Major Ledfoot
Can anyone recommend a business in western Sydney for re-covering a trio of 73/74 dashboard tops?
Crabolsky140
I am thinking about doing this myself since companies like Dashboard Dr. charge an arm and a leg!
Dauntless
I'd like to know this too.
Major Ledfoot
Since Clyde needs to have his heater fan motor replaced, and since Xoe needs a full under-dash inspection of her electricals and all of her air vent and demister bits refitted, now might be the best time to really go to town on the pair of them.
@Dauntless - do you have a 73/74 crash pad needing work too? If so, it might be time for organising a sort of group buy.
Dauntless
I don't, but I'm interested in how they turn out.
Rob
@bgpzfm142 I need a couple of them
volvodriverman
I'm interested to see results first also. Three in my stable need doing, all 240s tho. Contemplated flocking a spare to see how it looks too.
Major Ledfoot
Okay.
Since there's been no forthcoming recommendations, I guess it's up to yours truly to find one and report back with results.
WARNING: This may take a while.
AshDVS
There is a flocking business local-ish.
id contemplated getting a v70 one done.
Ex850R
How about a printed car sticker with leather look! Or fluffy look? Mate can print super quality on that media and its just heat wrapped like on a car body , that would be , er , different....
Major Ledfoot
UPDATE:
I've asked a couple of local car trim businesses if they do this kind of work; nada. They each said they outsource this work to a place in Carlton (NSW).
The next update will be when I get some photos of the dashboards that need work, email the pics off, and get quotes back on them.
PaddlerEd
Theres a place near Blacktown, but not Blacktown... Its near the next train station towards the city that has a multistorey car park... But can't remember what its called...
Major Ledfoot
PaddlerEd;32710 wroteTheres a place near Blacktown, but not Blacktown... Its near the next train station towards the city that has a multistorey car park... But can't remember what its called...
Seven Hills
Toongabbie
Pendle Hill
All have numerous automotive businesses.
PaddlerEd
Seven Hills... On the lhs after the ramp down to the small surface car park.
Major Ledfoot
Couldn't find any auto upholsterer in Seven Hills via the Yellow Pages.
But I did find a place while searching out that way. Next step is to give him the first of 3 dash-tops.
Major Ledfoot
Update:
Dropped this one over to [deleted dodgy business] in Arndell Park this afternoon.
So this is the 'before' picture.
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The 'after' pic will go up when it's back, in a couple of weeks.
Ben
AshDVS;31300 wroteThere is a flocking business local-ish. id contemplated getting a v70 one done.
Here's flocking on a 240. Absolutely love it, it's now on my to-do list.
Major Ledfoot
Is this an example of
Meet The Flockers' work? It looks great.
Ben
Nope, those pics are from a US project on Turbobricks. Same process though obviously. It's a good alternative to spending an arm and leg on Alcantara!
Major Ledfoot
Before and after pics.
Before:
After:
As can be seen, the grain matches the original. I'm very pleased with the result.
This work was done by [name of dodgy business deleted]
