jpg

I wasn't very happy as it wasn't blue enough
so I decided to create a rainbow dial
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11956-1024.jpg
this took 2.5 hours to cut and design LOL
check how many colours I use

the result is amazing! I'm so happy
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11962-1024.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11960-1024.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z160/bo...C11959-1024.jpg
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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Amazing. I love it. Excellent work.

How is daytime visibility?
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Thanks
I haven't tried it yet
it's past midnight

but I think it should be bright enough
I'll post daytime pics tomorrow
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:23 AM
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i want to try some different colors in my car. How hard was it overall?
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:24 AM
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i wonder if wax paper would work for white gauges
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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that looks great... think you could get away with just installing a blue color screen?? bright enough?

Really tempted to do this now, as I just installed my Alpine blue screen so want to match it, and in the future blue dials...




oh one more thing how did you attach all those pieces together?
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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I think the yellow and green should have been switched. Other than that, it looks pretty good.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:38 AM
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Thats cool
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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d'oh! makes paying for qube look ridiculous... very nice!
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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damn...some of you guys get crazy with the whole "custom mod" thing.

for ingenuity.

personally, i'm a big fan of the stock amber lighting. i hate blues and white lights etc. in the cockpit at night. amber is the easiest lighting on your eyes which means the less distracting as well. i love the simplicity of the s2000 interior, but it's not for everyone.

but i like seeing what people do about it. nice work
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