Rob M Budd

I just finished this dash for a fellow Rennlist member. Its dark blue leather air bag version with custom defroster trim.
As mentioned before, recovering a dash requires careful precison cutting of the factory defroster holes. It's very time consuming and leaves no margin for error.

What I did here was strip all the vinyl, straighten the dents and bends caused by he wrecking yard, fix the cracks, cut the dash to accept the vents, add engineered foam padding, trimmed the foam, drilled holes to take #4 black trim screws that hold the defroster trim pieces, then covered it in leather.
I wish I had a before shot of this dash. It was pretty bad.

bloodraven

damn. That looks great!

Keithr726

You sure do amazing work!

SpecialtyConcreteCoatings

I will be doing this during the winter, but I do not like these vents.

SchnellerUmsetzer

That is quality craftmanship!

inactiveuser92616

how much would perforated steel speaker grille material affect the airflow? If the defroster still flows enough air through a grill like that, it could look quite nice.

David Floyd

Rob M Budd

It depends on the pattern of the perforation. It shouldn't be to tight.
The issue for me is how the edges are finished. I thought of a mesh or grill material, but was still faced with how to finish it off.
These trim pieces cover the raw edges of the leather completely.

SD Porsche Fan

My interior is that exact color and I have an air bag dash as well. My only concern is my ability to the the dash out and back in without fracking things up. Probably a winter project.

What is your turn around time Rob?

SpecialtyConcreteCoatings

Can they be recessed more? It doesn't look like they are a good fit. Maybe if you didn't foam underneath them? Is that possible?

I think your dash work is amazing, but I don't think this alternative looks as good as your earlier versions.

Rob M Budd

The turn around time for repair and recover is 7-10 days. Allow some additional time for color sample exchanges and shipping.

Rob M Budd

Recessed like in this picture?

Getting it right is somewhat perplexing. I know what I want, and a design solution has already been done however the tooling and prototype cost is a lot more than I want to invest right now.

User 41221

Not that Rob needs it, but I'll vouch for him and his work, as I talked with him and saw his products first hand at 944Fest. We (the 944 gang) NEED to support him on his efforts, as he is giving us the first real option for dealing with bad dashboards.

Well done, Rob!

Regards,

aeronautica86

Very very nice looking work; I remember your first thread about recovering 944 dashes, and how happy I was to see a better than factory solution to the problem of cracked dashes.

potent951turbo

Excellent work, but the vents just don't match the dash at all.