walnut, leather or steel ?

[joncon]

some advice please.
i own 1998 chimaera , dash has cracked, not too bad on the main dash but radio panel is shot !
options being considered
a.. replace with walnut dash ....how much ??
b.. stainless steel dash ... i have one ready .
c.. recover in leather ... anyone done this ?

i have seen the one done in alcantara/suede, which looks good, but maybe leather would suit ?

post your pics pls.

[peaktorque]

Have you considered Carbon fibre?

[joncon]

just checked out act performance , £175 to have your old one done .
looks good too

[peaktorque]

£20-ish

E-bay vinyl sheet, DIY jobbie.

I cocked up the lower panel (the weave didn't match) so had to do it again, I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

[TA03ORA]

I (temporarily) replaced the walnut dash on my old Griff for a stainless type
Problem was that if the sun was behind me with the roof down (always) the reflection off the steel was literally blinding!!!
Went back to original walnut dash as driving in a welders mask raised peripheral vision issues...

[Alexdaredevilz]

I went with black suede

Im very happy with it

[Harrytsg]

peaktorque said:

£20-ish

E-bay vinyl sheet, DIY jobbie.

I cocked up the lower panel (the weave didn't match) so had to do it again, I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

I've just ordered some to do mine over the Christmas period, it will have to do until i decide what to do as a permanent solution.

[dogbucket]

TA03ORA said:

I (temporarily) replaced the walnut dash on my old Griff for a stainless type
Problem was that if the sun was behind me with the roof down (always) the reflection off the steel was literally blinding!!!
Went back to original walnut dash as driving in a welders mask raised peripheral vision issues...

thats a bugger, I bought the last Leven one from them a few weeks ago to fit in the new year.

[TA03ORA]

sorry..
just make sure you only face west after 3pm between March and October and it shouldn't be a problem

I'm sure there will be loads of griffs/chims drivers out there who are happy to overlook it.
Or give you the link for some NASA sunglasses....

The stainless one did look the business though.