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Posted by: 3d914 Feb 7 2016, 05:24 PM

I'm getting rid of the stock vinyl covering on the dash face and would like to just do body-color metal. Thought I'd ask what others have done to deviate from stock, so show us your dash faces.

TIA

Posted by: 76-914 Feb 7 2016, 07:13 PM

I'm sure you've seen this, before the new dash.

Posted by: 9fourteen14 Feb 7 2016, 08:13 PM

so I am curious? how are you planning on fixing this?

I am working on an alternate solution.

914 luva

Posted by: falcor75 Feb 7 2016, 11:28 PM

I had mine done in alcantara.

Posted by: JmuRiz Feb 8 2016, 10:16 AM

Fancy!

Posted by: Mikey914 Feb 8 2016, 10:31 AM

Still havent finished putting it all together yet, but the seats match too.


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Posted by: mikey63 Feb 8 2016, 10:37 AM

Brushed aluminum

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 8 2016, 12:14 PM

Brushed Alum

Posted by: nein14 Feb 8 2016, 12:52 PM

Here's mine


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Posted by: r_towle Feb 8 2016, 01:37 PM

no pics available, but I did mine in vinyl (like car wraps) the same color as the car...

Rich

Posted by: 02loftsmoor Feb 8 2016, 04:48 PM

I like the body color match, some one posted one of a yellow matching dash, breaks up the black. makes it look newer.

Posted by: 914dave Feb 8 2016, 04:53 PM

Mine isn't in the car yet. Anodized brushed aluminum.

Posted by: 1stworks Feb 8 2016, 05:07 PM

Posted by: 3d914 Feb 8 2016, 09:12 PM

Cool, thanks. Lots of neat variations from stock. I like them! I noticed that all put something over the basic dash frame. I was thinking of just painting the frame body color and not putting anything over it.

Here's a pic of just the frame - the metal cover with vinyl is removed. This would be body color with nothing else added. The other thing I like about this is the face height will be the same across the dash - instead of the radio area being lower.

Thoughts?

Posted by: Larmo63 Feb 8 2016, 09:46 PM

Why were/are so many dashboards painted Olympic Blue?

Both of my cars are that way and the one above ^^ looks to be that color too.

Posted by: barefoot Feb 9 2016, 11:16 AM

Not finished yet, but I used maple veneer.
Had to fill behind a little to get dash face flush with raised areas around switches :

Posted by: Mikey914 Feb 9 2016, 11:54 AM

There was a wood option at one point in time, was that a dealer item?

Posted by: Luke M Feb 9 2016, 01:09 PM

I went with the carbon fiber kit from maddog.
http://www.maddogsmotorsports.org/HELL_HOLE_REPAIR.html
Seams to be a nice kit but I haven't installed it yet.

Posted by: gandalf_025 Feb 9 2016, 01:35 PM

Wood dash kit.. Was maybe Amco ? Dealer installed option on my car.

Here are the pieces removed from the car.
The 914-6 gold leaf was added by a friend
many years ago. Not sure if it will stay ?

Posted by: r_towle Feb 9 2016, 01:43 PM

hershey.



Rich

Posted by: gandalf_025 Feb 9 2016, 01:50 PM

Dash will definitely stay with the car..... The 914-6 gold leaf
script may go away.... A little sandpaper and re-.varnish

Posted by: thieuster Feb 9 2016, 02:50 PM

Here's a tip: when you've dismantled the dash, paint the back of the dash white - or another light color. That will make fettling with the electrics behind the dash a lot easier when you've wedged yourself between the pedals and the gear lever.

About the pics: I love the look of the alcantara dash!

Menno

Posted by: iamchappy Feb 9 2016, 05:45 PM

dash


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Posted by: WLD419 Feb 9 2016, 07:05 PM

You could cover the frame and make it look like this , the double curve hump took me two attempts , the second I made a cardboard template wrapped it around trimmed it
then layed it flat , cut the sheet metal & then had a sheet metal ducting place roll it , the same for the face , I took the dash frame to them and had them brake bend the face cover then I attached it with removable screws so I could scribe the radio hole,the glovebox hole & steering column slot , removed it & opened the holes, Bill D.

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 9 2016, 09:41 PM

WOW........................nice!

Posted by: madmax914 Feb 10 2016, 11:19 AM

Labradoodle?

Posted by: daytona Feb 10 2016, 11:55 AM

Hi 1stworks,
Wow, very cool. What kind of shifter is that? Boxster?

Posted by: 914dave Feb 10 2016, 12:49 PM

Yes it's a labradoodle.
I'm impressed guys. Those are some really cool dashes!

Posted by: BIGKAT_83 Feb 10 2016, 01:18 PM

Stack dash and a couple of mods.

Posted by: 3d914 Feb 10 2016, 06:51 PM

Lots of cool choices. Thanks for the ideas, pictures, and links. I'm gonna spend some time this weekend fiddling with gauge options first, then see where that takes me.

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Feb 10 2016, 08:04 PM

WOW

Do you have a build thread or more pictures of your wonderful car?