Dash shape

[Douglas]

I have seemed to have the worst of most of the quality of parts from AK, I know a few people here also have had some similar but different issues on any of the fiberglass parts.

But my dash does seem to make a dipped uni brow in the middle above the gauge area. Anyone else's not straight above the gauges?

 

[Morten]

Lee Dawson has better ones. You can contact him directly.
He might have one thats sharper like the originals. Or, just cut and repair it to better sharper edge.

 

[Douglas]

I'm in the USA and done with importing.

I guess time to heat, cut and fill just like everything else.

 

[Morten]

I'm in the USA and done with importing.

I guess time to heat, cut and fill just like everything else.

This is what I did to one of mine, cut, extended both sides, sharpened the top edge… its only fiberglass. Good luck

 

[Kyle]

If you can wait a bit I can ship you my new prototype. I straightened out the dash, made the gauge pods bigger and eliminated the vents on top. Pulling molds now.

 

[Bill Kearley]

You should be able to salvage that with a jig and heat !!

 

[Douglas]

If you can wait a bit I can ship you my new prototype. I straightened out the dash, made the gauge pods bigger and eliminated the vents on top. Pulling molds now.


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Thanks for the offer but I am RH drive.

 

[Douglas]

You should be able to salvage that with a jig and heat !!

I plan on it! If you look straight at it the overhanging part shadows where the gauges go even. Need to trim all the excess on the bottom off too.

 

[Adrian Starling]

Hi Douglas, a few pics of the process we used on my RH dash. I hope the pics help. Cheers, Adrian

 

[Neil]

Hi Douglas, a few pics of the process we used on my RH dash. I hope the pics help. Cheers, Adrian

Nice metal work.

 

[Devin]

Hi Douglas, a few pics of the process we used on my RH dash. I hope the pics help. Cheers, Adrian

What paint did you end up using on the dash?

 

[Douglas]

I too am curious. Great work on the reshaping.

 

[Adrian Starling]

Good morning Douglas and Devin, I used a HB body epoxy 989 to seal it, then HB body high build primer 534 and finally used 2k satin black from MIPA. Hope that helps. Regards, Adrian

 

[Davidmgbv8]

I have seemed to have the worst of most of the quality of parts from AK, I know a few people here also have had some similar but different issues on any of the fiberglass parts.

But my dash does seem to make a dipped uni brow in the middle above the gauge area. Anyone else's not straight above the gauges?

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My dash was very similar. I don’t know if it was pulled out of the mold too early or if the mold was made from a dash that has spent its time out in the sun a lot, but I had to cut mine as well and open up in the end. it came out well.

 

[Phil E]

I collected my dashboard at the AK Open day at the weekend and looks the same as others. There is a slight hump on top but I though that was to accommodate the larger central gauge.

I came here looking at where it might need some minor trimming, but I am inspired by Adrian's work.

 

[Douglas]

I collected my dashboard at the AK Open day at the weekend and looks the same as others. There is a slight hump on top but I though that was to accommodate the larger central gauge.

I came here looking at where it might need some minor trimming, but I am inspired by Adrian's work.

Yeah, mine makes a frowns face lol. Still haven't touched it. It is very thin in areas, like transparent thin. One I get the roof welded in place I will trim it to fit and start the rhinoplasty.

 

[Andy Sheldon]

Pictures of our dashes both LHD and RHD versions.
Both are arrow straight along the dash top above the gauges.
We invested large amounts of time and money into the master plugs back in 1990 before making molds not just for the dash but the entire body