fbgh2o

Well I finally finished my dash replacement project - and let's be honest it became an interior upgrade. The project involved the following:


- Remove old cracked dash (used the Clarkes Garage instructions and highly recommend them) [LIST]
- Acquired used dash with 3 small cracks (under 1") and repaired these
- Replaced the old A-pillars with new ones due to cracking
- Added stainless steel trim rings to the instruments
- Refreshed the instrument light tunnels with a "light brightener kit"
- Replaced instrument lights with red LEDS (Superbright LEDs provide great illumination)
- Replaced some dash lights and the clock bulb with red LEDs
- Added Carbon Fibre Dash trim kit (Jager Engineering)
- Added stainless steel shifter cap (Rennbay)
- Added stainless steel "Turbo" script door sill covers (eBay - good quality piece)
- Replaced the old Sony stereo with a Panasonic (sound is immeasurably better) and replaced all the speakers (Panasonic 3 ways in the doors and Infinity 2 ways in the rear

Total cash investment is around $700.

This is a relatively easy project, but requires a ton of patience and organization to make that you keep track of all of the fasteners. I used Ziploc bags and tagged each bags to the instruction number from the Clark's instructions. This facilitated re-installation as it largely the reverse of disassembly process.

The dash replacement also requires a ton of care as many of the plastic trim pieces are brittle can break. I used the opportunity to take clean everything and to reinforce (Gel super glue) where weaknesses appeared.

potent951turbo

Looks stunning! Good Job!

jf951

nicely done.

b5audia4

Nice work. What type of LED lights (ie: voltage, etc.) did you use? Im not very familiar with these electric bits.

Vinster88

SWEET! i'm replacing my dash currently. I am also intrested in the LED dash replacement lights.. Very nice looking work..Thanks for sharing the pics.

ELLSSUU

Looks nice. I replaced mine a few months ago. I've noticed a couple of rattles so I planning on taking it back out and re-installing while adding some thin rubberstripping in the key spots.

Can you get a close up of the Jaeger kit, please? I've been trying to talk my self into getting it for a while.

333pg333

Does anyone have any idea how much the stock dash weighs?? Any guesses? I've heard they weigh a heap.

thingo

7.7 kg (about 17 lbs) is what my old one weighs.

333pg333

Thanks Rod. I thought even more than that but that's still something to look at in the future.

Luis de Prat

Great job! Now get a couple of new rubber pedal covers on eBay for $2.95 and your interior will look brand new.

What eBay vendor did you get the sill covers from?

ehall

Now I just told you that answer a week ago. Sheesh! The thanks I get...

gregeast

Well done, looks great!

reno808

I think its more like 20 20something pounds

Cory9584

Im thinking of pulling mine back out carefully and yanking all the hvac parts out then reinstalling it. Anybody know how much weight that saves?

fbgh2o

Luis,

Thanks for the compliment. Actually, was thinking aluminium pedals to complete the look, but just bought new wheels and got the quote for the rebuild on my TR6 engine. So your idea my well be enacted shortly.