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Old 24-05-2007, 06:05 PM
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I'm going to be changing my interior, now i know what i want seating wise but after looking at a few modded interiors it became clear no-one does anything with the dash. I'm wondering if a flocked dash would look cool or will it just look stupid with a leather trim & should i stick to my original plan of a leather dash?


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Old 24-05-2007, 06:35 PM
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Leather if you go ahead!!!
Old 24-05-2007, 07:35 PM
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leather would be good, or even suede effect - PM Sim as his is like that.

Flocked is also nice, havent fitted mine yet so cant show any pics
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trouble with flocking is it collects the dust shouldnt be a problem for yours though dave,lol, i had some panels covered in leather once for my dash but it ended up looking like pvc maybe depends what colour you go with?
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Pic of Sim's dash, the only pic i managed to get of it.

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Originally Posted by Kelv
Pic of Sim's dash, the only pic i managed to get of it.

Wow that looks the nuts!... hmm........

More pics please!
Old 24-05-2007, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Kelv
Pic of Sim's dash, the only pic i managed to get of it.

Thanks for the replies guys

I'm loving that dash
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is that alcantara or suede? looks
Old 24-05-2007, 10:00 PM
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That dash looks bloody amazing -go for that Dave
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Few more pics on Sims own resto thread

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=221905
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Originally Posted by Kelv
Pic of Sim's dash, the only pic i managed to get of it.

Thats real nice
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Sims dash is gorgeous
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Maybe the colour aint to everyones taste. Found this pic on a flocking website but cant remember which. Im sure if done in a more suttle colour would look awsome
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thats bright
Old 27-05-2007, 11:06 AM
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i was going to get my dash flocked, but after seeing some ( although i still like it ) i decided to leave it be.

like the leather one but it would have to be on the right car....
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Originally Posted by Escorton8's


Maybe the colour aint to everyones taste. Found this pic on a flocking website but cant remember which. Im sure if done in a more suttle colour would look awsome

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was going to get some bits done to mine years ago when i had the seats ect done, only got round to doing part off it i was going to use a mix off leather and alcantara the same as my seats.
Only problem is, its dash out ect and it costs lol also you need to be carefull with it as it marks easy plus it can get glare on the windscreen if you use a bright colour
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Flocked David!
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Originally Posted by Escorton8's


Maybe the colour aint to everyones taste. Found this pic on a flocking website but cant remember which. Im sure if done in a more suttle colour would look awsome
Thats from CBC's website, they do different colours too - worth a look at what they do, re-builds, flocking etc - it's a 'flocking' fantastic site!!! here's the link =http://www.centralblastcleaning.co.uk/index2.php
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hey guys

cool words - thanks

my dash is alcantara trimmed, but nicer than flocking, flocking is okay for motorsport and no reflections, but if u want the real tidy cool optic and feel, go for alcantara.

even the a pillars, doorboards and the roof inside is done with alca.

here are some more pics:








I can get you some more if you need!!


edit: you can buy that dash for 1 million pounds
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That look awesome dude, did u have the work done?

Old 30-05-2007, 01:21 PM
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no - unfortuanely not

the pre owners dad has a hotel, and there was a guy who did all the nicer leather parts in this hotel, he also did the dash and doorcards and so on.

I think if you want to do it by urself, you ve to be good with sewing.
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