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Old 28th February 2017, 10:41 PM
garyt garyt is offline
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Haha spoke to a specialist company who said they would do a custom set go over£200 each .... yeah ok not so after a wee bit of research I discovered that mg midget rear hubs are really like an adapter that bolts on to the drum and halfshaft so got a used one to mess with and discovered that when I opened the holes up to wheel stud clearance they fitted so ordered some new hubs at £45 each !!!!! And some steel clench nuts and popped them on got a set of new spinners and a deal on a used set of wheels and then put my khumos on
Yes the dials were a bit fiddly but again a wee bit of lateral thinking and the mx5 dials were a 1/16 to big so a wee trim and the rev counter fitted made some stand offs and fly leads and put it all together the speedo however had the added problem of the odometer, I then discovered that the LCD was a push fit in its holder.... so cut a slot in the dial black out all the warning lights and stuck the LCD in place then 16 wires later And 4 for the speedo ( make a wiring diagram) and I assembled the speedo
The minor gauges were fitted in much the same way
The mx5 circuit board I then fitted corresponding fly leads to the pick up points and fitted this on the back of the dash
Warning lights mmmmmmm good old dad can't tell you what he ate last night but said I needed an octagonal warning light cluster from a triumph stag and it compliments the other gauges
So yes fiddly but have a go if that's what you want
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