nick205
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 12:55 PM |
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MK dashboard photos please
Can someone post a few pics of the dashboard supplied by MK for me please?
Cheers
Nick
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mike smith1
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 01:12 PM |
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Plain Carbon effect MK dash with logo:
Have a pic at home with blade clocks in it but no use to u as u are using pinto
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mike smith1
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 01:20 PM |
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I lied i found it here:.JPG)
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nick205
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 01:38 PM |
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cheers Mike 
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Crazy Jay
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 01:40 PM |
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Would u not consider getting the Mac#1 dash, its quite nice, tho i'm bias 
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nick205
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 02:00 PM |
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certainly would/was/am, but I'm guessing they might be busy sorting out the fire at the minute 
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Hellfire
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 02:32 PM |
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Be unique.......... make your own.
Phil
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Crazy Jay
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 02:37 PM |
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Heres mine
Im currently fitting the gear stick so will get pics when its all sorted
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mike smith1
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 02:51 PM |
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Dont wanna hyjack ya thread but a question for crazy jay:what are you going to do about your handbrake, you leaving the plastic cover on or are you
fitting a gator?
Mike
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nick205
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 03:27 PM |
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started making my own, then decided to buy one, which didn't work out. Now I just want to get the job done and drive the car trouble is I cant
find anything I like the look of.
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Crazy Jay
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 04:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mike smith1
Dont wanna hyjack ya thread but a question for crazy jay:what are you going to do about your handbrake, you leaving the plastic cover on or are you
fitting a gator?
Mike
Hey mike, placing the order tonight for a richbrooke handbrake cover and universal gaiter from this site (the bottom 2 items)
Here
Also looking to buy the alu surround of europa spares
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indykid
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 04:37 PM |
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what about this?
sure i've got a pattern somewhere
tom
 
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 05:22 PM |
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Still have to rate mac1 dash pic attached.
nice blokes aswell,
prob could do with the business.
 
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gingerprince
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| posted on 25/7/06 at 06:07 PM |
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I thought I was...
Then I later saw the off-the-shelf embossed dash! Thought I'd had a good idea!
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zetec
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 06:46 AM |
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Cheap and easy...Less than £10.
 
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skidude88
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| posted on 26/7/06 at 12:28 PM |
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Ok you asked about the MK's own dash, but following everyone else....
About 15 quid (with Ali surround)
 
Dash finished
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 30/7/06 at 05:12 PM |
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message for Zetec: cracking dashboard care to pass on a few pointers to a newbie how you made it and materials used etc and how do you start off
getting an accurate outline for the dash
Cheers
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zetec
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| posted on 31/7/06 at 06:52 AM |
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To get the outline I went down to the local art shop and got a couple of sheets of stiff card. Stick the card to the scuttle retrun edge where the
dash will fit and draw round from the other side, this will give a accurate shape if a little oversize, then just trim till you get a pattern just the
right size. I use card as it is a lot easier to trim than cardboard so easier to get a good pattern.
Get a sheet of 10mm MDF and cut out using the pattern. Trial fit and when 100% happy copy this onto another bit of MDF just in case you made a balls
up and need to cut out another!
Now sand the edges to the correct radius. Place the dash in place on the scuttle and drill the mounting bolt holes thru the dash and scuttle flange, I
used 8 6mm. Drill the holes, countersink them, the holes should be just tight enough so you have to screw the fixing bolts into the dash. A little
epoxy glue under each head will hold it in place. Fill the recessed bolt heads with body filler so they are flush with the dash blank and you have the
fixings done. Drill the scuttle holes out so the bolts have clearence, use wing nuts on the inside of the dash to secure the dash when finished as
they are far easier to do up then trying to get a socket up inside.
Cut you guage and switch holes. If you want to make the dials flush cut the hole the same size as the outside diameter plus enough to allow for the
covering material to be folded into the cutout (about 2-3MM). You will need to then make plate for the back of the dash for the guage to sit against
(I used thin ply).
I covered the dash using perforated blue leather and black vinyl. I glued this directly to the MDF using spray glue which is a little more forgiving
than Evostik. I did not use a foam padding as I wanted to avoid the "buttoned sofa" look you sometimes see. Dont stretch the cover
material too tight, just enought to get the creases out. once the front face is dry cut the excess material off and then fix the edge and
"tabs" to the back of the dash, this I did fix with Evo.
The cutout sections are just that. cut out the panels, sand them smaller, cover them and pop them back in the dash.
Most of it is just practice and if you make a balls up start with a new blank. At £10 a sheet it's worth getting things right as it's the
bit of the car you will spend most time looking at.
Hope this helps.
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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mkblade
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| posted on 4/8/06 at 10:27 PM |
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hi all my mk kit car is a early ,model as the new dashes have a bigish lip it might foul the stamdard switch gear.
i prob have about quarter of a inch clearance between the dash i have now and the hazard switch . any one tried fitting a new type dash to a de-deion
model ??
thanks simon
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iscmatt
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| posted on 7/8/06 at 09:50 AM |
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Where abouts did you get these mats made and how much are they priced at apx?? Nice colour choice btw
quote:
Originally posted by INDY BIRD
Still have to rate mac1 dash pic attached.
nice blokes aswell,
prob could do with the business.
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nick205
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| posted on 17/8/06 at 08:05 AM |
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Well I finally got on with it and made my own dash.
 
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nick205
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| posted on 17/8/06 at 08:06 AM |
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and another
 
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nick205
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| posted on 17/8/06 at 08:06 AM |
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finally...
 
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