Blanking plate for dash
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Aren't you just creating work for yourself? When you eventually sell the car, most people will want a radio/cd; having a radio is useful for listening to traffic/news on a longer journey; and you have to be ever so carefull with taking out the stereo, as the veneer chips or flakes too easily.
I've got a few completed Griffith (and Chimaera and Cerbera) dashboards, plus a few of the metal backing plates the veneer goes onto, but the holes have already been laser cut.
I've got a few completed Griffith (and Chimaera and Cerbera) dashboards, plus a few of the metal backing plates the veneer goes onto, but the holes have already been laser cut.
May not be quite what you are thinking of but I cut a 1mm fibreglass plate to fit over the hole. It is fixed in place with two ally bars with a tapped holes. You offer the plate up with the bars horizontal. Turn them on the fixing screws and then tighten. The plate is sprayed with a gloss car paint that is the closest match I could find to the carpet. Did the same thing with all four speaker holes. It looks OK but I have a stainless dash, may look a bit more out of place with the veneer one.
Sam Gamgee said:
Err....wot be Fablon....?
It's a brand name for sticky-backed plastic with a 'flock' finish - like the green baize you get on snooker tables, only in black. The box needed finishing with something as bare ally is very bare IMHO. I also included a small flange around the front edges so it seats nicely. If I sell the car, I just pull the box out and refit the stereo.
NB As you can see the all-terrain hoverpack I fitted is working well
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 5th November 11:57
97octane said:
Why not replace it with one of those slide-out LCD screen sat-nav systems?
Because it will be stolen in about 0.1 seconds?steve-V8s said:
"Fablon" indicates you are of the Valerie Singleton Blue Peter generation.
Actually I thought the giveaway was the phrase 'sticky-backed plastic', but yes, bullseye, and all the better for it 
Simpo Two said:
Sam Gamgee said:
Err....wot be Fablon....?
It's a brand name for sticky-backed plastic with a 'flock' finish - like the green baize you get on snooker tables, only in black. The box needed finishing with something as bare ally is very bare IMHO. I also included a small flange around the front edges so it seats nicely. If I sell the car, I just pull the box out and refit the stereo.NB As you can see the all-terrain hoverpack I fitted is working well
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 5th November 11:57
Dave.
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