my bargin buy

[novamadcars]

hi i brought this off ebay for ?10.50p its going in my mk 1 project most of it looks thair:confused:. I thought this was a bargin the only thing that wasent included was screws :( . My plan for the dash is spray it in black (gsi look alike) and buy some screws so i can fit it (anyone breaking a mk 2?)

anyone have any sudgestions on what i could do 2 the dash apart from just spraying it black???????


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject019.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject016.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject018.jpg

[novamadcars]

1 more pic just uploaded

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject017.jpg

[nova~norm]

Put some neons in heater vents!metal falke in it!paint some bits silver audi tt look or use the dash coverin stuff!carbonfiber look???

[General Baxter]

Put some neons in heater vents

what a load of cod lol

[novamadcars]

tell me about it plus neons are not 2 my taste

[jbowman]

Have a look at the folia tech dash paints, I have not used them, so I dont know how good they are.
I would just have the whole lot in black GSi style.

[novamadcars]

folia tech dash paints are really good as ive used them before for steering wheels ect

[jbowman]

Ive seen some funky folia tec colours, could always colour code the dash to the car, but all depends on taste.
How about getting it flocked in black? Rally slag style, would like that myself.

[novamadcars]

flocked costs quite a bit tho mate. I cant colour code it 2 the colour of my car as im having it resprayed but not sure what colour yet lol

[jbowman]

oh dunno then, anything else I thought about were quite costly such as having it covered in alacantara leather, getting it fibregalssed so it can be colour coded or as nova-norm said, carbon fibre sheets heat moulded & bonded to your current dash.
I'll ask some mates for some ideas, would be quite nice to see what this dash turns out to be like.

[novamadcars]

yes i would like 2 see how its turns out

[novamadcars]

well ive come up with a few plans for parts of the dash hopfully what im planing is a totaly 1off will post pics when finished

[ade]

dont spray the dash - the vynal is spongey and it will crack eventyally. If you intend to paint it black use special vynal dye. halfords do it. Test a small area 1st though.

Avoid highlighting plastics in garish colours - IMO looks dated and tacky. Unless you do it small like chrome the vent edges and knobs.

You could do what I'm planning and strip the vynal off and then make a custom dash by building it up with resin/fibreglass...make somethig intersting...

Bin the passenger side part of the dash completely and make a shelf with something original on it - I dunno - wide screen telly or summut.

Do something different

[novamadcars]

i plan on doing a few diffrent mods that i havent seen befor but not 2 the dash its self

[novamadcars]

was off work 2day so i started my moddfications 2 my center consol ive added a few pics but as you can prob work out its not finished yet.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject020.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject021.jpg

[rednova]

if you want to spray it black or red etc halfords do a vinyl paint which is flexible - about 8 quid a can - one should be enough tho, gives a nice finish - ive done it to two of my dashboards.

Phil

[novamadcars]

i use the folia tec spray mate i find that pretty good ive done verious parts of my interior black with it

[Jack]

i use the folia tec spray mate i find that pretty good ive done verious parts of my interior black with it
:thumb:
Sprayed up my door cards in the saloon with that - they were similar (if not the same) material to the Mk2 dash covering. Couple tins and it gave good results. Just make sure you give them a damned good clean first to remove and grease.

[novamadcars]

will do razorjack

[novamadcars]

finally finished heres a few pics of the center consol finished

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject025.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject026.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/novamadcars/newproject027.jpg

[jbowman]

Did use normal spray or folia tech spray?
Those meshed holes would look kinds funky if you had a blue glow coming from inside & reflecting on the mesh.
Looks good so far!

[novamadcars]

i used the folia tec spray funny enuff a mate of mine said i think you should fit 2 neon lights behind the mesh

[jbowman]

Doo it! Doo it now!! (best Arnie voice)

[LUV2XLR8]

flock the dash, it looks well smart! ive gone flocking mad

[novamadcars]

the problem is its not cheap

[Lee]

Im liking that a lot. Try to carry on the theme throughout, a few meshed slices in the top of the dash maybe, and some more silver on the black (but dont over do it). You could use the same technique to do speaker grills as well.

(god i miss having interior lol)

[Adam]

Looks cool.
The spray paint looks a great match for a gsi dash :)

[novamadcars]

cheers lads for the comments im just sick of trying things and thay dont come out as i plan and this has so im very pleased with it