leven ali dashboards

[shropshire lad]

Seriously considering buying one. Anyone got any pics of one in place in a Chim that has the ali dial surrounds (mine's a 98)with a dark upper and light lower part to the dash. I know this has been done before but I couldn't open the pics in the search. Any disadvantages to the leven dash ?
Very grateful - thanks.

[bga]

I think the pic you are after is in this thread

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=317154&f=8&h=0&hw=leven

[V8 Archie]

No issues that I know of.

Before and after.

[shropshire lad]

bga - thanks , looks good doesn't it.
v8 - thanks ,but I can't open photobox - hsve no log in.

[hughesie II]

Why dont you just strip off the veneer on the old one and polish it up and then lacquer it - thats what i did on my old Chimaera.

[bga]

shropshire lad said:

bga - thanks , looks good doesn't it.
v8 - thanks ,but I can't open photobox - hsve no log in.

Looks great! popped one in mine a few weeks ago & am very pleased with it, just a bugger the car's got to go now I've got it how I want

[shropshire lad]

bga- how long did it take you, what was the worst part of the job ? Sorry it has to go , another TVR replacement ?

[theaxe]

shropshire lad said:

Anyone got any pics of one in place in a Chim that has the ali dial surrounds (mine's a 98)with a dark upper and light lower part to the dash. I know this has been done before but I couldn't open the pics in the search. Any disadvantages to the leven dash ?
Very grateful - thanks.

Check out Scott's '98 Chimaera.

[bga]

shropshire lad said:

bga- how long did it take you, what was the worst part of the job ? Sorry it has to go , another TVR replacement ?

I did the job over a weekend, all in all it probably took 5 hours total work time but I let the glue set overnight and was a bit anal about labelling every single wire & doing a schematic of each dial.

Personally I found the hardest part was the heater control part as you need to be careful around the LED's, luckily all was OK with a bit of patience.

Locating the dash bolts was also a bit tricky, but once you find them they are straightforward with a bit of contortion. Surprisingly the right hand bolt was the easiest one once you are positioned right (I crouched down by the offside (door open obviously) & curled my left arm into the cavity. I also found removing the dash top was much harder than putting it back on.

Unfortunately next car needs to be a 4 seater due to needing to ferry around a relatives kids (long & boring story) & also freeing up some cash for a project so a Cerb isn't in the picture. An M3 may provide the pace, but I will miss the fun of the Chim

[V8 Archie]

shropshire lad said:

v8 - thanks ,but I can't open photobox - hsve no log in.

How about this:

[shropshire lad]

Certainly works with those dials.

[Spluffy]

You may find this interesting.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=308174&f=8&h=0

[Woody_450]

I've put 'after' pics on my blog now

Rich

[brummiewedge]

I think i am going to paint mine the same colour as the car, like a Fiat coupe thing.

[cs174]

V8 Archie said:

shropshire lad said:

v8 - thanks ,but I can't open photobox - hsve no log in.

How about this:

Those coloured dials look superb. Do you know where I can buy some?

Ta, cs174

[stevebrac]

they are horrid in my opinion - looks very max power

[Nick P]

I have an Ali dash with older, powder blue dials with black surrounds....i like this combination.........not sure about the purpley ones though....

[V8 Archie]

The purple dials were in the car from new I understand. They probably look a bit odd because you can't see in those pictures how they match the body and trim-detail colour.

But if you really don't like them I don't mind. It's me that looks at them every time I drive, not you.