Metal dash for chim or painted?

[steviegasgas]

Hi, any ideas please, can I strip the veneer of the present dash and then paint it, what kind of steel and finish is behind the veneer? Also, have seen in previous posts there was a guy on here selling metal ones for £50, does anyone know him? I have tried mailing but got no response, I know leven do them but £150 seems steep to me. Thanks in advance, cheers

[slideways]

The steel is mild and as so will have to be cleaned right up, saying that if you polish it the laqure it it may look ok personally i wouldnt paint it, ive seen a couple of painted ones now and they dont look great IMO
if you dont like the veneer any more have you thought of carbon fibre you can buy self adhesive sheets if fact you could probably get brushed ally too

Rich

[M@H]

Your old one will take quite a LOT of cleaning up as you will ahve lots of residual glue and also surface rust on it if it has delaminated anywhere. My old one looked a right state on removal.

I have bought one of the £50 ones and on first inspections it looks just fine (not yet fitted) - at the end of the day its just a bit of laser cut brush finished sheet so there isn't really that much you can get wrong assuming the holes are all dimensionally correct.

Cheers,
Matt.

[Tyre_Tread]

You need to contact Andy-W - see his profile at: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

I have one of his stainless dashes fitted to my Chim:



It took me about half a day to fit but I had never had the dash off before.

[schmokin1]

various adhesive sheet options here www.stewartsf1.com or ebay for ordinary carbon fibre look

[SC500]

Did you pm me a month or so ago Stevie?

I did reply it just took me a while and because I didnt get a reply from yourself after I just wanted to check you did get it?

[M@H]

Tyre_Tread said:

You need to contact Andy-W - see his profile at: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

I have one of his stainless dashes fitted to my Chim:



It took me about half a day to fit but I had never had the dash off before.

No offence intended, but now I've seen that I think i will go for something different and won't fit mine.. that just looks way too plain and "light" for me -I hadn't really considered how the white dials would go with the stainless - I think i might cover it with something instead, perhaps some leather or alcantara.. hmmm

(or is the photo a bit over exposed?)

Cheers
Matt

[SC500]

M@H said:

Tyre_Tread said:

You need to contact Andy-W - see his profile at: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

I have one of his stainless dashes fitted to my Chim:



It took me about half a day to fit but I had never had the dash off before.

No offence intended, but now I've seen that I think i will go for something different and won't fit mine.. that just looks way too plain and "light" for me -I hadn't really considered how the white dials would go with the stainless - I think i might cover it with something instead, perhaps some leather or alcantara.. hmmm

(or is the photo a bit over exposed?)

Cheers
Matt

Here's mine in daylight if it helps

[Tyre_Tread]

M@H said:

Tyre_Tread said:

You need to contact Andy-W - see his profile at: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

I have one of his stainless dashes fitted to my Chim:



It took me about half a day to fit but I had never had the dash off before.

No offence intended, but now I've seen that I think i will go for something different and won't fit mine.. that just looks way too plain and "light" for me -I hadn't really considered how the white dials would go with the stainless - I think i might cover it with something instead, perhaps some leather or alcantara.. hmmm

(or is the photo a bit over exposed?)

Cheers
Matt

Yes, sorry, it is over exposed and is much sofetr in reality. If you look closely you can see it was taken in the garage with a flash and I'm not a brilliant photographer. It was the only pic I had available.

Definitely looks much better in the flesh.

[steviegasgas]

Thanks for replies, have sent a mail to Andy, maybe he not about though cos thats the second one I have sent, might just take the laminate off and cover with some thing, the veneer is cracked in a lot of places, thats the reason for changing, cheers.

[chr1sb]

Hi Stevie,

If you want the 'carbon fibre look' I have brand new & unused stainless panels bought from Andy this year, which I covered in silver carbon fibre from StewartsF1.com

If you have a pre-facelift Chim with 52mm small instruments & you're interested, pm me & I can email you pics of the panels.

I only want to recover the cost of the panels + the material used, so it won't cost you much more than the bare stainless panels from Andy. If you decide you don't like the carbon fibre look, you can always strip it off & presto - stainless dash !

Chris

Edited by chr1sb on Tuesday 9th December 11:29

[scotty_d]

Here is my alu dash i thought it was too plain so added swirls to it looks rtro 50,s i think. this works better on stainless so my father says, he showed me how to do it.

[M@H]

scotty_d said:

this works better on stainless so my father says, he showed me how to do it.

..a bit of wood dowel, cutting paste and a pillar drill??

Thanks SC500 for the daylight pictures, looks a lot more "grey" so I may give it a go afterall

[scotty_d]

M@H said:

scotty_d said:

this works better on stainless so my father says, he showed me how to do it.

..a bit of wood dowel, cutting paste and a pillar drill??

Thanks SC500 for the daylight pictures, looks a lot more "grey" so I may give it a go afterall

Yes we cut the top of a brush shaft turned it down to it fitted in the pillar drill and used valve grinding paste great idea, then lacquer over to stop fading again.

Edited by scotty_d on Wednesday 10th December 11:06

[M@H]

..happy days, I learned that in 1st yr metalwork at school when I was 11

[scotty_d]

They just don’t teach kids proper skills these days apparently , I am electronics and electrical and my father is the mechanical engineer so learning loads from him.

[900T-R]

This is mine (same source):

[spend]

900T-R said:

This is mine (same source):

Hmm... I really think those particular dials are meant to be set into the dash to accentuate the recess. You have to be careful with replacement dashes not to lose that effect which TVR must have taken a bit of care over. TBH the lighter dash does seem to accentuate the difference.

One of the few aesthetic things that I even notice

[BRITISHBEEF]

My dash is split on the veneer and want the metal replacement fitting. Not confident enough to do it myself but having issues finding someone to do it for a reasonable price? AAD in Doncaster haven't come back to me with a price after over a month, the place in Sheffield (forgotten their name!) came back very quickly but want £495+vat. Can't afford that! Any ideas?
Cheers.

[Tyre_Tread]

BRITISHBEEF said:

My dash is split on the veneer and want the metal replacement fitting. Not confident enough to do it myself but having issues finding someone to do it for a reasonable price? AAD in Doncaster haven't come back to me with a price after over a month, the place in Sheffield (forgotten their name!) came back very quickly but want £495+vat. Can't afford that! Any ideas?
Cheers.

If I was closer I'd say bring it over but its not too difficult. Just need to be methodical.