7thgen leather dash conversion
09-20-2005
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7thgen leather dash conversion
Most if not all 7thgens have the leather dashes right? Well this guy has an awesome interior. What did he do to make this plastic/fiberglass look stock. is this something that would have to be custom done. exclude the guages cuz the answer is obvious on that, but every thing else? can someone shed some light on the subject...
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Its all fiberglassed, You would either stretch fabric over the dash and resin it then lay fiberglass then resin it and build up a layer or two or three, then bondo and the sand. Then paint. And you have a fiberglass dash.
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Rep Power: 271 lots and lots of bondo, and even more hand sanding, and even more wet sanding, and one hell of a paint job.
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Rep Power: 296 The smoother you can get it with as little bondo the better, you don't wanna use alot of bondo, and just a regular paint job, just like painting a car.
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Rep Power: 0 you have to do all that for a fiberglass interior? what is this resin your talking about? And are there shops that do this for you? Any idea on cost?
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The NU IMAGE dash:
Look on ebay :http://motors.search.ebay.com/search...e=search&fgtp=
The NU IMAGE dash:
Look on ebay :http://motors.search.ebay.com/search...e=search&fgtp=
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Rep Power: 296 The big hole where the airbag is looks gay and it doesn't sit flush with your vents or dash where the cd player is. I don't think it would look right, the resin is the hardner for the material and the fiberglass. It is what makes the fiberglass really hard. And yes shops will do this for you, some body shops may, and some stereo shops may, but its gonna cost you alot of money for it. Unless you know someone its gonna run ya alot of money.
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Originally Posted by PANMAN
so you have to rip out the stock dash to install this type? this seems easier than what the others were saying.
To be like the black one; the dash will need to come out of the car.
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Rep Power: 0 yeah i have the leather dash. it looks sharp, but i really want to be able make my guages look like they are supposed to be there, like in the picture
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Originally Posted by Shifty
Thats BIG's car!!! Reppin' Canada baby!!! hahaha. P.s. thats not leather.............lol
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Rep Power: 228 I think what he's getting at is the STOCK dash is not leather...
unless you mean it's rich Corinthian leather (oh god showing my age there!)
Paging Ricardo Montalban...
unless you mean it's rich Corinthian leather (oh god showing my age there!)
Paging Ricardo Montalban...
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Rep Power: 0 lol BIG's interior is sweet.... the mushy part on the dash was stripped of the vinyl and the foam underneath, and then bondo'd overtop with a fiberglass based bondo of some sort. All the hard plastic is basically sanded and painted.
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Rep Power: 285 it looks good as hell, but can you imagine the glare coming off of that thing. you wouldn't be able to see anything.
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Originally Posted by PANMAN
I dont think the glare would be that bad, especially if you had a shade at the top of your windshield
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Originally Posted by manahoonie
the sun DOES come through other parts of the windshield, other than the top 6 inches of the windshield
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Rep Power: 296 But you don't have a fiberglassed dash! Thats what were saying, of course your dash won't glare that much, the little tribal thingy you called it isn't gonna do anything for a dash like that.
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Rep Power: 0 well i know my audio store does that for people i have first hand experience ive seen their work. I'll just post all the pics i have of these car I dont wanna leave anybody wondering what the exterior looks like all i know is its one sick ride have fun
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Originally Posted by slammedcivic85
well i know my audio store does that for people i have first hand experience ive seen their work. I'll just post all the pics i have of these car I dont wanna leave anybody wondering what the exterior looks like all i know is its one sick ride have fun
Amazing what people can come up with sometimes though. Looks like a ton of work went into that!
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Originally Posted by slammedcivic85
well i know my audio store does that for people i have first hand experience ive seen their work. I'll just post all the pics i have of these car I dont wanna leave anybody wondering what the exterior looks like all i know is its one sick ride have fun
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Originally Posted by slammedcivic85
i dont kno i told you guys i got that at a car show my installers did that work but im not sure of what the price was im sure it wasnt cheap though
