Stainless steel / Carbon dash kits??

[lewis_sharman]

Where is the best place to get them from?? Ive had a search on here but to no avail.

I really like the look of the Leven stainless dash kits but they don't appear to be selling them any more. Is this correct?

Or does anybody know another place to get a stainless or carbon fibre dash kit from?

Thanks in advance

[MADMAX2]

Id like to know too need to change my dash soon!

[Big Al.]

Have you tried Leven Technology?

[chr1sb]

lewis_sharman said:

Where is the best place to get them from?? Ive had a search on here but to no avail.

I really like the look of the Leven stainless dash kits but they don't appear to be selling them any more. Is this correct?

Or does anybody know another place to get a stainless or carbon fibre dash kit from?

Thanks in advance

You could try cleaning up your existing panels & covering in carbon fibre weave from StewartsF1.com

Word of caution though - I did mine back in June & it is showing signs of lifting in a couple of places. Could be I wasn't thorough enough in preparation of course. Do a search & you'll find plenty of pics from others who have done this job.

Chris

[Markh]

Big Al. said:

Have you tried Leven Technology?

Tim at ACT made me a fad carbon fibre dash and lower panel, I'm really please, a great job

[TVR_CS]

How about this....

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/658335.htm

or here for a carbon dash (scroll down)

http://www.damagedtvrs.co.uk/stock_pages/chimaera....


I've got a factory fit stainless dash, makes the car look so much better inside(& modern)

Chris

[Don1]

I had a spare dash, and covered it in CF - cost me £20. Looks lovely.

[lewis_sharman]

Cheers for all the replies. I think im going to invest in a sheet of carbon fibre and cover the old one myself

[LevenTech]

We are still making the Stainless Steel Dash kits For all Griffith, Chimaera and Cerbera.
We try to keep them all ex-stock.
Please call for details

[Chimjunkie]

lewis_sharman said:

Cheers for all the replies. I think im going to invest in a sheet of carbon fibre and cover the old one myself

Hi Lewis, Still got my steel backing plate for the main dash if you want to practice! Just pop round and grab it out of the lower cupboard outside my front door.

[daz the plumber]

i have a leven ss dash ready to fit ,got it second hand ,does any one have any instructions , pictures etc thanks

[V8 Animal]

daz the plumber said:

i have a leven ss dash ready to fit ,got it second hand ,does any one have any instructions , pictures etc thanks

Blimey daz how many jobs have you got on the go at the moment

[daz the plumber]

im just sorting the breaks and injectors then its the dash ,its better than watching coronation street and east enders .!

Edited by daz the plumber on Tuesday 18th November 00:42

[lewis_sharman]

Got the dash finished today. I ended up getting the Silver fibre weave from Stewarts F1 with the self adhesive 3M backing. Best of all the whole lot only cost £20!

[schmokin1]

lewis, great job, I'm doing the same with the stewart's silver too....

did your radio panel have loads of small bolts holding the switch brackets on or are they glued on?
I'm curious cos I had a right fight with mine to conceal all the bolts before sticking on the weave!

Cheers
schmo

[lewis_sharman]

Mine were all glued on so it was'nt too bad. Regarding the shapes though, with the radio panel i drew around the metal onto the back of the weave, and then cut it out, but this took a lot of time and wasnt perfect. I found the best way was to stick the whole sheet down, and then go around it with a new stanley blade, using the edges of the metal as the guide. This left a perfect edge and did well on all of the circles too!

ETA

If you are having truble concealing the screws, can you not get a countersink and widen the holes up a bit so the screws are flush?

Edited by lewis_sharman on Tuesday 10th March 23:18

[schmokin1]

lewis_sharman said:

Mine were all glued on so it was'nt too bad. Regarding the shapes though, with the radio panel i drew around the metal onto the back of the weave, and then cut it out, but this took a lot of time and wasnt perfect. I found the best way was to stick the whole sheet down, and then go around it with a new stanley blade, using the edges of the metal as the guide. This left a perfect edge and did well on all of the circles too!

ETA

If you are having truble concealing the screws, can you not get a countersink and widen the holes up a bit so the screws are flush?

Edited by lewis_sharman on Tuesday 10th March 23:18

exactly the same method i used. i did countersink the holes but am now (or will be when I'm fit to get back in the garage) fiddling with the switch brackets to get the buttons to work smoothly and not foul the dash holes...

[lewis_sharman]

schmokin1 said:

fiddling with the switch brackets to get the buttons to work smoothly and not foul the dash holes...

Before i took it apart the light buttons used to do this. Luckily this time when putting them back on they did'nt take much time to line up. I have to get a new 'HOT' LED though as the old one had snapped in the dash and had never worked. Thankfully i think ive found the one i need in Maplins so i will give that a go.