Stainless dash

[lesstatt]

Bought a kit as above top and bottom because the veneer on mine is cracked round the radio, so i have taken the radio out and took out lower panel, its full of clips and pieces of switch etc etc all bonded on, are you really supposed to break all these connections and clips and then re-bond all to the new piece or am i missing something, the way im looking at it at the mo is break all old veneer off the front and then glue new one on top of the old and leave all switches in place and put it back together

[poorpeet]

Yes you have to break off the old fittings and reuse them. Not hard to do but you do have to be careful to ensure they are back in the right place.

[poorpeet]

Yes you have to break off the old fittings and reuse them. Not hard to do but you do have to be careful to ensure they are back in the right place.

[MADMAX2]

im still looking for the 3 plastic warning/beam/mil/hazard indicator etc light pieces on the mk1 radio unit unit mine are knackered anybody help? i cant buy the stainless dash until i know i can get them! i hope andy w still does the dash and radio units!!!!!


andy w u out there???????

[andy-w]

yes i am still out here!!!

i am actually having a go at maiking the mil, lights and indicator warning plastic light covers...bit of a mare but getting there...!!!

[lesstatt]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm thinking i might just go for the glue it on top of the old one for now and see how it looks, if its crap then i can try and do it properly

[andy-w]

just ease the old clips off and then glue on with a good contact adhesive or chemical metal and leave a long time before refitting...it sounds harder than it actually is. The lights are all easy enough to disconnect

[900T-R]

lesstatt said:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm thinking i might just go for the glue it on top of the old one for now and see how it looks, if its crap then i can try and do it properly

Pre-or post facelift Chimaera? The early style with the round plastic buttons and the black stripe with warning lights will look, well, if not crap then at least 'not quite right' with one dash stacked on top of another. And TBH I can't remember any hardship placing the bits where they need to be in the new dash, either.

Edited by 900T-R on Monday 29th December 17:32

[miniman]

I found normal Araldite simply wouldn't hold the retaining clips for the switch panel properly. In the end, superglue sorted it.