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Posted by: sb914 Apr 10 2016, 02:15 PM

Sooooo
I've been wanting to do this forever
This is the real deal,not a wrapped dash its layed up
From a mold.tons and tons of work in this,although I got to help along with the process,it was done by a fellow surfer,if you know him please keep anonymous,lots of sanding and sanding and then more sanding. wet sanding and buffing.

Posted by: sb914 Apr 10 2016, 02:18 PM

Posted by: sb914 Apr 10 2016, 02:19 PM

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 10 2016, 02:30 PM

I bought mine from Getty many moons ago, a lot less work that way ...

Posted by: sb914 Apr 10 2016, 02:33 PM

I seen yours at wcr last year,super,super cool,as is the rest of your car!

Posted by: r_towle Apr 10 2016, 02:38 PM

Andy,

Do you experience enough glare to make you wish you had chosen a flat finish, or is it not noticable?

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 10 2016, 03:02 PM

It's not a problem. Depending on the angle of the sun, you sometimes get a bit of a reflection in the windshield but it's really not an issue.

The one thing that bugs me about the Getty dash has nothing to do with the CF. The top lip that covers the gauges does not extend far enough and at night you get a partial reflection of your gauges on the windshield.
I've been thinking about adding an additional strip of rubber (or something similar) to completely block that off.

Posted by: Eric_Shea Apr 10 2016, 04:53 PM

You could put more padding under your dash top vinyl as well...

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 10 2016, 05:29 PM

No dash top vinyl, the Getty dash is a one piece that also has CF for the dash top.

Posted by: ThePaintedMan Apr 10 2016, 05:47 PM

Here is the gauge cluster I built for our car.



I kept thinking of the same scenario Andy is describing, so I made sure to extend mine out to at least the stock dash size. Having glare from or on the gauges is no bueno. Perhaps the OP might be able to convince his buddy to build a few more of those dashes, now that the hard part is done? It really does look sweet! So does Andy's of course.

Posted by: 76-914 Apr 11 2016, 08:42 AM

To the OP; It looks fantastic Eddie. How many man hours start to finish. Any "gotcha's" getcha along the way? Kent

Posted by: sb914 Apr 12 2016, 06:59 AM

Thanks kent, my guess is around thirty hours maybe a little less, as far as "gotchas" installing it sure did cut up my hands.

Posted by: Chris H. Apr 12 2016, 08:34 AM

Looks unbelievable. Nice work.

Posted by: RobW Apr 12 2016, 09:03 AM

I don't like CF, but I like yours and would use it. Nice job!

Posted by: Blue6 Apr 12 2016, 09:26 AM

Eddie, that looks fantastic and lightweight. Wish I had one, bet they're expensive

Posted by: nsyr Apr 12 2016, 09:53 AM

And when is the group buy???

Posted by: MATTYLITE Apr 12 2016, 10:51 AM

Your dash came out great! We reached out to the same craftsman (will keep name anonymous) a little over a year ago for ours too. Quality is second to none, and it will be a focal point when our build is complete. See below for more pictures of our dash from the same craftsman.

-Matt


http://s771.photobucket.com/user/MatthewEvanSchneider/media/20150408_231216_zpsethj5usl.jpg.html

http://s771.photobucket.com/user/MatthewEvanSchneider/media/20150408_231053_zpsggetljbs.jpg.html

http://s771.photobucket.com/user/MatthewEvanSchneider/media/20150408_231410_zpscmfc9hli.jpg.html

http://s771.photobucket.com/user/MatthewEvanSchneider/media/20150408_231246_zpso0c8kka7.jpg.html

Posted by: Mueller Apr 12 2016, 11:03 AM

Great idea to remove the foam padding and replace with a non-forgiving hard brittle material

Posted by: sb914 Apr 24 2016, 07:37 PM

I added more non- forgiving hard brittle material(cf dash face) to bash my head into

Posted by: Mike Bellis Apr 24 2016, 08:29 PM

I think I need one...

Posted by: Blue6 Apr 24 2016, 10:07 PM

Nice Eddie, can't wait to check it out..

Posted by: Garland Apr 24 2016, 10:08 PM

Can't resist, do you need a helmet if you install one of these?

Posted by: Todd Enlund Apr 24 2016, 10:30 PM

Damn, that's nice.