Alcantara is about £850, obviously £1000 is for cheaper leather... better hydes will be bigger bucks

 

priced up some alcantara from the local fabric place for my doorcards and it was quite expensive, and then they showed me the "fake" stuff

it was actually pretty dam good, £8.50 a square meter, so i used that instead LOL

might do my dash in the stuff

got nothing to loose, with the thing all faded and crappy anyway

 

How much was the real stuff per square meter roughly?

 

Frayz, loving all the work done so far.

 

i cant remember TBH, i do remember thinking it was a bit to much to spend in case i arsed it up.

i probably posted the price up in a thread on here back in the day, but the search on this site seams completely ****e nowadays and i can never find anything i want

 

nevermind. I wil settle for the answer "lots!"

 

come on frayz - when is all this going to be finished?

 

He is still in Germany at the moment thrashing around the Nurburgring in someone elses scoob!

The stuff should be waiting for him when he gets home ready to be installed!

 

i mean - talk about priorities

 

LOl

Okay lads.. Im back.. Just

They wouldnt leave the dash without it being signed for so now im back i should have it tomorrow..

However..

The bad news is that work are sending me off to jaguar to do some development for the next fornight.. Goodnews for jags XKR program.. badnews for my dash project..

I dont know when i'll get the time to fit it all.. but will post better pics when its all here for you guys to see

Mid 8 min ring laps anyone?

 

i have just bought a kit to repair leather seats with and it comes with a natty little airbrush kit, i reckon i could flock with it although im struggling to work out how i am going to make the flock stand on its end LOL

 

Come on Frayz!

 

Lol

Just home from working away and i have a rather large parcel to open

Will get snaps up soon

 

Okay guys here are some quick snaps of the flocked parts.. Please not the dash is dummy fitted with silver dash panels.. these will be replaced with the matt black ones when fitted..

PS these pics really dont do any of it any justice at all..

Enjoy

 

Thought id dummy fit some of my meters, here you can see 3 of the 6 Defis, Wideband and ACT

 

The passenger side bit has the airbag in it doesn't it? Presume the flocking base won't affect that?

If the airbag is triggered the last thing you'd want is for a modified dash to fire bits of brittle flocked pastic at your face. If there's any risk perhaps disconnecting the passenger side airbag might be a good move.

Looks the dogs though. Well impressed.

 

Cant see theer being a risk myself, its just a thin coating... i hope

Glad you like it.. i love it

 

I would disable the airbag. Or just plain remove it. Anything that covers an airbag should not be tampered with. I've heard of people having serious issues after an airbag was deployed on a dash that was painted. I.E. the airbag went off and the paint on the airbag cover shattered in the deploying and bits of paint were lodged in the skin and eyes.... not good. YMMV.

cheers

garrett

 

nice frayz

 

Looking top drawer mate!

Can't wait to see it!

I'm sorry but having all those gauges would put me off of the job in hand....................... Driving the car!

Still top job though!

 

Excessive. Brilliant, but excessive.

 

The very reason i chose the Defi setup was so that i could drive the car and it will alarm if it exceeds a given value. Only ones that need constant attention are the ACT and wideband, hence their location.. right in front of me.

The gauges aint there for show lads.. anyone that has show gauges ive got no time for at all.

I dont want a million meters in ther car but with the mods i have in mind i will need them..

i did this so if i had to fit em then they would look as factory and as clean as possible.

 

defi bf's are the bo**ocks, not only do they serve a very good purpose but they look great

 

Just some quick snaps of the new trimmed STI 9 wheel. Its in smooth black hyde with red stitching to match the rest of my STI 7 bits,

Also with the airbag dummy fitted

 

Nice work there keep it going,

 

looks fantastic

 

Frayz,

Where did the 3 guage pillar pod come from, have been wanting one for a while now ....... But never found any that 'looked right' .

 

Ha ha.. thats cos its a custom made jobbie that a friend made for me

Started life as a Nomad Racing twin pod that he took a mold from and made a 3rd pod and grafted in.. The finish is flawless

 

 

Very nice Frayz

PS more photos please