Custom Dash

[azygoustoyou]

Today I was messing around with a dash like everyone likes. I got it shaped now and thinking of making a mold of it. I might make one out of carbon fiber for my car. Not sure yet which route I'm taking.
Let me know what you think. Here's plenty of pic's.

[NebraskaSpider]

Looks great! I am a big fan of that dash "everyone likes." I would be willing to pay good money for one of those in wood. Keep up the good work man!

[lanciahf]

Very Nice! You should have one of the smaller gauges between the Speedo & Tach.

IE: Speedo, Water, Tach, Oil Pres., Fuel & Restored Clock

[Nick]

Looks great! I am a big fan of that dash "everyone likes." I would be willing to pay good money for one of those in wood. Keep up the good work man!

So that means you're included under the "everyone" category?

I also am too though, very sleek looking.

[Nick]

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[azygoustoyou]

Hey Nick,
Is your car the one painted the 350Z color?

[NebraskaSpider]

[/quote]So that means you're included under the "everyone" category?

I also am too though, very sleek looking.[/quote]

Oh yes...I am part of everyone. I am very impressed by the skill involved with putting something like that together. I've tried my hand at word working with mixed results and must say, Brady's dash looks great.

[azygoustoyou]

Well, when the boss got home last night. I showed her the dash and she said it needed more shape. So I couldn't wait to shape it up this morning. Here it is done. Let me know what you think.

[Nick]

Hey Nick,
Is your car the one painted the 350Z color?

It's Daytona Blue, the car in my sig is my car though, my father and I painted it last summer. It's pretty close to the color of those 350z's. Nissan has a "Nissan Daytona Blue" color, but mine was just "Daytona Blue" probably the same. I saw a picture of a car here on the forums painted this same color although perhaps a *tad* darker than mine came out being. The car's almost an electric blue, depends a lot on the lighting.

[kmac33]

Brady,
The dash is looking great. Are you going to forgo a glove box or figure out a way to work that into the design?
When I redid mine, I contemplated going solid, contoured with no glove box, but decided I needed to keep the glove box for sunglasses and iPod.
This is what I ended up with.

[azygoustoyou]

That looks good Kevin. I asked the wife and she thought to leave it off. It could be added easily. I was looking at my dash and it really looks like crap. I might just go with So Cal Marks fiberglass dash. I might do a couple of these and sell them though.
Would anyone be interested and what do you think would be a fair price. I could do them out of mahogony or something similar. I would let you cut the holes. This way you could put them where you want them. I would just do the shaping.

[meangreenspider]

Brady,
The dash is looking great. Are you going to forgo a glove box or figure out a way to work that into the design?
When I redid mine, I contemplated going solid, contoured with no glove box, but decided I needed to keep the glove box for sunglasses and iPod.
This is what I ended up with.

what material did you use for the dash? I used a carbon fiber sheeting for mine but yours really looks great.

[kmac33]

Thank you!
I used phenolic as my base material - it will never warp, change shape or delaminate (just not as easy to work with as wood). I used mahogony veneer stained black as my finish material. The pieces were then clear coated with automotive urethane. I'm very happy with the way the dash looks in bright sunlight - which was my goal.
But after seeing Brady's "creation" I think I may be doing another version soon. I've got a couple of ideas in my head now on how to have the one piece contour with a "hidden" glove box that retains easy access. By the way, you did a great job on your restoration! I enjoyed going through the album.

Brady,
I may actually be interested in getting one in mahogony - that would make it a lot easier for me to try what I'm thinking about doing - my wood working skills are pretty limited!

[azygoustoyou]

The only practice I had really was making the bumperettes and totem pole.