Shattered dash cover

[WideOpenThrottle]

This is what happens when you try to drill some holes for wires in an old cover!

Next time i will use a soldering iron and melt some holes.

Now to hunt down another.

[harlansmart]

Whoooosh - I wear Keith's old RPS Carbon instrument binnacle, you can have my old one if you like! - D. Vader

[WideOpenThrottle]

Thanks to Harlan & some pvc plumbing pipe i now have my gauges relocated as planned to the dash cowling & managed to melt the holes for the wires etc succesfully with a soldering iron....[did a test run first with a bit from my shattered one]!

[MrGrey]

great job! looks pretty swish

[Timmo]

I always thought that part would be a good contender for a replacement carbon fibre part (purely for looks)- How hard would it have been to fibre glass the inside and put a thin layer of carbon fibre sheet over the outside?

[WideOpenThrottle]

I always thought that part would be a good contender for a replacement carbon fibre part (purely for looks)- How hard would it have been to fibre glass the inside and put a thin layer of carbon fibre sheet over the outside?

Wouldnt bother with the inside but the outside could be do-able depending on how well the carbon fibre would take to all the curves running different ways.
Might end up disastrous unless you did only the top curvy bit.

[MrGrey]

for shits and giggles I had a crack at wrapping the shroud with CF vinyl..... long story short, its a complete bastard due to the curves.

if you wanted a CF shroud I would buy one made for it, I wouldn't waste time trying to glue an overcoat of CF on it (I doubt it would have a nice finish)