speedyxjs
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 06:46 PM |
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Dashboard covering
What have you guys (and girls) used for covering the dashboard?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 06:50 PM |
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Pre-SVA we had vinyl on foam.
Post-SVA it's a CF lookalike GRP.
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
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chris_smith
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 06:51 PM |
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i used black leatherette onto laminate floor underlay foam then plyboard
cheers
chris
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 06:56 PM |
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Am i right in thinking if i have a padded dashboard, i dont need the bottom of the dash radiused?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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matt.c
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 06:57 PM |
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Do yourself a favor and just get some fake carbon sheet. You will end up getting some in the long run!
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 06:57 PM |
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i used, plywood and camping mat foam and black vinly.
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 07:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Do yourself a favor and just get some fake carbon sheet. You will end up getting some in the long run!
Im not a big fan of cf. Think it looks a bit weird.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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chris_smith
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 07:04 PM |
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you still need the bottom radiused at 19mm whether its padded or not, i used 38mm drain pipe
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 07:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_smith
you still need the bottom radiused at 19mm whether its padded or not, i used 38mm drain pipe
How did you fix it on?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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chris_smith
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 07:37 PM |
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cut it down its lengthpushed onto the ply then screw every couple of inch then foam over pulled tight with vinyl/leatherette, then stapled to the ply
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 07:50 PM |
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Great cheers 
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BenB
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:17 PM |
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Yup. Plywood with thin foam and vinyl on top for me..... (and a bolt on bit on the bottom of the dash which passed the radius rule but fell off
shortly after)...
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stevegough
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Yup. Plywood with thin foam and vinyl on top for me..... (and a bolt on bit on the bottom of the dash which passed the radius rule but fell off
shortly after)...
I am completely stunned by the amazing engineering I keep seeing evidence of by many of the members on this site, which brings me to the point in
question.......
If you guys are so amazingly great at fixing things, why, oh why do I keep seeing comments like the above where items fixed fall off ? - and is it a
coincidence these items all seem to fall off just after the SVA test has been completed? It really is a complete enigma to me !! 
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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tomprescott
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Do yourself a favor and just get some fake carbon sheet. You will end up getting some in the long run!
I don't mind real carbon fibre - but carbon fibre effect stuff is too chavtacular for me!
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adithorp
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 08:38 PM |
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19mm radius is for rigid dash. Padded is 10mm I think but it depends on the padding. Might have changed for IVA. Check the manual.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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imp paul
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 09:01 PM |
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you could flock your dash it looks very cool like in wrc cars eg mitsys worth a look http://www.getflocked.webeden.co.uk/#/gallery/4527762201
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[Edited on 15/6/09 by imp paul]
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 09:43 PM |
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We also used plywood or was it MDF? Either way, we glued another thin piece of ply on the back at the bottom and used a router to radius it, then
camping mat then vinyl.
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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MkII
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 09:49 PM |
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I had my striker dash flocked
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Cheffy
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 08:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
19mm radius is for rigid dash. Padded is 10mm I think but it depends on the padding. Might have changed for IVA. Check the manual.
Morning Chaps,
This is from the IVA manual:-
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The instrument panel lower edge within the “specified zone” must have a radius of curvature not less than 19mm or 5mm and covered with a non-rigid
material. Except where an adaptation for a disabled person makes it impossible to comply. (see note 7)
Hope that helps.
Mart.
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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piran
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| posted on 1/7/09 at 08:08 AM |
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we used camping mat and vinyl on 9mm ply, we stuck a stuck a strip of the camping mat across the bottom and that was fine for SVA.
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