Replacing the vinyl in the gauge area

[kalawao]

Hey Pelicans,

I already removed the vinyl around the gauges and want to replace it with leather. Not sure yet how to do it - use the old thin one as a template? - or does anyone made a template which I could print and copy it onto the leather? Any advise is welcome..

[pdtweeks]

I used the original material as a rough-template, leaving a little extra on the new piece, and then glued the new "leather" to the face of the dash...then trimmed to fit, cutting as necessary to insure good fit, no wrinkles. And then cut-out the gauge and switch holes with Xacto.
I used Alcantara, a very forgiving and easy-to-work with material.

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[RocketMan27]

I was looking to do this job also, does the dash need come completely off or can you just loosen it off a bit?

[Fixer]

Originally Posted by pdtweeks

I used the original material as a rough-template, leaving a little extra on the new piece, and then glued the new "leather" to the face of the dash...then trimmed to fit, cutting as necessary to insure good fit, no wrinkles. And then cut-out the gauge and switch holes with Xacto.
I used Alcantara, a very forgiving and easy-to-work with material.

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The alcantara is the perfect material in this area. Nice work. Like the WEVO shift knob too.

[Elombard]

wow never thought about suede there cool. It kind of looks "flocked"??? which was a race car treatment they did to dashes back in the 70s i think. Nice work.

[sc_rufctr]

An alternative... (stolen from here)

[Arne2]

Originally Posted by RocketMan27

I was looking to do this job also, does the dash need come completely off or can you just loosen it off a bit?

I'd like to hear the answer to this as well.

[javadog]

You need to pull the dash top to do this. Also, the lower dash trim, clamshell around the steering wheel, etc.

JR

[wayner]

That's beautiful!

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

An alternative... (stolen from here)