Cracking wood!

[danhutton]

My 94M 4.0HC has just developed 3 cracks in the wood around the radio and three light buttons! Any thoughts?

[Dan]

I thought this was another Chimaera thread about golf!!

Re the dashboard, mines alloy (I'm alright jack), but I am aware that you can get the dash reveneered (sp) there have been a few threads about this, so a search should turn up some info.

[jigs]

I had the dash on my Griffith 4.3 re-veneered by London Carriage Craft a few weeks ago - cost £160 plus VAT and carriage - first class job. LCC (Malcolm Hall) advertise on PH and in Sprint.

[jodypress]

jigs said:

I had the dash on my Griffith 4.3 re-veneered by London Carriage Craft a few weeks ago - cost £160 plus VAT and carriage - first class job. LCC (Malcolm Hall) advertise on PH and in Sprint.

did you have to take out/refit the dashboard yourself or was that included in the price?

[Dannyboyo]

Mines got cracks all over it. And a few weeks back the small venier strip under the radio snapped off! I was chatting to the people from Leven at Pistonfest and they are bringing out a brushed aluminium or checkered/shiney replacement dash very soon.

I think it'll look great personally so I'm getting on of them!!

[jigs]

Removed and refitted it myself - take your time and follow shpub's advice in the 'bible' and you can't go far wrong. Took about an hour and a half to remove and an hour to refit.

[LCC]

Thanks for that Jigs!

[Ballistic Banana]

Made a Carbon Fibre one myself for £90, I think you could do a brushed alloy one for a little bit more.
Most places are charging Silly money IMHO for new ones.

BB

[the dodger]

Mine dveloped a crack to the right of the light butto. I stuck it down with Evil-Stick. I've now noliced one between the clock and the fuel gauge, and I think it runs under the fuel gauge then to the right a bit. Ho-hum, it's not that bad, when it get worse enough I'll get some more glue down the back of it.

[MajorClanger]

What's the veneer stuck to if anything? For a car that flexes it would have to be pretty rigid. Have just had a split on the dash to the right of the dials, about 5 cm from end of dash. Will live with it for the time being.

MC

[900T-R]

On a slightly related note, how much would it be to change a walnut dash to the (OE) brushed alloy version?

[manek]

MajorClanger said:

What's the veneer stuck to if anything? For a car that flexes it would have to be pretty rigid. Have just had a split on the dash to the right of the dials, about 5 cm from end of dash. Will live with it for the time being. MC

The veneer is stuck to a slab of metal of some sort. The cracking problem's caused by differential expansion rates when heated -- another piece of fully thought-through TVR engineering...