Alloy/wood dashboard

[dmax]

hello all,

Owner of a Grantura for a few years, I will now for sure add a Griffith in my garage this automn, wich means I start to analyse the market very seriously

I m very surprised by the number of cars in which the owner has changed the wood dashboard to put alloy instead. Well...I don't like that at all, so I would like to know if usually owners who changes keeps the wood somewhere? and if it is possible to put it back?

Thanks.

Edited by dmax on Friday 28th July 17:24

[Wildfire]

Most alloy dashes are overlays so you should be able to remove them eaisly. I have seen a Chim where the dealer assured me that it was an alloy finihs, but was a bit dismissive when I said it looked like the wood had just been taken off, which it had.

[griffter]

dmax said:

hello all,

Owner of a Grantura for a few years, I will now for sure add a Griffith in my garage this automn, wich means I start to analyse the market very seriously

I m very surprised by the number of cars in which the owner has changed the wood dashboard to put alloy instead. Well...I don't like that at all, so I would like to know if usually owners who changes keeps the wood somewhere? and if it is possible to put it back?

Thanks.

Edited by dmax on Friday 28th July 17:24

I changed wood for stainless (they not generally alloy), and didn't keep the wood. Problem with the wood is it delaminates, cracks and falls off. It costs more to have the wood relaminated than to buy a whole new stainless dash. Factor in my preference for stainless over wood, and there's my reasoning.
I wouldn't let the dash finish put you off. In the great scheme of things it's relatively easy and cheap to revert to original. You could probably even have a stainless dash laminated with wood if you wanted.

[LastLawyer]

My wooden Dash is broken too. Thought about making or buying an alloy / steel one. But a simple Fact in my opinion is that metall does not fit the interiour design of the griff. Carbon-Fibre could be a great Look for the dash. This because the Griff looks still newer and "younger" than any Porsche Boxter. And the Griffs-Dash ist still a real Sportscar-Dash. Meaning: simple but any usefull information ahead.

Though, real carbon fibre is pretty expensive and a hard work-job. There are very good looking laminates with carbon-fibre look to buy (f.e. @ ebay). The best thing would be to make a copy of your dash, so you can always change between the looks
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[clive f]

my wooden dash is all craked up and I aim to replace it in the winter, contact london carriage craft, send them you existing one and they will recover with wood, I think its going to cost about £300.

[jeffsy]

clive f said:

my wooden dash is all craked up and I aim to replace it in the winter, contact london carriage craft, send them you existing one and they will recover with wood, I think its going to cost about £300.

...just had the lower panel re veneered on mine - the one with the heater controls on - cost £108 all in (incl P&P)...great job. I had a dirty great crack and chip in mine and now its 100%. Job done in around 7/8 days too.