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Day666

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Well I'm trying to lose weight in my car without stripping carpets & keep a little comfort even though they weigh a ton ....my Heater matrix packed up two months ago & I'm running a bypass at mo....so Heated screen it is & the dash will be coming out & all the crap not needed behind it going including all the heater boxes & wiring ...

I've found a bloke who can make a full dash mould & make the dash in fibreglass or Carbon ?
I'm going to get mine flocked anyway so any of the two depending on price will do ..
He's saying the mould will be £200-£300 ...
It's not a 100% goer but anybody interested so the mould comes down in price ?

Or better still any clever sods on here capable of making a mould that big ?
It may never happen because of costs .... Whistle

Well any interest ?

Posted 3rd Aug 2015 at 13:26

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£200-£300 just for the tooling mold seems pretty low?.....not complaining haha

I'd be interested mate! Who is it out of curiosity?

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Posted 14th Jul 2015 at 19:35

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I see i standard dash board with the pasengers side cut back and flocked looked quite smart can't remember where tho

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Posted 14th Jul 2015 at 19:38

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cj-gti6 wrote:

£200-£300 just for the tooling mold seems pretty low?.....not complaining haha

I'd be interested mate! Who is it out of curiosity?

Not a car bloke ...he does boat stuff ....one of my customers I spoke to Thumbs up

He dosent do epoxy laquer show stuff ....just stuff what gets sprayed ...so flocking will hide any cols ???

I just don't want to pay 100% of the mould for a one off Whistle

He said 5 would make it sensible ?

Posted 14th Jul 2015 at 19:44

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I see i standard dash board with the pasengers side cut back and flocked looked quite smart can't remember where tho

I did think after removing all the s**t from behind my dash ...what is the passenger side doing ....glove box & now top mini box useless LOL

I may have a look at that ?....great idea Thumbs up

There was a bloke last year at Pugfest doing just dashes & flocking ?
Anybody remember who that was ?

Posted 14th Jul 2015 at 19:48

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Ill have a search, see if I can find it

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Posted 14th Jul 2015 at 19:49

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Day666 wrote:

cj-gti6 wrote:

£200-£300 just for the tooling mold seems pretty low?.....not complaining haha

I'd be interested mate! Who is it out of curiosity?

Not a car bloke ...he does boat stuff ....one of my customers I spoke to Thumbs up

He dosent do epoxy laquer show stuff ....just stuff what gets sprayed ...so flocking will hide any cols ???

I just don't want to pay 100% of the mould for a one off Whistle

He said 5 would make it sensible ?

That's fair enough matey!! Did he give you any indication of how much the actual dash would be?

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Posted 14th Jul 2015 at 21:55

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There is a guy who is a photographer called Rowan with a red 6 that had the passenger side cut off - it looked pretty fecking awful tbh

He's now replaced it with a flocked dash that looks bloody awesome, that would be my pref for sure

Posted 15th Jul 2015 at 16:32

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cj-gti6 wrote:

Day666 wrote:

cj-gti6 wrote:

£200-£300 just for the tooling mold seems pretty low?.....not complaining haha

I'd be interested mate! Who is it out of curiosity?

Not a car bloke ...he does boat stuff ....one of my customers I spoke to Thumbs up

He dosent do epoxy laquer show stuff ....just stuff what gets sprayed ...so flocking will hide any cols ???

I just don't want to pay 100% of the mould for a one off Whistle

He said 5 would make it sensible ?

That's fair enough matey!! Did he give you any indication of how much the actual dash would be?

Sadly No Chris ....he's never seen a 306 Dash only Boat stuff Thumbs up

Posted 15th Jul 2015 at 17:02

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I want a full super lite dash flocked also Thumbs up

Posted 15th Jul 2015 at 17:08

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You can take a s**tload of weight out of the std dash with a grinder in an hour or so, you can easily lift mine with your little finger, best bit is its free Ninja

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Posted 15th Jul 2015 at 18:09

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You can take a s**tload of weight out of the std dash with a grinder in an hour or so, you can easily lift mine with your little finger, best bit is its free Ninja

Never had or seen a dash out other than videos !!!
Thanks Wayne Thumbs up

I may end up doing that Wayne ?.....because I'm getting rid of all my Heater & cold air blowers & vents & controls !!!
Will keep the radio LOL

I would not want to pay £500-600 for a one off dash with mould cost ?

Reasons may end up doing what you have because the mould I'm talking about would have the top vents missing ....

I'm going to get it flocked whatever happens & I'm not replacing the broken heater matrix ....loads of sound insulation & crap to be removed & I'll modify & make gauge pods to go where Heater controls are as others have done we'll before me Thumbs up

I will be doing this in the next 2 months Whistle

Posted 25th Jul 2015 at 17:41

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Mine is pretty light but still has the heater matrix and box for now

I couldn't easily do one of these as I have to chop it a lot for my cage

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Posted 15th Jul 2015 at 21:25

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Mine is pretty light but still has the heater matrix and box for now

I couldn't easily do one of these as I have to chop it a lot for my cage

So Am I correct your dash couldn't be removed without removing some off your cage ?

Well I'm removing my dash next week & Everybit of my matrix/ Heater controls & vents will be going including the matrix pipes & the sound insulation behind the dash Thumbs up

My Heated Windscreen will then be fitted after & the Rain sensors removed also !

I'm going to modify the heater control panel & fit some gauges as others have done well before me Thumbs up

Posted 20th Jul 2015 at 19:41

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After Dash out Thumbs up

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Posted 1st Aug 2015 at 19:51

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After Dash Foam removed & Heater

Now I can get to the hole in the floor for my Satchelshift & smooth it & paint it & finish fitting the new boot Thumbs up

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Posted 1st Aug 2015 at 20:10

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Behind Dash Whistle

Well after removing Dash soundproofing & chopping the dash apart & removing heater completely Crazy

Heated Windscreen being fitted & roof vent ...It won't be used in the cold ...

Removed A total with everything of 27kgs of parts wow ...ok so I may freeze my nuts off Whistle

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Dash now it's been lightened underneath its going to be flocked with the glovebox & top box ...also lots of unneeded wiring removed Thumbs up

Dash was 9.1kgs now 6.2kgs...

3 large holes to fill with bonded Alloy plate ...

Must admit taking the dash out is not for the faint hearted its even more of a pain when the Alarm blokes soldered all the connections on the wrong side so the loom wouldn't come out Thumbs down

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Posted 1st Aug 2015 at 20:32

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Not going Fibreglass or Carbon as Spending the Cash somewhere else on the car ...it will make a difference mostly on the track what I'm planning Big grin

Here's the Dash lightened minus the stripped loom Thumbs up

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After Dash out Thumbs up

looks remarkably like mine the other day, although mine is now all back together Smile

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Posted 1st Aug 2015 at 21:50

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I did exactly what midlife said, took a Dremel to the dash and chopped loads out. Took a little while but still looks good although a bit more flexible now! Big grin

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Posted 1st Aug 2015 at 22:18

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Half a job - get rid of the metal bar too.
I'm keeping my heater in as I use it in all weather. The extra 5kg is fine as I'm not chasing silly lightness

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Posted 2nd Aug 2015 at 01:10

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My dash (mk3 version) is cut around the cage and I've cut it underneath to make 'flaps' that sit it into the windscreen as normal. Twat to get in. Cut a load of wiring out too.

Also now has a roof scoop. Minor fettling required yet on that beauty

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Posted 2nd Aug 2015 at 01:15

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Half a job - get rid of the metal bar too.
I'm keeping my heater in as I use it in all weather. The extra 5kg is fine as I'm not chasing silly lightness

With that metal bar out it not supported enough for how much I've cut out Adam ...I'm keeping it in Thumbs up

Just sent all my dash / centre console / steering cowling / glovebox & upper glovebox / speedo clock surround etc etc to be Flocked Thumbs up

Not going stupid with leaking lighter but can't argue with 27kgs ....that's nearly 121kgs total saved to date ...
PS my cars a occasional weekend toy & Combe b**ch !!!
Heated W/S. & TRS roof scoop being fitted LOL

Never used the heater just wouldn't turn off because of Aircon was Fitted Thumbs down

New Roof Vent arrived today Thumbs up

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You should have put a wanted ad up. I have a carbon fibre roof vent sitting around doing nothing as I fitted another one to my car!

Posted 3rd Aug 2015 at 14:02

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You should have put a wanted ad up. I have a carbon fibre roof vent sitting around doing nothing as I fitted another one to my car!

Bugger does it have vents etc ?

Why did you fit another one ?

Ooh well Thumbs down

I'm sure now you had said this someone will snap it up !!!
Can you get a Picture please Martin Thumbs up

Posted 3rd Aug 2015 at 16:32

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