Mk2 interior into Mk1

[Pete]

well ive been offered a complete mk2 interior with everything there for £40
i know its worth getting but are things hard to install? like dash etc?
+ i also get a all the glass from it 2 for free :) happy days lol

and mine is a mk1 btw

[pikey1986]

the dash can sometimes be a pita but everything else is simple

but imho keep it mk1 and buy some sr/gte seats

[Pete]

i dont like the mk1 dash or the door cars tho ", hence why i wanted it mk2 inside and keep the exterior mk1

[Pistol Pete]

All pretty easy to install. As said dash might be abit if a ballache but other than that all straight forward enough.

[Pete]

Ive just been lookin at the articles and theres one about wiring in a mk2 dash to a mk1 so ill just print that out and follow it by that and hopefuly i can get it in and wired up ;)

[16v Nova Kev]

my mk1 sr has a mk2 dash and its an aborton/shambles/mess honestly dont do it.

[Pete]

whys it a mess? any pics mate?

[16v Nova Kev]

the guy who fitted it just cut all the heater pipes. and also used the mk1 heater speed controls and hazard switch its a total balls up

[Pete]

but if i do it all like for like and get all the proper controls etc then i dont see where it could go wrong?

[Pistol Pete]

the guy who fitted it just cut all the heater pipes. and also used the mk1 heater speed controls and hazard switch its a total balls up

Proves the point. Do it once and do it right.

[16v Nova Kev]

too true pete i just wish i could meet the guy who fitted it....in a dark alley one night:)

[Pete]

if it was a dark alley you wouldnt be able to see him either lol
but i know what you mean ;)

[16v Nova Kev]

if you do it just try and get the heater pipes. and i wish you lived closer i would have done a swap. im after a mk1 dash:(

[Pete]

if you find out how much it would be to get it up to you i could do you a dirt cheap price on it ",

+ the nova im getting it out of im taking everything i can apart from the shell and wings etc, the lad who owns it wants to use it for autograss and dont want the interior etc but dont want to store it so im taking practicaly everything. but he just wants the £40 for the interior as its worth money

[16v Nova Kev]

is it gray

[Pete]

it is :) mint condition apart from around the head unit wheres theres a few scuffs, comes with under tray aswell

[Pete]

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/5894/dscn3659.jpg

[16v Nova Kev]

sexual.pm'ed

[Pete]

But but but.. you'll have to give me a week or so as the lad who owns it hasnt got a day off work until next week ",

[16v Nova Kev]

no rush.

[l1nuxxx]

Theres a mint mk1 in Allparts scrappie in Bonnybridge mate. Although the dash is.......brown :tard:

[16v Nova Kev]

need's to be gray my man.

[l1nuxxx]

No worries :thumb:. Its actually the whole car they have:thumb: . The shell is mint and they have not done the roof in on it. All the panels inc the doors are solid. To good for the scrappie imho.

[MattBrown]

Gray one here, free to a good home:)

[craig green]

my mk1 sr has a mk2 dash and its an aborton/shambles/mess honestly dont do it.

I can sympathise there. :(

[16v Nova Kev]

got one maybe sorted matt

[Pete]

anyone got any pics of them fitting a mk2 dash into a mk1? ive read through Jack's article etc.

[16v Nova Kev]

I can sympathise there. :(
i dunno why anybody would do it mk1 dash rocks:d

[Pete]

i dunno why anybody would do it mk1 dash rocks:d

there boring imo nothing to them realy lol

[Huffy]

ive converted my mk1 in to a mk2 long story but goes like this. i had a mk2 sr mint sold it :cry: bought a mk1 with 36k on the clock i was never into the mk1s but thought i could change my mind any way i couldnt so swapped it over dont the interior first then the outside

the dash :eek: was quite tricky if im honest and the heater cablesare a c**t to fit and some of the connections to. are you converting the whole car to mk2 because i changed my loom aswell to a mk2 one ill see if i can dig out a pic or to for you
:thumb:

[Huffy]

http://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo294/huffx1983/th_n1227054933_30343894_3324.jpg (http://s385.photobucket.com/albums/oo294/huffx1983/?action=view&current=n1227054933_30343894_3324.jpg) http://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo294/huffx1983/th_n1227054933_30343892_414.jpg (http://s385.photobucket.com/albums/oo294/huffx1983/?action=view&current=n1227054933_30343892_414.jpg)

[Huffy]

there the best pics i have i dont know how to make them bigger ?? it doesnt have the gte seats in now has the mk2 blue sr interior.

its in the body shop at the mo thats another thing i need to adjust the passanger side of the dash because its quite hard to open the glove box and i need to fit the heater blower/direction cables you'll need mk2 ones the blower ducking pipes and heater matrix are the same if i remember

[Pete]

there the best pics i have i dont know how to make them bigger ?? it doesnt have the gte seats in now has the mk2 blue sr interior.

its in the body shop at the mo thats another thing i need to adjust the passanger side of the dash because its quite hard to open the glove box and i need to fit the heater blower/direction cables you'll need mk2 ones the blower ducking pipes and heater matrix are the same if i remember

yeah according to jacks articles you do nneed the blower ducking pipes and heater matrix :thumb:

[Pete]

Kev i do apologies but the lad who was goin to sell me the interior is deciding to keep it for himself and hes getting a mk1 nova and putting the mk2 interior in that so hes got a road legal nova... so now im stuck with mk1 ",

[16v Nova Kev]

we could do a swap

[Pete]

have you got all the right stuff for me to fit a mk2 into mk1?

[Ernie]

if your going to do it do it well and it will be fine.
I fitted a complete gsi interea with full loome into my gte.
Sorry spud
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/GTE/082-1.jpg
You can just about see the red/grey sri sunviser that i fitted and were wired up aswell as a set of heated seat pads from a calibra with the switchs in the right place.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/GTE/053.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/GTE/058.jpg

[Huffy]

the cover that goes round my steering colum doesnt sit right did you find you had this problem ernie also i remember this car in performance vauxhall mag i still have it

[Ernie]

you will have to change the bit the stalks clip into as its a differant part to the mrk 1 dash.

[Jack]

Mk2 dash all day long. The mk1 dash is a cancer inducing abhorration of an interior.

Its a dead easy swap too, the hardest bit is sorting out some of the wires. If you do grab a dash from a mk2, make sure you get the electrical plugs with a bit of wire on them, makes the swap a lot easier.

Oh, and as above all the heater ducting is different too, so you need all that. And the Mk2 heater cables.

[fessernick]

i have a mk2 interior in my mk1 i didnt fit it nuttynova did and hes done a good job.

i dont like the mk1 interior so hes saved me a massive job and exspense
http://i43.tinypic.com/k3xgg6.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/2v8fpk9.jpg

last pic not great but you get the idea

[Ernie]

you will also need to change the bottom of the heater box as the parts on the side are differant for the under dash trays.

[Huffy]

nice that nova above i like it