Want to put and aftermarket tach in a rallye dash
The metal ring on the original dash bezel actually covers the very outer edge of the hash marks on the new tach, so you can't see the plastic lighting ring at all. On mine there is still a gap between the end of the new tach's gauge cup (which I had to cut back some) and the bezel. Not sure if it would be enough to light it with the strip lighting, but you could probably cut it back further if you wanted to, there's still some space there. I just planned to leave the lighting ring in place and back light it too.
As for the repop tach that's in my car now, I don't think I'd feel good about selling it. It's not very accurate, and it intermittently goes haywire and skips all over the place. I've checked all the connections and wiring for it, it's the gauge. Which is a big part of why I bought and modified the SW gauge. I just haven't gotten around to installing it yet. Same problem as always, I drive the car too much to tear it down very often.
I would be a little concerned on that tach that the original bezel would hide the outer edge of the "rpm x1000" script. It'll be close, you might lose part of the outer "m" and "0" and part of the SW logo. If it would cover it completely that would be fine, but I think you'll end up with part of the script covered and the rest showing, might look weird.
On mine the "rpm x1000" script is pretty much completely covered by the original center cone of the tach lens. I touched up the very outer parts of the "r" and "0" with a dab of ink to fully hide them.
Just pry back the edge to release the crimping. Here are some more "in progress" pictures for everyone, I forgot I had these...
The metal ring on the original dash bezel actually covers the very outer edge of the hash marks on the new tach, so you can't see the plastic lighting ring at all. On mine there is still a gap between the end of the new tach's gauge cup (which I had to cut back some) and the bezel. Not sure if it would be enough to light it with the strip lighting, but you could probably cut it back further if you wanted to, there's still some space there. I just planned to leave the lighting ring in place and back light it too.
As for the repop tach that's in my car now, I don't think I'd feel good about selling it. It's not very accurate, and it intermittently goes haywire and skips all over the place. I've checked all the connections and wiring for it, it's the gauge. Which is a big part of why I bought and modified the SW gauge. I just haven't gotten around to installing it yet. Same problem as always, I drive the car too much to tear it down very often.
I would be a little concerned on that tach that the original bezel would hide the outer edge of the "rpm x1000" script. It'll be close, you might lose part of the outer "m" and "0" and part of the SW logo. If it would cover it completely that would be fine, but I think you'll end up with part of the script covered and the rest showing, might look weird.
On mine the "rpm x1000" script is pretty much completely covered by the original center cone of the tach lens. I touched up the very outer parts of the "r" and "0" with a dab of ink to fully hide them.
Just pry back the edge to release the crimping. Here are some more "in progress" pictures for everyone, I forgot I had these...