Anyone with a Hang On and a scanner, please help...

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Anyone with a Hang On and a scanner, please help...

I have a hang on that is missing the original gauge plexi. It still has the trim and someone just put a plain plexi in there and painted it black. Looking for anyone whos willing to put their piece on a scanner and send me a hi-res image so I can print it and put it underneath a clear plexi piece. Anyone care to help me out here?
 
Does it look like this? (From my Super Hang On)

If so, I can scan it for ya.

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Thats acually very close. I could probably use it.

Aight. Well, I ain't going out there tonight to remove/scan. But soon. ;) Hell, I'll even sell ya this one, if you want... (Not trying to step on MaximRecoil's toes, if he's selling one, though) It's a 2-clear-windowed thing, not just a solid white printout.
 
Aight. Well, I ain't going out there tonight to remove/scan. But soon. ;) Hell, I'll even sell ya this one, if you want... (Not trying to step on MaximRecoil's toes, if he's selling one, though) It's a 2-clear-windowed thing, not just a solid white printout.

I'm not selling one. JC Arcade linked to an NOS one for $20, and that's what I was referring to.
 
I wonder if that plastic panel would fit on my Hang On. Mine looks a little different though...

I'm considering buying that $20 piece but I'm betting I can find a higher quality piece I can print for next to nothing, thats all.
 

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I wonder if that plastic panel would fit on my Hang On. Mine looks a little different though...

I'm considering buying that $20 piece but I'm betting I can find a higher quality piece I can print for next to nothing, thats all.

Oh, wow. Yours is definitely more of a rectangle-shape, whereas mine is more trapezoidal... :confused:
 
Yeah, but I can probably still use a scanned image of yours, looks like it will match in the chrome trim, just have to cut it to shape is all.
 
I wonder if that plastic panel would fit on my Hang On. Mine looks a little different though...

I'm considering buying that $20 piece but I'm betting I can find a higher quality piece I can print for next to nothing, thats all.

The original piece is reverse screen printed onto clear plexi, like a typical marquee, is that correct? Then it mounts against black plastic on the machine and is not backlit, is that also correct? If so, all those places where the black ink is scratched off on the back of that NOS piece would hardly show up at all (if they were even noticeable at all), because of it being mounted on a black surface. The ink for the gauges looks to be in good shape.

If you really do prefer an inkjet printout on paper mounted behind clear plexi, rather than an original, then the best thing to do would be to vectorize it rather than printing directly from a scan (it would be very easy to vectorize). That would give the cleanest printing results.
 
I'm not too familiar but I think thats right. Ive seen a few pictures of backlit gauges but most I see are not, and I dont see any extra wiring in the CP for it. Right now I have a plain plexi that looks like its been painted black. I'm thinking I can either remove the paint, and if not I have plexi I can cut to size. I have no idea how to vectorize it.
 
I'm not too familiar but I think thats right. Ive seen a few pictures of backlit gauges but most I see are not, and I dont see any extra wiring in the CP for it. Right now I have a plain plexi that looks like its been painted black. I'm thinking I can either remove the paint, and if not I have plexi I can cut to size. I have no idea how to vectorize it.

In my opinion, the best option is to buy the NOS piece for $20 or otherwise buy an original somewhere if you can find one. However, if you want to print it yourself, and someone scans their original for you, I can vectorize it (won't take long), as long as the scan is at least 300 DPI. Vector will print out much cleaner than printing directly from a scan.
 
Heres the image from the $20 part. I blackened some of the scratches up and did a test print to see how it would fit. It's a perfect match as long as its printed original size. Not sure if its 300DPI or not. If you can use it here you go.
 

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Heres the image from the $20 part. I blackened some of the scratches up and did a test print to see how it would fit. It's a perfect match as long as its printed original size. Not sure if its 300DPI or not. If you can use it here you go.

When you print that out it prints at the correct size?

I can vectorize that image but it is not a good one to work from. For one thing it is only 72 DPI, so that limits how accurate I can be with line thicknesses and such (it limits how accurate I can be with everything for that matter). Also, the picture is slightly distorted and the color of the gauges doesn't seem accurate.

The best I can do working from that image is "close enough for government work" in terms of accuracy to the original; though it would print out very cleanly at any size you want, being vector and all.
 
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That shows what the vectorized version looks like compared to the original scan (don't use that image to print from as it is not the actual vector file, it is just a small exported JPG). I don't know what the colors should be though, and I don't know if it is at the right size for printing. With vector files, colors and size are easily adjusted without any loss though. Do you have a vector program and/or know how to use one? If not, Inkscape is free, and changing colors and resizing is easy.

I've attached the vector file in SVG format (can be opened in most any vector program, including Inkscape), as well as PDF format. When you print, be sure to set your printer to its highest quality print settings.
 

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