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felting my dash

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:43 am
by Dirty91Legacy
As some of you rally fans may know putting felt on the dash eliminates almost all the glare... no big deal on roads but in the woods it makes the world of a difference here are some pics of my leggy during the process.
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Here is my sweet racing seats and harness'
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Original dash..
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Steering wheel out and trim brazel out
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Out goes radio, cup holder, gages, and ashtray
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Dash... GONE!
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Laying out the felt
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I even had time to make myself a custom pizza
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Applying felt with spray adhesive
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i filled the little dash pockets on the top with plexi glass.. I think the final product looks good.
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Still need to cut out the vents and put them back in

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:50 am
by Legacy777
Very cool! Nice work.

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:45 am
by Dirty91Legacy
Thanks man means a lot cause i put so much effort into that haha

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:44 pm
by fishbone79
That looks awesome man! I always thought it would be cool to do that, but I don't rally my car so I would look like a bit of a tweaker.

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:44 pm
by Dirty91Legacy
I tell you what it def looks sweet too

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:46 am
by Grayguy
hmm, I kinda like the looks of that. Nice job!

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:10 am
by asc_up
Damn! That never would've crossed my mind as a way to dress-up the interior! Looks great! Some guy on NASIOC flocked his dash, but that had to be WAY too much work haha.

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:16 am
by LostinMaine
where did you get the felt? and how much did the materials cost you to do this and how much time. sorry lots of questions in one sentence

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:44 pm
by fishbone79
Did you glue it down with contact cement, or with that pizza? ;)

What kind of spray adhesive did you use?

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:37 pm
by Dirty91Legacy
i bought the felt at a regular fabric store my choice well my girlfriends choice was Joan's and then i used elmers spray addhesive < shit works AMAZINGLY and just took my time and worked on it real easy making sure it was flush everwhere

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:39 pm
by Dirty91Legacy
o shit i forgot the price everything total was less then ten bucks the felt was 5 bucks for 2 square yards and then the spray glue was 3.99.

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:11 pm
by LostinMaine
hmmmm i see this being a mod in my near future, only problem i see is it getting dirty when i take the car out driving "up north"

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:44 am
by mexicanzero
dam! thats awesome! i want one but maybe lime green felt... no wait that'd be ugly

-Alex

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:46 pm
by Legacy777
3M (super M, I believe) makes a contact spray adhesive that I've used for carpeting speaker boxes. It works very well too.

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:31 pm
by evolutionmovement
3M makes a common temporary and permanent spray adhesive. The Super 77 is temporary. Can't remember what the other is called.

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:30 am
by 93forestpearl
Or just buy a kit to flock your dash

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:20 am
by greg donovan
93forestpearl wrote:Or just buy a kit to flock your dash
then have your mom do it so you can call her a mother flocker.

flocked dashes look awesome.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:52 am
by AWD_addict
That felt looks way better than the blue plastic.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:20 am
by Apex3
Looks way better than I expected? Any reason you didn't go with suede? Too expensive? Or just the look?

3M spray adhesive works awesome! I used to to wrap my STi steering wheel with suede, just gotta be a little careful with not laying it on too thick or it'll leak through, but you don't really need too much anyway.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:13 pm
by Dirty91Legacy
Money is tight I just moved from PA to south carolina once I get more money I have whole list of costom mods...I'm a DIY kinds guy

Re: felting my dash

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:31 am
by beanis05
now i want to do my dash in luis vuitton print for all to drolll over

but i wont, bc im too cheap, ill probably do this in order to match all my door panels to the dash and to the trim, since it look like a blue/black/tan zoo in my car

Re: felting my dash

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:19 am
by NICO
wow looks good & the pizza to, wish i was there lol

Re: felting my dash

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:32 pm
by crashnburn
looks great. i think my dash is next in line for this. total time it took to do?

Re: felting my dash

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:51 pm
by SubyFusion
Nice! :D I remember when i had my car apart like that the dash is a big job i had to change the stupid heater core! ruined my carpet :cry: I painted the dash while i had it out and to my suprise it came out nice it was tan and I painted it black! i give you props for the felt though looks great :-)

Re: felting my dash

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:05 am
by Fkyx
I'm wondering what level of maintenance is required to keep the felt looking good. I'm sure it catches dust like no other.