Fitting Carbon Dash

[Colin Heseltine]

Is there any way of removing the standard aluminum dash panel from a 1997 'K' series and replacing it with a carbon dash panel without having to remove the scuttle.

What advice would you have for someone doing this job.

Thanks,

Colin

[Jonathan Kay]

Previous threads with lots of hints and tips and tricks

Jonathan

[timb2117]

Hi Colin/ Jonathan, yup is the easy answer.

I MAY have photos somewhere but essentially I did not want to dislodge wipers etc to take scuttle off so did it in situ.

Carefully removed wiring and labeled every wire, undid/ drilled out rivets, then used original dash to template hole cutting on new one, decent holesaw and temporarily mounted carbon dash to a sacrificial wooden backing board. Cut all holes then offered up for fit (steering wheel off too) - huge NOTE figure out some dust extraction unless you want asbestos lung the dust is evil. - I had a vacuum set up with gaffer tape worked a treat, and mega face mask protection.

When I was ready for fit used uber heavy duty velcro (saw a video of factory doing this too) and mounted straight on to chassis tubes, then sikaflex around edge of scuttle to seal and bond it on (sorry Jonathan not sure WHICH Sika, the sticky one! :))

Then gently and carefully teased all instruments and switches back into place.

Feel free to PM me as you go and i'll try to help - it wasn't a technical job and only took about a day and half, taking lots of care. - best advice is "you're going to be looking at this sucker for a looong time so take it easy don't be tempted to cut corners"

Cheers Tim

[Jonathan Kay]

"... don't be tempted to cut corners"

: - )

Jonathan