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[doormatt]

Must admit I have been tempted with a mk1 grill for a while now...

 
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Alright calm down! I will give it a thought but it means spending more and I need to tub my arches

[stevearch0]

How about the innocenti grille surround? I think the more angular shapes would suit the modern twist of your car. Saw yours at bingley, and damn, it's nice, especially dem rims!!

[doormatt]

How about the innocenti grille surround? I think the more angular shapes would suit the modern twist of your car. Saw yours at bingley, and damn, it's nice, especially dem rims!!

Really liking the thought of that!

Ahhhh so much to do and not enough money

[Midas Mk1]

Think the mk2 grille suits it to be honest, was looking at your arches last weekend, as i'm at the point of drilling my body before it goes to the paintshop. Wish I could afford those force wheels! Look epic!

[doormatt]

Right so I had a rare day off today so I decided to get on with something I have wanted to do for a while...my dashboard! Its a part of the interior I have been wanting to update for while:

 

I started by taking the dash out and taking off as much as I could. As you can see from the pictures the person who fitted this dash decided to do it in the most difficult way possible, cutting a sticking everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once it was all pulled apart (well as much as I could) I made templates on some 3mm foam, I did the same for everything on the dash:

 

 

 

Once I had done this I did the same with the suede material, sticking it with spray adhesive then stapling it onto the back of the parts. If you look on the clock section the two rings around the indicators are actually rubber washers which I stuck on to clean it up and make it look a bit neater as it was hard to cut the fabric there. 

 

 

 

I did the same for the whole of the dash and I am very happy with the results. I have never done anything like this before so I'm proud with the results for my first ever attempt at a DIY interior. This weekend I will be changing the top and bottom dash rails to cream leather to tie the whole interior in and finish it off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And one last note! Don't worry about more stance, camber parts should be on their way in the next few days and tubbing will be happening in the near future so watch this space for more stance and more lows 

Edited by doormatt, 04 March 2015 - 11:59 PM.

[mr3speed]

Each to their own, but I love stickers 
 

 
 

This is the second mini ive seen on here with a JDM learner symbol on? Any reason for it? The Mini is not remoty any where near a Japanese car.....

[doormatt]

Each to their own, but I love stickers 
 
 
 

This is the second mini ive seen on here with a JDM learner symbol on? Any reason for it? The Mini is not remoty any where near a Japanese car.....

No reason other than I liked it at the time and I didn't fully know what it was, haven't got any of those stickers on anymore though as I thought they made it look too cluttered

Edited by doormatt, 05 March 2015 - 09:22 AM.

[mr3speed]

Fair enough. Was just wondering as i was browsing yesturday and saw another with one on

[Jared Mk3]

Great job with that dash 

[doormatt]

Great job with that dash 

Thanks! A couple of bits didn't got to plan which I decided not to show haha. Might look at getting one professionally done in the future but I'm happy with my DIY job for now

[mr3speed]

Inlike those front speakers. Where are the mounts from?

[Guess-Works.com]

I'm waiting to see how he's going to do the back suspension....

[doormatt]

Inlike those front speakers. Where are the mounts from?

They are custom made from layered up sheets of MDF which have then been cut and sanded into shape

[doormatt]

I'm waiting to see how he's going to do the back suspension....

Well the plan is to tub the arches, wind the hi-los right down and put on some lowered dampers. If I am able to save up enough to get it done before uni I will also put the minitastic street springs on the rear to replace the rubber trumpets as it lowers it a bit more and is supposed to be very comfy

[mr3speed]

Nice. Love those wheels