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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:54 pm    Post subject: My silly tachometer face mod Reply with quote

Just a little fun with Photoshop Wink What do you guys think? Yea or nea?

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Hilarious, but might be even funnier in German

According to Google translator:

Boom = Hochkonjunktur

Hmm, Das Wort konnte nicht passen.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

or put "achtung"?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A friend had dollars signs starting at redline on his race car.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey that's not bad Think

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I don't think this ones gonna work Laughing Wink

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're "silly." Smile Smile Smile Smile 'Laughing'
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's cool! I like the "AUCHTUNG" version. Before Photoshop was even thunk up, I used to do all of my friends gauges by hand. We had some pretty crazy stuff on some of them.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Auchtung it is Wink Thanks Ted!

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I'm still not happy with the finish. Too dull. I tried printing one on acetate but it turned out to be too glossy. It a work in progress I suppose
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why dont you go ahead and renumber it? Perhaps X2? " yeah, 10K is safe. but I gotta watch it at 10.5"
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Why dont you go ahead and renumber it? Perhaps X2? " yeah, 10K is safe. but I gotta watch it at 10.5"


Think Come again? why renumber? x2 what? 10k rpms? This is an air cooled engine Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if it can be temporary then have lots of fun!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about "SHIFT DAMMIT!"

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

noganav wrote:
Laughing Hilarious, but might be even funnier in German

According to Google translator:

Boom = Hochkonjunktur

Hmm, Das Wort konnte nicht passen.


Um, I think that Hochkonjunktur mean "boom" in the sense of an economic boom.

Since "boom" is onomatopoetic, the German transliteration is different.

Referring to my daughters' Adventures of Tintin in German, I find that the sound of a small explosion, such as gunfire is "PANG". The sound of a large explosion, such as dynamite is "WUMM". I think that "WUMM" has a better feel for a tachometer!

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Why dont you go ahead and renumber it? Perhaps X2? " yeah, 10K is safe. but I gotta watch it at 10.5"


Think Come again? why renumber? x2 what? 10k rpms? This is an air cooled engine Shocked


Exactly, just for fun. All the kidz have them high revvin' engines. Only you know the real story. Kinda like using a Kph speedo "back in the day"
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Andrew A. Libby wrote:
How about "SHIFT DAMMIT!"

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Laughing You've been had. Thats a doctored photo. Good one Bacwmi.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I knew that. Vanagons are never THAT FULL of fuel. Razz

You mean he wasn't really turning 550,000 rpms Question

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That looks pretty cool.... how exactly did you put that tach in in the first place? Did you just use a vanagon tach? My van has no tach, and im going to install one, but i want to put it in the fuel/temp location in the dashboard, and then just make a custom face so it can look pretty much stock.

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edit.... looking at it again, maybe your van had a tach to begin with and youre just changing the face? Either way, looks good
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rfoubi wrote:
That looks pretty cool.... how exactly did you put that tach in in the first place? Did you just use a vanagon tach? My van has no tach, and im going to install one, but i want to put it in the fuel/temp location in the dashboard, and then just make a custom face so it can look pretty much stock.

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edit.... looking at it again, maybe your van had a tach to begin with and youre just changing the face? Either way, looks good


Nope. I had the same usless clock. This is what it look like when I started. You just have the additional temp gauge to deal with.

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I pulled my tach from a early 90s Jetta like this.

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It took a little trial and error trimming and wiring, but I figured it out.

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After all was said and done I refaced the tach so the fonts matched the speedo to the left. Believe it or not all the number and letter fonts are available in Photoshop's font library Cool

I documented the swap on my web page if your curious
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/451223/4
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Change the 'boom' to 'Sex'
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lovedavdubs wrote:
rfoubi wrote:
That looks pretty cool.... how exactly did you put that tach in in the first place? Did you just use a vanagon tach? My van has no tach, and im going to install one, but i want to put it in the fuel/temp location in the dashboard, and then just make a custom face so it can look pretty much stock.

THanks

edit.... looking at it again, maybe your van had a tach to begin with and youre just changing the face? Either way, looks good


Nope. I had the same usless clock. This is what it look like when I started. You just have the additional temp gauge to deal with.

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I pulled my tach from a early 90s Jetta like this.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


It took a little trial and error trimming and wiring, but I figured it out.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


After all was said and done I refaced the tach so the fonts matched the speedo to the left. Believe it or not all the number and letter fonts are available in Photoshop's font library Cool

I documented the swap on my web page if your curious
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/451223/4


thanks for the reply, thats a sweet job that you did, it looks awesome! I think I may try and do the same.....
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