Stainless dash kits

[siwebster]

Hi, thinking of changing my dash to stainless as the veneer is cracked in a few places. There seems to be a few kits available, any recommendations?

Cheers

Simon

[P400PLS]

David Batty did mine.

No idea where he sourced the parts from but no doubt he could point you in the right direction.

[miniman]

I fitted the Leven kit. The radio panel is quite fiddly to get right, but that's down to the design of the car, not the quality of the dash! Generally the quality is spot on, everything fits really well and it's obviously well made.

[andy-w]

Si - You Have Mail ;-)

[Meatball]

Brought mine from someone on here...what a waste of money.

[siwebster]

I take it you thought the one you bought was no good? If so, what was wrong with it? Cheers for helping, Si

[Meatball]

siwebster said:

I take it you thought the one you bought was no good? If so, what was wrong with it? Cheers for helping, Si

The triangle and round leds were the wrong size and didnt line up exactly with the heater dial plate which meant i had to file the holes and the plastic leds down to fit. I then had to re drill the backing plate to line up with the new position of the leds and finaly glue the backing plate onto the new dash ....my advice dont buy from this person either buy a proper replacement stainless dash from the likes of leven, tvr carparts etc or put up with your old one.
You may think your saving £100 but in fact your wasting £50
Anyone want to know the seller drop me a line..

Ben

[Fat Boy Chim]

miniman said:

I fitted the Leven kit. The radio panel is quite fiddly to get right, but that's down to the design of the car, not the quality of the dash! Generally the quality is spot on, everything fits really well and it's obviously well made.

What he said, i did the same, took my time (4 weekends) several grazed forearms, now looks the Dogs

If you would like some pics of what to expect mail me, I'm not that clever to post pics on the Forum!!!!!!!!

[siwebster]

Fat Boy Chim said:

miniman said:

I fitted the Leven kit. The radio panel is quite fiddly to get right, but that's down to the design of the car, not the quality of the dash! Generally the quality is spot on, everything fits really well and it's obviously well made.

What he said, i did the same, took my time (4 weekends) several grazed forearms, now looks the Dogs

If you would like some pics of what to expect mail me, I'm not that clever to post pics on the Forum!!!!!!!!

Sounds good, how much is the kit? I've had a look on the Leven website but can't find it, can you point me in the right direction please? Cheers for your help, Simon

[thenick]

Get the leven kit... well made, looks great and easy to fit

Edited by thenick on Monday 14th July 22:27

[miniman]

If you go for the Leven kit, you will need to transfer the metal mounting clips from the old radio panel to the new one. Use superglue, not Araldite. I used Araldite. 5 times. Then I used superglue. True story. Dull, but true.

[mak]

I've never liked wood in a car and can't say i'm over the moon with the wooden dash look but those alloy one's dont do it for me either, i would prefer a black modern look maybe done with a sort of flat (not shiny) black leather but i may actually be talking pants and without seeing one done it may look awfull lol.

[miniman]

When I did mine, I thought about a body-coloured dash, a-la Fiat Coupe:



but I had insufficient talent to get a good depth and shine on it.

[Fat Boy Chim]

siwebster said:

Fat Boy Chim said:

miniman said:

I fitted the Leven kit. The radio panel is quite fiddly to get right, but that's down to the design of the car, not the quality of the dash! Generally the quality is spot on, everything fits really well and it's obviously well made.

What he said, i did the same, took my time (4 weekends) several grazed forearms, now looks the Dogs

If you would like some pics of what to expect mail me, I'm not that clever to post pics on the Forum!!!!!!!!

Sounds good, how much is the kit? I've had a look on the Leven website but can't find it, can you point me in the right direction please? Cheers for your help, Simon

Not sure on current prices, think i paid about £150, but well worth it,

Ps, i used Araldite on the radio section, works ok for me

Pps: Personal opinion, but it does look better with the Black rim clocks

Steve

[900T-R]

Meatball said:

Brought mine from someone on here...what a waste of money.

Hmm, bought mine off someone on here for the princely sum of fifty quid (and he didn't even want anything for postage as he said 'it wasn't that much anyway') - perfect fit.

[bigdods]

miniman said:

When I did mine, I thought about a body-coloured dash, a-la Fiat Coupe:



but I had insufficient talent to get a good depth and shine on it.

I'm thinking of going down this route. At some point over the winter I will pop out the lower panel, strip and paint it then refit to see how it looks painted. If I decide I like it then both dash panels will be sent off to the local boday shop to be painted and lacquered.

[andy-w]

Meatball said:

The triangle and round leds were the wrong size and didnt line up exactly with the heater dial plate which meant i had to file the holes and the plastic leds down to fit. I then had to re drill the backing plate to line up with the new position of the leds and finaly glue the backing plate onto the new dash ....my advice dont buy from this person either buy a proper replacement stainless dash from the likes of leven, tvr carparts etc or put up with your old one.
You may think your saving £100 but in fact your wasting £50
Anyone want to know the seller drop me a line..

Ben

I am unaware of anyone else selling dashes on here for £50 and so suspect Meatball is talking about a dash I supplied.

As he didn't contact me at all to say he was unhappy with it, I had no idea he had had any problems.

Meatball - instead of your backhanded way of putting people off buying dashboards, perhaps you could have contacted me and it could have been resolved?
If you were not happy with it you could have said so and i would have returned your cash and you could have returned the dash, rather than say later that you were not happy with it but fitted it anyway?

I have nothing to hide so all of Meatballs cloak and dagger stuff is unnecessary. I have sold many dashes to PHers and people off ebay and not had a single complaint - in fact I have had glowing feedback. But I can't put things right if I don't know about them.

As always, if anyone has problems, all they have to do is contact me. I don't make megabucks from this - I just happen to be able to make them much cheaper than other suppliers, and try to share this with other TVR owners - we all know how much we get ripped off.

[900T-R]

Gratuitious pic - I can only vouch for my example of course, but all the same no modification whatsoever was necessary to fit it and it has attracted 100% positive comments so far..

[SC500]

Thought I'd join in as I've only just put my dash back in







Drilling holes in S/S is an absolute sod of a job

[andy-w]

well that has just made me decide to get my dials changed to white with black surrounds...i think it looks a bit better than the black...