As the dashpad was cracked in a couple of places i decided to recover it.

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I tried to flock it first but it was terrible and was more difficult than i thought. So i skimmed a thin layer of fibreglass cloth and used a textured bumper paint in matt black. I wanted a more protected finish and deeper colour so put on a coat of matt black paint over the texture.

I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, everything fits and works too

One word of caution if you do this, support the dashpad to prevent it from bending out of shape.